Tippett: Symphonies Nos 3, 4 & B flat
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SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Symphonies Nos 3, 4 & B flat
Rachel Nicholls (soprano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
[ Hyperion / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 1 March 2019
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The first opportunity to experience Tippett's unique symphonic voice stretching across nearly half a century, from the early B flat symphony (here receiving its first recording) to the extraordinary 'birth-to-death' span encompassed by No 4.
Tracks:
CD1
Symphony No 3 [57'49]
1 PART 1 Allegro non troppo e pesante - Allegro molto e con grande energia [13'06]
2 Lento [15'32]
3 PART 2 Allegro molto [6'42]
4 Slow blues 'As I drew nurture from my mother's
breast' [3'28]
5 Fast blues 'O, I'll go walking' [2'51]
6 Slow blues 'I found the man grown
to a dwarf' [5'03]
7 Pochissimo meno mosso 'They sang that when she
waved her wings' [11'03]
CD2
Symphony No 4 [35'39]
1 Introduction and exposition [4'02]
2 Figure 21, First development [4'41]
3 Figure 52, Slow movement [8'42]
4 Figure 78, Second development [3'19]
5 Figure 100, Scherzo [4'19]
6 Figure 139, Third development [5'02]
7 Figure 160, Recapitulation and coda [5'34]
Symphony in B flat [27'09] FIRST RECORDING
8 Lento - Allegro con fuoco [10'43]
9 Adagio - Poco più andante - Adagio [7'09]
10 Allegro e cantabile [9'17]
