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Sir Michael Tippett

Chronological Discography - Commercial discs 1990-1999

1990 Ritual Dances from "The Midsummer Marriage" (with soli and
chorus)
Sosostris's Aria* from "The Midsummer Marriage"
Praeludium for brass, bells and percussion
Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles
Cullis/Curtis/McDonald/Best/Alfreda Hodgson*
Chorus of Opera North/English Northern Philharmonia/Michael Tippett
MC: NIMBUS NC 5217
CD: NIMBUS NI 5217

1990 Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves
LP: RPO RECORDS RPO 8020
CD: RPO RECORDS CDRPO 8020

1990 5 Negro Spirituals
Re-issue of 1981 recording
CD: GAMUT GAM CD502

1990 Crown of the Year/5 Negro Spirituals/Dance, Clarion Air
The Weeping Babe/Plebs Angelica/Bonny at Morn/Music
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford/Ensemble/Stephen Darlington
CD: NIMBUS NI 5266

1991 Concerto for Double String Orchestra/String Quartet No.1
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra/Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
Re-issue of 1984 compilation
CD: EMI CMS 7 63522 2

1991 Praeludium for brass, bells and percussion
London Brass
CD: TELDEC 2292 46442 2

1991 Fanfare No. 1
Re-issue of 1978 recording (Philip Jones Brass Ensemble)
MC: LONDON 430 369 4
CD: LONDON 430 369 2

1991 Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Kenneth Sillito
MC: COLLINS CLASSICS 12344
CD: COLLINS CLASSICS 12342

1991 Sonata for Four Horns/Festal Brass with Blues
Fanfare No. 2
The Wallace Collection
MC: COLLINS CLASSICS 12294
CD: COLLINS CLASSICS 12292

1991 Triple Concerto
Kovacic/Causse/Baillie
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Tirimo/BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Michael Tippett
CD: NIMBUS NI 5301

1991 String Quartets Nos. 1 - 4
Britten Quartet
CD: COLLINS CLASSICS 70062

1991 Dance, Clarion Air
Cambridge University Chamber Choir/Director Timothy Brown
CD: GAMUT GAM CD 529

1991 The Ice Break
Var. artists/London Sinfonietta Chorus/London Sinfonietta/David Atherton
CD: VIRGIN VC 7 91448 2

1991 Songs for Ariel
Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Graham Johnson
CD: HYPERION CDA 66480

1991 Sonatas Nos. 1 - 4
Re-issue of 1985 recording (Paul Crossley)
CD: CRD CRD 3430/1

1992 Fanfare No. 1
Re-issue of 1977 recording (Locke Brass Consort)
CD: CHANDOS CHAN 6573

1992 A Child of Our Time
Robinson/Walker/Garrison/Cheek
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Michael Tippett
CD: COLLINS CLASSICS 13392

1992 Little Music for Strings
Re-issue of 1987 recording
CD: CHANDOS CHAN 6576

1992 Little Music for Strings
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
English String Orchestra/William Boughton
CD: NIMBUS NI 533

1992 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Alexander Martin, organ
George Guest
MC: NIMBUS NC 5335
CD: NIMBUS NI 5335

1992 Dance, Clarion Air
Bristol Bach Choir/Glyn Jenkins
CD: PRIORY PRCD 352

1992 5 Negro Spirituals
Choir of Canterbury Cathedral/David Flood
MC: YORK MC 116
CD: YORK CD 116

1992 A Child of Our Time
Re-issue of 1986 recording (Previn)
MC: ZCRPO 7012
CD: CDRPO 7012

1992 Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Re-issue of 1990 recording (Groves)
MC: ZCRPO 500
CD: CDRPO 5005

1992 A Child of Our Time
Haymon/Clarey/Evans/White
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Richard Hickox
CD: CHANDOS CHAN 9123

1993 Byzantium
Faye Robinson (Soprano)/Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Sir Georg Solti
Symphony No. 4
Re-issue of 1989 CD transfer
CD: DECCA 433 668 2

1993 The Ice Break
Re-issue of 1991 recording
CD: VIRGIN 0777 7590 482 6

1993 Concerto for Double String Orchestra/String Quartet No.1
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra/Sonatas No 1, 2.
Re-issue of 1984/1991 compilation (EMI 'British Composers' series)
CD: EMI CMS 7 63522 2

