Orchestral, Tippett (composer)
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Tippett: Symphonies Nos 3, 4 & B flat
RecommendedRachel Nicholls (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
What the new accounts have are the virtues of Brabbins’s versions of Tippett’s First and Second…: a purposeful intentness, with care for dynamics and rhythmic precision…though with no lack of... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Tippett: Piano Concerto & Symphony No. 2
RecommendedSteven Osborne (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
this completely symbiotic live account with Edward Gardner’s LPO has both repose and electricity to surpass all others...More, much more please – an indispensable disc! —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th December 2024
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Finalists, Concerto
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Michael Tippett: Piano Concerto; Benjamin Britten: Diversions; William Walton: Sinfonia Concertante
RecommendedClare Hammond (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, George Vass
This is a valuable album indeed...each [work] is ripe for rediscovery and could prove rewarding for performers and audiences in the concert hall. They receive fine performances here from the... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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These readings have the intentness of conviction, which the still underrated Symphony No. 1 in particular richly deserves…In approaching Tippett’s teaming textures, Brabbins and his producer... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th December 2017
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2018
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Tippett: Triple Concerto and Concerto for Orchestra
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
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Gramophone Awards, 1982/3, Winner - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 1982/3, Recording of the Year
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Special offer. Tippett - Orchestral Music
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Colin Davis & Neville Marriner
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Building a Library, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Tippett: Ritual Dances, Concerto for double string orchestra & Fantasia Concertante
RecommendedMichael Davis, Jacqueline Hartley, Paul Watkins
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Andrew Davis
Sir Andrew Davis's formidable Tippettian credentials shine through in every bar of this outstanding anthology. Aided by realistic, firmly focused sound, the Concerto for Double StringOrchestra... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Leopold Stokowski: Great Recordings from the BBC Legends Archive, Vol. 2
Berit Lindholm, Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Alexander Young, Donald McIntyre (bass-baritone), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Band of the Grenadier Guards, John Alldis Choir, Welsh National Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra,...
