Sir Michael Tippett, The Nimbus Recording
Last updated: 22.11.22
| Designation: | Nimbus Records NI 1759 |
- Ritual Dances - from The Midsummer Marriage
- 1. Prelude
- 2. The First dance: The Earth in Autumn
- 3. The Second dance: The Waters in Winter
- 4. The Third dance: The Air in Spring
- 5.The Fourth dance: Fire in Summer
- 6. Sosostris's Aria
- 7. Praeludium for brass, bells and percussion
- Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles I
- 8. Intrada
- 9. Berceuse
- 10. Procession and Dance
- 11. Carol
- 12. Finale
- 13. Dance, Clarion Air - Madrigal for five voices
- 14.The Weeping Babe - Motet for soprano and mixed choir
- 15. Plebs Angelica - Motet for double choir
- 16. Bonny at Morn - Northumbrian Folksong for unison voices and three recorders
- Crown of the Year (Cantata for soprano and alto voices, descant and treble recorders, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, string quartet, percussion and piano)
- 17. Prelude: Spring
- 18. Hush, nightingale
- 19. Refrain
- 20. Prelude: Summer
- 21. Summer has a heart of drums. Refrain
- 22. Prelude: Autumn
- 23. Victoria rules an autumn land. Refrain
- 24. Prelude: Winter
- 25. Hurl of the wind
- 26. Music - Unison Song for voices and piano
- Five Negro Spirituals from A Child Of Our Time
- 27. Steal Away
- 28. Nobody Knows
- 29.Go Down Moses
- 30. By and By
- 31. Deep River
- Triple Concerto for violin, viola, 'cello and orchestra
- 32. Medium fast
- 33. Interlude: Medium slow
- 34. Very slow; calmer still
- 35. Interlude: Medium fast
- 36. Medium fast
- Concerto for piano and orchestra
- 37. Allegro non troppo
- 38. Molto lente e tranquillo
- 39. Vivace
- Concerto for Double String Orchestra
- 40. Allegro con brio
- 41. Adagio cantabile
- 42. Allegro molto
- The Blue Guitar - Sonata for solo guitar (1983)
- 43. Transforming Medium Slow - Slow
- 44. Juggling Fast
- 45. Dreaming Very Slow
- Little Music for Strings
- 46.Prelude Maestoso
- 47. Fugue Allegro moderato
- 48. Air Andante espressivo
- 49. Finale Vivace
- Evening Canticles
- 50. Magnificat
- 51. Nunc Dimittis
- 52. Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Chorus of Opera North
English Northern Philharmonia: Martino Tirimo (piano), Ernst Kovacic (violin), Gerard Caussé (viola), Alexander Baillie (cello)
BBC Philharmonic [Sir Michael Tippett], Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Medici String Quartet, Craig Ogden (guitar), English String Orchestra William Boughton (conductor)
St. John's College Choir, Cambridge [George Guest], Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford [Stephen Darlington]
Medici String Quartet, Martin Jones (piano), John Anderson (oboe), Colin Lawson (clarinet), Graham Ashton (trumpet), Peter Hamburger (percussion), Martin Westlake (percussion), Jeremy Cornes (percussion)