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Sir Michael Tippett
1905-1998 GB, London
Composer of Classical
A.k.a. Michael Kemp Tippett
Sir Michael Kemp Tippett OM CH CBE (2 January 1905 – 8 January 1998) was an English composer who rose to prominence during and immediately after the Second World War. In his lifetime he was sometimes ranked with his contemporary Benjamin Britten as one of the leading British composers of the 20th century. Among his best-known works are the oratorio A Child of Our Time, the orchestral Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli, and the opera The Midsummer Marriage.
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 | Sir Michael Tippett, Martyn Brabbins | 2018 | Album |
| The Argo Organ Recordings: 20th Century Organ Music | Simon Preston, Paul Hindemith, Peter Maxwell Davies, Sir Edward Elgar, Kenneth Leighton, Frank Bridge, Herbert Howells, Sir Michael Tippett, Benjamin Britten | 2017 | Compil. |
| A Child Of Our Time | Sir Michael Tippett | 2015 | Compil. |
| Tippett String Quartets | Sir Michael Tippett, Heath Quartet | 2015 | Album |
| Henry Purcell | Henry Purcell, Kalmar Chamber Orchestra London, Sir Michael Tippett, The Ambrosian Singers, Alfred Deller, Wilfred Brown | 2015 | Album |
| Lachrymae - Music for Strings | The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Henry Purcell, Benjamin Britten, Arvo Pärt, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir William Walton, Sir Michael Tippett | 2012 | Album |
| Concertos | Sir Michael Tippett, John Ogdon, Rudolf Barshai, Sir Colin Davis | 2009 | Album |
| Concertos | Sir Michael Tippett | 2009 | Compil. |
| String Quartets • 2 (Quartets Nos. 3 And 5) | Sir Michael Tippett, Tippett Quartet | 2009 | Album |
| Divertimentos, Sinfoniettas | Sir Michael Tippett, Benjamin Britten, Malcolm Arnold, Lennox Berkeley, Alan Rawsthorne / English Chamber Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, The London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite | 2007 | Compil. |
| Prince Charles Suite - Fantasia Concertante - Double Concerto | Sir Michael Tippett | 2006 | Compil. |
| Concerto For Double String Orchestra / Little Music For String Orchestra / Five Variants Of 'Dives And Lazarus' / Partita For Double String Orchestra | Sir Michael Tippett, Ralph Vaughan Williams, English Sinfonia, John Farrer | 2006 | Album |
| Simple Gifts | Benjamin Britten • Aaron Copland • Samuel Barber • Sir Michael Tippett • Randall Thompson – Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Halsey, Philip Mayers | 2006 | Album |
| Who Are These Children? • Six Hölderlin Fragments • Young Man's Exhortation • Boyhood's End | Benjamin Britten, Gerald Finzi, Sir Michael Tippett – Mark Padmore • Roger Vignoles | 2005 | Album |
| Symphonies | Sir Michael Tippett, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox | 2005 | Album |
| Elgar Enigma Variations | Sir Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir Michael Tippett, Tadaaki Otaka, David Atherton, The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales | 2005 | Album |
| British Composers: Tippett | Sir Michael Tippett - Sir Colin Davis, John Ogdon | 2005 | Compil. |
| Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3 | Sir Michael Tippett, Peter Donohoe | 2005 | Album |
| Concerto For Orchestra; Suite For The Birthday Of Prince Charles | Sir Michael Tippett, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis | 2002 | Album |
| Mephisto Waltz / Concerto For Double String Orchestra / Symphony No. 6 | Leopold Stokowski, Franz Liszt, Sir Michael Tippett, Carl Nielsen, The London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra | 2001 | Album |
| Michael Tippett | Sir Michael Tippett | 2001 | Compil. |
| Piano Concerto • Ritual Dances (From The Midsummer Marriage) | Sir Michael Tippett - Benjamin Frith | 1999 | Album |
| A Child Of Our Time | Sir Michael Tippett - BBC Symphony Chorus - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | 1999 | Album |
| Sir Michael Tippett 1905-1998 | Sir Michael Tippett | 1998 | Compil. |
| The 5 String Quartets | Sir Michael Tippett - The Lindsays | 1998 | Album |
| A Child Of Our Time | Sir Michael Tippett Featuring Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra And Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Conducted By John Pritchard | 1998 | Compil. |
| String Quartets Volume 1 | Sir Michael Tippett, The Kreutzer Quartet | 1997 | Album |
| The Rose Lake/The Vision Of St. Augustine | Sir Michael Tippett - Sir Colin Davis, The London Symphony Orchestra And London Symphony Chorus | 1997 | Album |
