Tippett: Ritual Dances

On this CD:

1. The Midsummer Marriage, opera in 3 acts Prelude
Composed by Michael Tippett
Performed by English Northern Philharmonia
Conducted by Michael Tippett

2. The Midsummer Marriage, opera in 3 acts Transformation and Preparation
Composed by Michael Tippett
Performed by English Northern Philharmonia
Conducted by Michael Tippett

3. The Midsummer Marriage, opera in 3 acts The First dance: The Earth in Autumn
Composed by Michael Tippett
Performed by English Northern Philharmonia
Conducted by Michael Tippett

4. The Midsummer Marriage, opera in 3 acts Transformation and Preparation
Composed by Michael Tippett
Performed by English Northern Philharmonia
Conducted by Michael Tippett

5. The Midsummer Marriage, opera in 3 acts The Second dance: The Waters in Winter
Composed by Michael Tippett
Performed by English Northern Philharmonia
Conducted by Michael Tippett

6. The Midsummer Marriage, opera in 3 acts Transformation and Preparation
Composed by Michael Tippett
Performed by English Northern Philharmonia
Conducted by Michael Tippett

7. The Midsummer Marriage, opera in 3 acts The Third dance: The Air in Spring
Composed by Michael Tippett
Performed by English Northern Philharmonia
Conducted by Michael Tippett

8. The Midsummer Marriage, opera in 3 acts Preparation and the Fourth dance: Fire in Summer
Composed by Michael Tippett
Performed by English Northern Philharmonia with Matthew Best, Rita Cullis, Mark Curtis, Margaret McDonald
Conducted by Michael Tippett

9. The Midsummer Marriage, opera in 3 acts Sosostris's Aria
Composed by Michael Tippett
Performed by English Northern Philharmonia with Alfreda Hodgson
Conducted by Michael Tippett

10. Praeludium, for brass, bells & percussion
Composed by Michael Tippett
Performed by English Northern Philharmonia
Conducted by Michael Tippett

11. Suite (for the Birthday of Prince Charles), for orchestra in D major
Composed by Michael Tippett
Performed by English Northern Philharmonia
Conducted by Michael Tippett

Tippett: Ritual Dances, Music, Matthew Best, Michael Tippett, Michael Tippett, Margaret MacDonald, Margaret McDonald, English Northern Philharmonia, Rita Cullis, Mark Curtis, British 20th/21st Century Opera, Chamber, Classical, Classical Music, Mixed Chamber Ensemble without Keyboard, Opera, Orchestral, Suite for Orchestra

Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra, Ritual Dances, etc.
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Hartley , Watkins , Davis , and BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Perotin / The Hilliard Ensemble

ASIN: B00005NIF8
Release Date: 2006-04-14

Tracks:

Concerto For Double String Orchestra
Fantasia Concertante On A Theme Of Corelli
Ritual Dances From The Midsummer Marriage - Prelude
Ritual Dances From The Midsummer Marriage - Transformation & Preparation For
Ritual Dances From The Midsummer Marriage - The First Dance: The Earth In Autumn
Ritual Dances From The Midsummer Marriage - The Second Dance: The Water In Winte
Ritual Dances From The Midsummer Marriage - The Third Dance: The Air In Spring
Ritual Dances From The Midsummer Marriage - The Fourth Dance: Fire In Summer