1993 The Mask of Time
Re-issue of 1987 recording in EMI 'British Composers' series
CD: EMI CMS 7 64711 2

1993 Little Music for Strings
English Sinfonia/John Farrer
CD: PICKWICK IMP MASTERS MCD 60

1993 Symphony No.4/Fantasia on a Theme of Handel*
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Howard Shelley (piano)/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox
CD: CHANDOS CHAN 9233

1993 String Quartet No. 5
Lindsay String Quartet
CD: ASV CD DCA 679

1993 Sonata No. 3
Graham Caskie, piano
CD: METIER MSV CD 92004

1993 5 Negro Spirituals Nos. 3-5 ("Go Down Moses", "By and By",
"Deep River")
Exmoor Singers
CD: EXMOOR EXMO 1 CD

1994 Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
St Paul Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Hogwood
CD: DECCA 440 376 2

1994 String Quartets Nos. 1 - 4
Re-issue of 1991 Britten Quartet recording
(5 disc collection of British Quartets)
CD: COLLINS CLASSICS 70222

1994 Symphony No. 3*
Praeludium for brass, bells and percussion
Robinson*/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox
CD: CHANDOS CHAN 9276

1994 4 Songs from the British Isles
National Youth Choir/Michael Brewer
CD: PICKWICK PCD 10077

1994 Symphony No.1
Piano Concerto*
Howard Shelley* (Piano)/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Hickox
CD: CHANDOS CHAN 9333

1994 Symphony No.2
New Year Suite
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Hickox
CD: CHANDOS CHAN 9299

1995 Symphonies Nos. 1-4
1993-94 recordings (Hickox)
Special limited edition of 90 boxed sets signed by the Composer
CD: CHANDOS CHAN 9500-2

1995 Songs for Achilles*/Songs for Ariel/Boyhood's End
The Heart's Assurance/Music
Martyn Hill (Tenor)/Andrew Ball (Piano)/Craig Ogden (Guitar)
CD: HYPERION CDA 66749

1995 The Blue Guitar
Craig Ogden
CD: NIMBUS NI 5390

1995 Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tippett
CD: BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE Vol. III No.6

1995 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis*/5 Negro Spirituals/Dance,
Clarion Air
4 Songs from the British Isles/The Weeping Babe/Plebs Angelica/Lullaby
The Windhover/The Source
Finzi Singers/Andrew Lumsden, organ*/Paul Spicer
CD: CHANDOS CHAN 9265

1995 Triple Concerto*
Concerto for Orchestra
Leron Chilingirian (Violin), Simon Rowland-Jones (Viola), Philip de Groote (Cello).
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Hickox
CD: CHANDOS CHAN 9384

1995 The Knot Garden
Re-issue of 1974 recording (ROH / Davis)
A Child of Our Time
Re-issue of 1975 recording (BBC / Davis)
CD: PHILIPS 446331-2

1995 Concerto for Double String Orchestra/Little Music for
Strings
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis/5 Negro Spirituals
Re-issue of 1988, 1990, 1992 recordings
CD: NIMBUS NI 7026

1995 5 Negro Spirituals
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers
CD: COLLINS CLASSICS 14462

1995 A Child of Our Time
The Weeping Babe
Re-issue of 1989 CD release (Pritchard)
CD: BELART 461 1232
MC: BELART 461 1234

1995 A Child of Our Time
Gomez/Watts/Woollam/Shirley-Quirk
BBC Symphony Orchestra/BBC Symphony Chorus/Rozhdestvensky
CD: BBC RADIO CLASSICS BBC RD9130

1995 Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli
Piano Concerto (Ogdon)/Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Re-issues of 1965, 1963 recordings
CD: HMV CLASSICS HMV 5 687832

1995 Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Divertimento on 'Sellinger's Round'/Little Music/Sonata for 4 Horns*
Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Marriner
* Michael Thompson Horn Quartet
CD: EMI CDC5 55452-2

1995 Sonata No.2 for Piano Steven Neugarten
CD: METIER SOUND & VISION MSV 92008

1995 Sonata No.4 for Piano
Nicholas Unwin
CD: METIER SOUND & VISION MSV 92009

1995 The Midsummer Marriage
Re-issue on CD of 1971 recording of the opera
CD: LYRITA SRCD 2217

1995 King Priam
Re-issue of CD transfer of 1981 recording of the opera
CD: CHANDOS CHAN 9406/7

1995 Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli
Symphony No.3*
Josephine Barstow (Soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Leppard
CD: BBC RADIO CLASSICS BBC RD 9140