| Concerto For Double String Orchestra / Fantasia Concertante On A Theme Of Corelli / Ritual Dances From The Midsummer Marriage | Sir Michael Tippett | 1996 | Album |
| Tippet: String Quartet No. 4 / Britten: String Quartet No. 3 | Sir Michael Tippett, Benjamin Britten, The Lindsays | 1996 | Album |
| Triple Concerto, Concerto For Orchestra | Sir Michael Tippett, Levon Chilingirian, Simon Rowland-Jones, Philip de Groote, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox | 1995 | Album |
| Songs For Achilles · Songs For Ariel · Boyhood's End · The Heart's Assurance · Purcell Realisations | Sir Michael Tippett - Martyn Hill, Andrew Ball, Craig Ogden | 1995 | Album |
| Symphony No. 1 / Piano Concerto | Sir Michael Tippett - Howard Shelley, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox | 1995 | Album |
| Complete Symphonies / Suite From New Year | Sir Michael Tippett - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox | 1995 | Album |
| Concerto for Double String Orchestra - Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli - Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of our Time - Little Music for Strings - Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis | Sir Michael Tippett, English String Orchestra / William Boughton | 1995 | Compil. |
| The Heart's Assurance / Concerto For Double String Orchestra / Little Music For String Orchestra / Divertimento On Sellinger's Round | Sir Michael Tippett - John Mark Ainsley, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1995 | Album |
| Tippett Conducts Tippett: Symphonies Nos 2 & 4 | Sir Michael Tippett / BBC Symphony Orchestra | 1995 | Album |
| Symphony No. 3 / Praeludium | Sir Michael Tippett - Faye Robinson, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox | 1994 | Album |
| Fantasia Concertante On A Theme Of Corelli, St. Paul's Suite, A Fugal Concerto, Concerto Grosso Op.6/2, Trio Sonata Op.3/4, Fugue In B Minor BWV 579 | Sir Michael Tippett, Gustav Holst, Arcangelo Corelli, Johann Sebastian Bach, Christopher Hogwood, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra | 1994 | Album |
| Symphony No. 2 / Suite From New Year | Sir Michael Tippett - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox | 1994 | Album |
| Fantasia Concertante On A Theme Of Corelli / String Quartet No.1 In A / Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata's 1 & 2 / Concerto For Double String Orchestra | Sir Michael Tippett | 1993 | Compil. |
| Symphony No. 4, Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli, Fantasia on a Theme of Handel | Sir Michael Tippett, Howard Shelley, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox | 1993 | Album |
| Byzantium / Symphony No. 4 | Sir Michael Tippett - Georg Solti, Faye Robinson, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1993 | Album |
| British Composers: Tippett | Sir Michael Tippett - Rudolf Barshai, Sir Colin Davis, John Ogdon, Edinburgh String Quartet | 1993 | Compil. |
| English String Music | Lennox Berkeley, Gustav Holst, Sir Michael Tippett, Benjamin Britten, English Sinfonia, John Farrer | 1993 | Compil. |
| A Child Of Our Time | Sir Michael Tippett - Faye Robinson, Sarah Walker, Jon Garrison, John Cheek, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus | 1992 | Album |
| A Child Of Our Time | Sir Michael Tippett | 1992 | Album |
| The Sound Of St. John's | Sir Michael Tippett, Herbert Howells, Robin Orr, Jean Langlais, Alun Hoddinott, St. John's College Choir, George Guest | 1992 | Album |
| Corelli Fantasia / Little Music For Strings / Serenade / Coronach | Sir Michael Tippett / Lennox Berkeley / Michael Berkeley - William Boughton, English String Orchestra | 1992 | Album |
| Tippett Conducts • Triple Concerto • Piano Concerto | Sir Michael Tippett | 1991 | Album |
| The String Quartets | Sir Michael Tippett, Britten Quartet | 1991 | Album |
| The Wallace Collection | The Wallace Collection, John Wallace - Sir Michael Tippett, Benjamin Britten, Elliott Carter, Witold Lutoslawski | 1991 | Album |
| Choral Works | Sir Michael Tippett | 1990 | Album |
| Ritual Dances | Sir Michael Tippett - Alfreda Hodgson, The Chorus Of Opera North, English Northern Philharmonia | 1990 | Album |
| Tippett Conducts Tippett | Sir Michael Tippett / Nigel Robson, Scottish Chamber Orchestra | 1988 | Album |
| Britten · Tippett · Walton | Benjamin Britten, Sir Michael Tippett, Sir William Walton, Guildhall String Ensemble | 1988 | Album |
| The Mask Of Time | Sir Michael Tippett, Faye Robinson • Sarah Walker • Robert Tear • John Cheek | 1987 | Album |
| A Child Of Our Time | Sir Michael Tippett, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn | 1986 | Album |
