Sir Michael Tippett - Concerto for Double String Orchestra (Outer Movements)

[ROLANDMC80EX]

scroll down and discover the horror of people like Norman Lebrecht on an earlier post by me....

I feel so sorry for him!

[piraticalmaid]

@jonimethfan Same here - my late husband owned that CFP disc (LPO/Handley) and I too turned it over and listened in total amazement. Saw Mark Elder + Halle play this a year or two ago, he obviously loves this work too.

[ROLANDMC80EX]

Clearly you love the great man's work!Do something wonderful when you read this!

there are some , including Norman Lebrecht. on page one online, who thinks ths is a composer who should be forgotten! HUH? COME ON PEOPLE...REDRESS THE BALANCE, STATE THE CASE TO TOSE WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND SO "RUBBISH"....IT'S NOT FAIR......YOU DO NOT GET TO BE CALLED SIR FOR NO SMALL REASON....

[AntPDC]

@jonimethfan An interesting take on the man, for which many thanks. You'd be even more emphatic, I suspect, had you included Gerald Finzi in your survey!

As to "awkward squad", you nailed it. Clearly the great man's feelings towards the establishment mellowed in later years: a CH; an OM; and - horror of bourgeois horrors - a knighthood (shudder)!

Best wishes.

[AntPDC]

@jonimethfan "Let the side down" - Leicester? I think not! Tippett held Leicester dear for many reasons, not least his work with the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra.

[ROLANDMC80EX]

Tippett was a genius PERIOD!

[SambArtBroadcast]

@ROLANDMC80EX I absolutely agree.

[AntPDC]

@jonimethfan You know, that's what happened to me too. Your description gave my memory a weird jolt, and I think I recall the little record shop in Bury St. Edmunds where I bought the Tallis CfP LP for 99 pence. And when I flipped over to the B side I thought: "who IS this man Tippett?".

[shlomzion]

Pity you didn't upload the middle adagio movement. A true hidden gem of 20th century music.

[AntPDC]

@shlomzion As I said in my Description: "Too long to include at once, here are the outer movements - the Allegro con Brio and the Allegro Molto. The profoundly affecting central Adagio Cantabile is elsewhere on my video list" :)

[ybravura]

Nice slide show for one of my favorite works. I've left many complaints under videos which only show a title card or the album cover.

YouTube is supposed to be a site where people demonstrate their video creativity. If people simply post recordings ripped from CDs, it's no better than Napster.

[Nai61a]

A masterpiece which I've known, I suddenly realise, for over 30 years. For an English musician - that's me - it is incredibly touching. Like the works of Sibelius, for example, it evokes a landscape and a spirit of its land of origin. Marriner is not necessarily the best interpreter of this piece - it's difficult to conduct - but it's a good performance, nonetheless.

[AntPDC]

@Nai61a Thank you. Happy to learn of other performances that you rate highly, as ever. Very best wishes.

Anthony

[Nai61a]

@AntPDC Good to exchange messages with you. I think I grew up with the Vernon Handley recording of this, with the London Phil on Classics for Pleasure; not sure whether it's available now ... I have the HMV Classics recording conducted by the composer and I know that the version with Andrew Davis is also well-regarded. It's on my list of things I'd like to conduct one day ... Best wishes, Ian.

[abdul7591]

Thank you for posting this. Is it possible to acquire Marriner's classic recording on CD now? I have the original Argo LP, which I purchased around 1980 or so.

[AntPDC]

@abdul7591 Thanks. I bought Sir Neville's recording on YouTube only a few weeks ago Abdul. I see you can also get the CD, and a download, from Amazon.

Regards.