Tippett: Symphony No. 2; Suite from New Year

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Tippett's Second Symphony had a famously disastrous premier under Sir Adrian Boult, who allowed his jerk of a concertmaster to re-bow all of the string parts--with the result that orchestra collapsed into rhythmic chaos. Though difficult to play, the music holds no terrors now, and it's a splendidly vital score, the opening suggestive of Vivaldi and sounding in places like Copland. The slow movement has a truly magical aura, while the scherzo and finale bring to mind the Stravinsky of the Symphony in Three Movements. New Year is Tippet's last opera--the plot concerns aliens visiting an urban slum--and the music is correspondingly wild. These excellent performances provide a fine overview of Tippett's range as a composer. --David Hurwitz

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British composer Tippett (b. 1905) composed a vigorous kind of music that embraced elements of both Romanticism and Modernism. Like many composers of his generation, Tippett never strays too far into atonal constructions, at least without following a map of tonality back to a stable center. Not all of his music works (but that's true of everyone). His Symphony 2 (1956-57) is tonal and traditional, but Suite from New Year (1988) is a weird, post-modern distillation from Tippett's opera of... read more

Tippett: Symphony No. 2; Suite from New Year

Tippett: Symphony No. 2; Suite from New Year, Music, Michael Tippett, Richard Hickox, Alan Taylor, Steven Smith [1], Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Kyle Horch, Melanie Bush, Tim Holmes, 20th/21st Century Orchestral Work with Formal Description, 20th/21st Century Symphony, Classical, Classical Composers, Orchestral, Symphonic
Tippett: Symphonies
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    Manufacturer: Chandos
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    ASIN: B000AV621U
    Release Date: 2005-10-18
    Tippett: Symphony No. 2; Suite from New Year
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      		Tippett: Symphony No. 2; Suite from New Year

      Manufacturer: Chandos
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      All Works by TippettAll Works by Tippett | Tippett, Michael | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      SymphoniesSymphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music
      Modern & 20th CenturyModern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
      Similar Items:
      1. Tippett: Symphony No. 1; Piano Concerto
      2. Michael Tippett: Symphony No. 4 / Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli / Fantasia on a Theme of Handel - Richard Hickox / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Howard Shelley

      ASIN: B000000AV6
      Release Date: 1994-09-20

      Tracks:

      1. Symphony No. 2: I. Allegro vigoroso
      2. Symphony No. 2: II. Adagio molto e tramquillo
      3. Symphony No. 2: III. Presto veloce
      4. Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegro moderato
      5. Suite From New Year: 1. The Space Ship Lands
      6. Suite From New Year: 2. Prelude
      7. Suite From New Year: 3. The Shaman Dance
      8. Suite From New Year: 4. The Hunt For The Scapegoat
      9. Suite From New Year: 5. Donny's Skarade
      10. Suite From New Year: 6. Donny's Dream
      11. Suite From New Year: 7. Dream Interlude
      12. Suite From New Year: 8. Jo Ann's Dreamsong
      13. Suite From New Year: 9. Love Scene For Jo Ann And Pelegrin
      14. 10. Paradise Dance
      15. Suite From New Year: 11. The Beating-Out Of The Scapegoat
      16. Suite From New Year: 12. Ringing In The New Year
      17. Suite From New Year: 13. The Space Ship Takes Off Again

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      Tippett's Second Symphony had a famously disastrous premier under Sir Adrian Boult, who allowed his jerk of a concertmaster to re-bow all of the string parts--with the result that orchestra collapsed into rhythmic chaos. Though difficult to play, the music holds no terrors now, and it's a splendidly vital score, the opening suggestive of Vivaldi and sounding in places like Copland. The slow movement has a truly magical aura, while the scherzo and finale bring to mind the Stravinsky of the Symphony in Three Movements. New Year is Tippet's last opera--the plot concerns aliens visiting an urban slum--and the music is correspondingly wild. These excellent performances provide a fine overview of Tippett's range as a composer. --David Hurwitz

      Amazon.com

      British composer Tippett (b. 1905) composed a vigorous kind of music that embraced elements of both Romanticism and Modernism. Like many composers of his generation, Tippett never strays too far into atonal constructions, at least without following a map of tonality back to a stable center. Not all of his music works (but that's true of everyone). His Symphony 2 (1956-57) is tonal and traditional, but Suite from New Year (1988) is a weird, post-modern distillation from Tippett's opera of the same name that takes place in Terror Town. You can imagine what the music is like. --Paul Cook

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      3. War Requiem
      4. Weiss Duo: Chausson, Leclair, Debussy
      5. Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: Symphony 3; Earina Suite
      6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Last Three Symphonies
      7. Yoshimatsu: Symphony No. 3 / Saxophone Concerto
      8. Acantus: Sacred Songs of Medieval Italy
      9. Antonio Vivaldi: Concerti Op. 8
      10. Artur Schnabel: Sonata for Violin & Piano; Sonata for Violin Solo

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