| Double Concerto / Violin Concerto | Sir Michael Tippett, Benjamin Britten, The London Symphony Orchestra | 1985 | Compil. |
| The Four Piano Sonatas | Sir Michael Tippett - Paul Crossley | 1985 | Album |
| Concerto For Double String Orchestra /Ritual Dances From "The Midsummer Marriage" | Sir Michael Tippett, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai | 1985 | Album |
| The Four Symphonies | Sir Michael Tippett, Sir Colin Davis • Georg Solti | 1984 | Compil. |
| Concierto Para Violín / Ricardo 3º (Preludio) / Fantasía Concertante Sobre Un Tema De Corelli | Sir William Walton / Sir Michael Tippett - The London Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Directed By André Previn, Bernard Herrmann, Sir Neville Marriner | 1984 | Compil. |
| The English Connection | Sir Edward Elgar • Sir Michael Tippett • Ralph Vaughan Williams • The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields • Sir Neville Marriner | 1983 | Album |
| Divertimento / Divertimento / Sinfonietta / Sinfonietta | Sir Michael Tippett, Alan Rawsthorne, Benjamin Britten And Lennox Berkeley | 1982 | Album |
| Modern British Piano Music | Sir Michael Tippett / Alun Hoddinott / David Bedford / Timothy Salter, Thalia Myers | 1982 | Album |
| Concerto For Violin, Viola, And Cello = Konzert Für Violine, Viola Und Violoncello | Sir Michael Tippett - György Pauk, Nobuko Imai, Ralph Kirshbaum, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis | 1982 | Album |
| Shires Suite / Virages – Region One | Sir Michael Tippett / Douglas Young | 1981 | Album |
| King Priam | Sir Michael Tippett, David Atherton, Robert Tear · Thomas Allen · Norman Bailey · Felicity Palmer, Yvonne Minton · Philip Langridge · Heather Harper, London Sinfonietta · London Sinfonietta Chorus | 1981 | Album |
| Royal Pageant | Sir Michael Tippett, The London Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Sir Colin Davis, Sir Edward Elgar, Concertgebouworkest Conducted By Sir Neville Marriner, Sir William Walton, Eastman Wind Ensemble Conducted By Frederick Fennell | 1981 | Compil. |
| Symphony No.4 / Suite For The Birthday Of Prince Charles | Sir Michael Tippett, Georg Solti · The Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1981 | Album |
| A Man Of Our Time | Sir Michael Tippett | 1978 | Compil. |
| Choral Music | Sir Michael Tippett, Nicholas Cleobury | 1978 | Album |
| Boyhood's End / Songs For Achilles / Songs For Ariel / The Heart's Assurance | Sir Michael Tippett - Philip Langridge, John Constable, Timothy Walker | 1976 | Album |
| A Festival Of English Music | Benjamin Britten / George Butterworth / Sir Edward Elgar / Sir Michael Tippett / Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields / Sir Neville Marriner | 1976 | Compil. |
| Symphony No. 1 / Suite For The Birthday Of Prince Charles | Sir Michael Tippett - The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis | 1976 | Album |
| A Child Of Our Time | Sir Michael Tippett - Jessye Norman, Janet Baker, John Shirley-Quirk, Richard Cassilly | 1975 | Album |
| String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 3 | Sir Michael Tippett - The Lindsays | 1975 | Album |
| Tallis Fantasia • Fantasia On Greensleeves / Concerto For Double String Orchestra | Ralph Vaughan Williams / Sir Michael Tippett, The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Vernon Handley | 1974 | Album |
| The Knot Garden | Sir Michael Tippett - Yvonne Minton, Josephine Barstow, Jill Gomez, Thomas Hemsley, Thomas Carey, Robert Tear, Raimund Herincx, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis | 1974 | Album |
| Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 And 3 | Sir Michael Tippett - Paul Crossley | 1973 | Album |
| Poèmes Pour Mi / Songs For Dov | Olivier Messiaen / Sir Michael Tippett | 1973 | Album |
| Symphony No. 3 | Sir Michael Tippett - Heather Harper, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis | 1973 | Album |
| The Vision Of St. Augustine / Fantasia On A Theme Of Handel | Sir Michael Tippett - The London Symphony Orchestra And London Symphony Chorus, John Shirley-Quirk / Margaret Kitchin | 1972 | Album |
| Little Music For String Orchestra / Concerto For Double String Orchestra / Fantasia Concertante On A Theme Of Corelli | Sir Neville Marriner, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Sir Michael Tippett | 1972 | Album |
| Introduction And Allegro / Overture To A Comedy / Elegy From 'A Downland Suite' / Overture-Panache / Cuban Suite / 'Interlude' And 'Epilogue' From 'The Shires Suite' | Arthur Bliss, Sir Michael Tippett, André Previn, Eric Pinkett Conduct Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra | 1971 | Album |
