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Tippett: String Quartets no 3 & 4 / Tippett Quartet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-10-27

Works: Michael Tippett: Quartet for Strings no 3; Quartet for Strings no 5

Completing their acclaimed survey of Tippett's string quartets, the young British quartet which has taken his name as their own here presents the composer's 'Third'...continue...

Tippett: Complete String Quartets Vol 1 / Tippett String Quartet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-10-28

Works: Michael Tippett: Quartet for Strings no 1; Quartet for Strings no 2; Quartet for Strings no 4

Michael Tippett, who was 'invincibly drawn to the quartet medium' when he heard performances by the Busch and Lener Quartets during his student years in...continue...

Tippett: Piano Sonatas 1-3 / Peter Donohoe

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-15

Works: Michael Tippett: Sonata for Piano no 1; Sonata for Piano no 2; Sonata for Piano no 3
Performers: Donohoe, Peter

Tippetts first three Piano Sonatas, which span a period of nearly 40 years, are so different that one would be forgiven for thinking that they...continue...

Tippett: Child of our Time / Robinson, Walker, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-02-22

Works: Michael Tippett: A Child of Our Time, oratorio
Performers: Cheek, John; Garrison, Jon [Tenor Vocal]; Robinson, Faye
Conductors: Tippett, Michael
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Choir

'A Child of Our Time', written at the beginning of the second world war as an expression of 'man's inhumanity to man', has become one...continue...

Tippett: Piano Concerto, Ritual Dances / Frith, Hurst, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-11-01

Works: Michael Tippett: Ritual Dances from "The Midsummer Marriage", for chorus ad lib & orchestra; Piano Concerto
Performers: Frith, Benjamin [Piano]
Conductors: Hurst, George
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Sir Michael Tippet became one of the most internationally renowned British composers of the 20th century, though this recognition came late in his life. His...continue...