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Tippett: SymphoniesBournemouth Symphony Orchestra Orchestra, Richard Hickox Conductor
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Even listeners who rightly treasured their LPs of Tippett's first three symphonies by Colin Davis and the London Symphony had to be grateful when Richard Hickox and the Bournemouth Symphony recorded all four of Tippett's symphonies for CD. After all, not only are Tippett's symphonies arguably in the same class as Elgar and Vaughan Williams', but, incredibly, they had rarely been recorded by anyone after Davis. So even if listeners who found Davis' recordings virtually definitive, they were still curious to know what the works would sound like under a different conductor.
As it turns out, under Hickox it sounds bigger, brawnier, and more symphonic. Where Davis was all about linear energy, Hickox is all about orchestral weight. So while his First and Second don't have the same tensile lyricism as Davis', they do have more weight and muscle, and while his Third doesn't have the same ecstatic radiance of Davis', it does have more contrast and drama. Since Davis and the LSO didn't record the Fourth, no comparisons are possible, but Solti and the Chicago did and, compared with Solti's impetuously forceful performance, Hickox's more massively measured performance comes off equal to or better than his predecessor's. Are Hickox's recordings better than—more definitive than—Davis'? No, perhaps not, but they are still superb and still fascinating and anyone who loved the earlier recordings will in all likelihood love the later recordings as well. Chandos' sound is big, loud, and clear.
© James Leonard, All Music Guide
As it turns out, under Hickox it sounds bigger, brawnier, and more symphonic. Where Davis was all about linear energy, Hickox is all about orchestral weight. So while his First and Second don't have the same tensile lyricism as Davis', they do have more weight and muscle, and while his Third doesn't have the same ecstatic radiance of Davis', it does have more contrast and drama. Since Davis and the LSO didn't record the Fourth, no comparisons are possible, but Solti and the Chicago did and, compared with Solti's impetuously forceful performance, Hickox's more massively measured performance comes off equal to or better than his predecessor's. Are Hickox's recordings better than—more definitive than—Davis'? No, perhaps not, but they are still superb and still fascinating and anyone who loved the earlier recordings will in all likelihood love the later recordings as well. Chandos' sound is big, loud, and clear.
© James Leonard, All Music Guide
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Sir Michael Tippett ComposerSymphony No.1 WorkRecorded 1994
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| 1 | 1.Allegro vigoroso: quasi alla breve | 11:08 |
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| 2 | 2.Adagio | 12:09 |
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| 3 | 3.Presto | 6:20 |
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| 4 | 4.Allegro moderato ma con brio e più tarde con delicatezza | 7:33 |
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Sir Michael Tippett ComposerSymphony No.2 WorkRecorded 1994
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| 5 | 1.Allegro vigoroso | 9:36 |
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| 6 | 2.Adagio molto e tranquillo | 11:47 |
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| 7 | 3.Presto veloce | 5:40 |
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| 8 | 4.Allegro moderato | 9:04 |
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Sir Michael Tippett ComposerSymphony No.3, for soprano and orchestra...Part 1 WorkRecorded 1993
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| 1 | 1.Allegro moderato (Arrest). Allegro molto (Movement) | 12:02 |
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| 2 | 2.Lento | 16:18 |
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Sir Michael Tippett ComposerSymphony No.3, for soprano and orchestra...Part 2 WorkRecorded 1993
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| 3 | 3.Allegro molto | 6:21 |
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| 4 | 4.Slow blues 1 | 3:32 |
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| 5 | 5.Fast blues | 2:23 |
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| 6 | 6.Slow blues 2 | 4:56 |
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| 7 | 7.Scena | 11:30 |
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Sir Michael Tippett ComposerSymphony No.4 WorkRecorded 1992
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| 1 | 1.Introduction and Exposition: Tempo 1 | 3:42 |
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| 2 | 2.Fig.21: Development 1 and Tempo 3 | 4:29 |
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| 3 | 3.Fig.52: Slow movement Tempo 1 | 7:57 |
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| 4 | 4.Fig.78: Development 2 Tempo 2 | 3:23 |
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| 5 | 5.Fig.100: Scherzo and Trios Tempo 3 | 4:11 |
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| 6 | 6.Fig.139: Tempo 1 Development 3 | 4:38 |
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| 7 | 7.Fig.160: Recapitulation | 5:16 |
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Sir Michael Tippett ComposerNew Year Suite (suite from the opera) WorkRecorded 1994
28:59
Robert Millett Drums,
Alan Taylor Guitar (Electric),
Tim Holmes Saxophone,
Kyle Horch Saxophone,
Steve Smith Guitar (Electric),
Melanie Bush Saxophone,
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Orchestra,
Richard Hickox Conductor
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| 8 | 1.The Space Ship Lands | 0:42 |
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| 9 | 2.Prelude | 0:41 |
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| 10 | 3.The Shaman Dance | 1:12 |
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| 11 | 4.The Hunt for the Scapegoat | 1:29 |
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| 12 | 5.Donny's Skarade | 3:51 |
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| 13 | 6.Donny's Dream | 3:39 |
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| 14 | 7.Dream Interlude | 0:45 |
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| 15 | 8.Jo Ann's Dreamsong | 4:37 |
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| 16 | 9.Love Scene for Jo Ann and Pelegrin | 6:25 |
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| 17 | 10.The Paradise Dance | 2:24 |
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| 18 | 11.The Beating-Out of the Scapegoat (the Bad Old Year) | 0:48 |
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| 19 | 12.Ringing in the New Year | 1:08 |
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| 20 | 13.The Space Ship Takes Off Again | 1:18 |
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