| Four Ritual Dances From "The Midsummer Marriage" / Concerto For Orchestra | Sir Michael Tippett - Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis | 1970 | Album |
| The Midsummer Marriage | Sir Michael Tippett, Sir Colin Davis | 1970 | Album |
| Second Symphony | Sir Michael Tippett - The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis | 1968 | Album |
| Passacaglia / First Sonata / Theme And Variations | John Ogdon, Ronald Stevenson, Sir Michael Tippett | 1967 | Album |
| String Quartet No.1 / String Quartet No.3 | Sir Michael Tippett, Fidelio Quartet | 1967 | Album |
| Concerto For Double String Orchestra, Symphonic Studies | Sir Michael Tippett, Alan Rawsthorne | 1967 | Album |
| Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra | Sir Michael Tippett, Alan Ridout, William Mathias, Malcolm Arnold | 1967 | Album |
| Sonata No.2 / Sonata No.2 | Arnold Bax / Sir Michael Tippett / Peter Cooper | 1967 | Album |
| Piano Concerto ∙ Piano Sonata No. 2 | Sir Michael Tippett, John Ogdon ∙ Philharmonia Orchestra ∙ Sir Colin Davis | 1965 | Album |
| Boyhood's End, The Heart's Assurance, String Quartet No. 2 | Sir Michael Tippett / Peter Pears, Mewton-Wood, Amadeus-Quartett | 1965 | Album |
| Concerto For Orchestra / Little Symphony, Op.15 | Sir Michael Tippett, Alexander Goehr, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Norman Del Mar | 1965 | Album |
| Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge / Concerto For Double String Orchestra | Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, Benjamin Britten / Sir Michael Tippett / Moscow Chamber Orchestra | 1965 | Album |
| Concerto For Orchestra / Little Symphony, Op.15 | Sir Michael Tippett, Alexander Goehr, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Norman Del Mar | 1965 | Album |
| Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge / Fantasia Concertante On A Theme Of Corelli / Concerto Grosso In F, Op. 6 No. 2 | Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, Benjamin Britten / Sir Michael Tippett / Arcangelo Corelli | 1965 | Album |
| String Quartets | Sir Michael Tippett and Ernest Bloch, Edinburgh String Quartet | 1964 | Album |
| A Child Of Our Time | Sir Michael Tippett | 1963 | Album |
| Twentieth Century Church Music | St. John's College Choir Director George Guest, Edward C. Bairstow, Benjamin Britten, Herbert Howells, John Ireland, Robin Orr, Sir Michael Tippett, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir William Walton | 1963 | Album |
| Tippett & Prokofiev | Sir Michael Tippett & Sergei Prokofiev / Moscow Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Rudolf Barshai | 1963 | Album |
| A Child Of Our Time - Parts Two And Three | Sir Michael Tippett - Elsie Morison / Pamela Bowden / Richard Lewis / Richard Standen With Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra And Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Conducted By John Pritchard | 1958 | Album |
| A Child Of Our Time - Part One / Ritual Dances | Sir Michael Tippett - Elsie Morison / Pamela Bowden / Richard Lewis / Richard Standen With Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra And Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir / Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Conducted By John Pritchard | 1958 | Album |
| Ode For St. Cecilia's Day | Henry Purcell, Alfred Deller, The Ambrosian Singers, Sir Michael Tippett | 1956 | Album |
| Hornithology | NFB Horn Quartet, Gunther Schuller, Sir Michael Tippett, Jay Wadenpfuhl | Album | |
| Visions Fugitives / Concerto for Double String Orchestra | Sergei Prokofiev / Sir Michael Tippett With the Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Rudolf Barshai | Album | |
| Cäcilienode (1692) | Henry Purcell, Sir Michael Tippett | Album | |
| Quartet No. 2 in F Sharp Major / Quartetto Lirico | Sir Michael Tippett, Mátyás Seiber, Amadeus-Quartett | Album | |
| Stravinsky: Apollon Musagete / Tippett: Concerto For Double String Orchestra | Igor Stravinsky, Sir Michael Tippett, English String Orchestra | Album | |
| String Quartet No. 2 In 'F' Sharp / String Quartet | Fidelio Quartet, Sir Michael Tippett, Frederick Delius | Album | |
| Symphonic Studies; Concerto For Double String Orchestra | Alan Rawsthorne, Sir Michael Tippett - Philharmonia Orchestra, Constant Lambert, Walter Goehr | Album | |
| Concerto For Orchestra / Triple Concerto | Sir Michael Tippett, György Pauk, Nobuko Imai, Ralph Kirshbaum, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis | Compil. | |
| Piano Sonata No. 1 / Piano Sonata Op. 13 | Sir Michael Tippett, Iain Hamilton / Margaret Kitchin | Album |
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