1995 Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Little Music/Divertimento on Sellinger's Round
The Heart's Assurance*
John Mark Ainsley* (Tenor)
City of London Sinfonia/Hickox
CD: CHANDOS CHAN 9409

1995 Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Iona Brown
CD: NAIM AUDIO NAIMCD 009

1995 Concerto for Double String Orchestra
CD re-issue of 1974 recording (in 2CD set 'Best of England')
CD: CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CFPSD 4754

1996 String Quartets Nos. 1 - 5
Lindsay Quartet
re-issue of 1988, 1989 & 1993 releases as a 2CD set
CD: ASV CDDCS 231

1996 Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 - 3
Nicholas Unwin
CD: CHANDOS CHAN 9468

1996 Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage (with chorus)
BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra
Conductor: Andrew Davis
CD: TELDEC 4509 945 2

1996 Magnificat & Nunc dimittis
Rochester Cathedral Choir, William Whitehead, organ
Conductor: Roger Sayer
CD: PRIORY PRCD 529

1996 Plebs Angelica
St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
Conductor: John Scott
CD: HYPERION CDA 66826

1996 Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli/Songs for Dov
Re-issue of 1988 recordings (cond. composer)
CD: VIRGIN CUV5 6132 2

1996 Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Re-issue of 1990 recording (cond. Groves)
CD: CARLTON 303670 0682

1996 The Vision of St. Augustine/Triple Concerto
Ernst Kovacic (Violin), Rivka Golani (Viola), Karine Georgian (Cello), John Shirtey-Quirk (Baritone) with London Sinfonietta & Chorus
Conductor: David Atherton (from BBC public concert 1985)
CD: BBC RADIO CLASSICS 15656 9190 2

1997 String Quartet Nos. 3 & 5
Kreutzer Quartet
CD: CHANDOS CHAN 9512

1997 Concerto for Double String Orchestra
English Sinfonia
Conductor: John Farrer
CD: CARLTON CLASSICS 30366 00542

1997 A Child of Our Time
Re-issue of 1986 recording (cond. Previn)
CD: IMP CLASSICS 30367 02052

1997 String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 4
Kreutzer Quartet
CD: CHANDOS CHAN 9560

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1997 The Rose Lake
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
c/w The Vision of St. Augustine
(CD transfer of 1972 recording)
CD: CONIFER CLASSICS 75605 51304 2

1997 Little Music
Re-issue of 1993 recording (cond. Farrer) [Collection - 'English String
Music']
CD: IMP CLASSICS 30367 02312

1997 Five Negro Spirituals - By and By
Lesley Garrett, chorus & Britten Sinfonia
Conductor: Ivor Bolton
CD: CONIFER CLASSICS 75605 51329 2

1997 Songs for Ariel
Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten

(CD CD: BELART 461 550 2

1997 Sonata No. 1 for Piano
Murray Perahia (1st release of a 1986 recording)
[included in 4 CD set - "Murray Perahia 25th Anniversary Edition"]
CD: SONY CLASSICAL SX4K 63380

1997 Symphonies Nos. 1 - 4
Suite from 'New Year'
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
cond. Richard Hickox [Re-issue of 3 CD set]
CD: CHANDOS CHAN 9500-2

1997 Songs for Ariel
Simon Gay (counter tenor), Paul Plummer
CD: CARDINAL CSCD 103

1998 The Midsummer Marriage [see under overseas recordings]

1998 'Sir Michael Tippett 1905 - 1998'
Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage (with soli and chorus)
Sosostris's Aria from the Midsummer Marriage
Praeludium for brass, bells and percussion
Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles
Triple Concerto
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
cond. composer
Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Little Music for Strings
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
cond. William Boughton
Crown of the Year. 5 Negro Spirituals
Dance, Clarion Air. The Weeping Babe
Plebs Angelica. Bonny at Morn. Music
cond. Stephen Darlington
The Blue Guitar
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
dir. George Guest
Compilation from 1988, 1990, 1991 and 1995 releases in 4 CD boxed set
CD: NIMBUS NI 1759

1998 The Heart's Assurance
Sarah Leonard (soprano) Malcolm Martineau, piano
CD: SOMM SOMMCD 213

1999 Piano Concerto
Ritual Dances (The Midsummer Marriage)
Benjamin Frith (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
conducted by George Hurst
Naxos 8.553591

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