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Sir Michael Tippett

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The Midsummer Marriage: Ritual Dances: Prld - English Northern Phil/Sir Michael Tippett
The Midsummer Marriage: Ritual Dances: Transformation And Preparation For - Rita Cullis/Mark Curtis/Margaret McDonald/Matthew Best/Chor Of Opr North/David Greed
The Midsummer Marriage: Ritual Dances: The First Dance: The Earth In Autumn - Rita Cullis/Mark Curtis/Margaret McDonald/Matthew Best/Chor Of Opr North/David Greed
The Midsummer Marriage: Ritual Dances: Transformation And Preparation For - Rita Cullis/Mark Curtis/Margaret McDonald/Matthew Best/Chor Of Opr North/David Greed
The Midsummer Marriage: Ritual Dances: The Second Dance: The Waters In Winter - Rita Cullis/Mark Curtis/Margaret McDonald/Matthew Best/Chor Of Opr North/David Greed
The Midsummer Marriage: Ritual Dances: Transformation And Preparation For - Rita Cullis/Mark Curtis/Margaret McDonald/Matthew Best/Chor Of Opr North/David Greed
The Midsummer Marriage: Ritual Dances: The Third Dance: The Air In Spring - Rita Cullis/Mark Curtis/Margaret McDonald/Matthew Best/Chor Of Opr North/David Greed
The Midsummer Marriage: Ritual Dances: Preparation And The Fourth Dance: Fire In Summer - Rita Cullis/Mark Curtis/Margaret McDonald/Matthew Best/Chor Of Opr North/David Greed
The Midsummer Marriage: Sosostris's Aria - Alfreda Hodgson
Prld - English Northern Phil/Sir Michael Tippett
Ste For The Birthday Of Prince Charles: I. Intrada - English Northern Philharmonia/Sir Michael Tippett
Ste For The Birthday Of Prince Charles: II. Berceuse - English Northern Philharmonia/Sir Michael Tippett
Ste For The Birthday Of Prince Charles: III. Procession And Dance - English Northern Philharmonia/Sir Michael Tippett
Ste For The Birthday Of Prince Charles: IV. Carol - English Northern Philharmonia/Sir Michael Tippett
Ste For The Birthday Of Prince Charles: V. Finale - English Northern Philharmonia/Sir Michael Tippett

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Dance, Clarion Air - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington
The Weeping Babe - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington
Plebs Angelica - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington
Bonny At Morn - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington/Michael Copley/Maurice Hodges/Evelyn Nallen
Crown Of The Year: I. Prld: Spring - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington/Martin Jones/John Anderson/Colin Lawson...
Crown Of The Year: II. Hush, Nightingale - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington/Martin Jones/John Anderson/Colin Lawson...
Crown Of The Year: III. Refrain - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington/Martin Jones/John Anderson/Colin Lawson...
Crown Of The Year: IV. Prld: Summer - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington/Martin Jones/John Anderson/Colin Lawson...
Crown Of The Year: V. Summer Has A Heart Of Drums. Refrain - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington/Martin Jones/John Anderson/Colin Lawson...
Crown Of The Year: VI. Prld: Autumn - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington/Martin Jones/John Anderson/Colin Lawson...
Crown Of The Year: VII. Victoria Rules An Autumn Land. Refrain - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington/Martin Jones/John Anderson/Colin Lawson...
Crown Of The Year: VIII. Prld. Winter - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington/Martin Jones/John Anderson/Colin Lawson...
Crown Of The Year: IX. Hurl Of The Wind - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington/Martin Jones/John Anderson/Colin Lawson...
Music - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington/Martin Jones
A Child Of Our Time: Five Negro Spirituals: I. Steal Away - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington
A Child Of Our Time: Five Negro Spirituals: II. Nobody Knows - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington
A Child Of Our Time: Five Negro Spirituals: III. Go Down Moses - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington
A Child Of Our Time: Five Negro Spirituals: IV. By And By - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington
A Child Of Our Time: Five Negro Spirituals: V. Deep River - Christ Church Cathedral Chor, Oxford/Stephen Darlington

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Triple Con: I. Medium Fast - Ernst Kovacic/Gerard Causse/Alexander Baillie
Triple Con: Interlude: Medium Slow - Ernst Kovacic/Gerard Causse/Alexander Baillie
Triple Con: II. Very Slow; Calmer Still - Ernst Kovacic/Gerard Causse/Alexander Baillie
Triple Con: Interlude: Medium Fast - Ernst Kovacic/Gerard Causse/Alexander Baillie
Triple Con: III. Medium Fast - Ernst Kovacic/Gerard Causse/Alexander Baillie
Con: I. Allegro Non Troppo - Martino Tirimo
Con: II. Molto Lente E Tranquillo - Martino Tirimo
Con: III. Vivace - Martino Tirimo

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Con: I. Allegro Con Brio - English Str Orch/William Boughton
Con: II. Adagio Cantabile - English Str Orch/William Boughton
Con: III. Allegro Molto - English Str Orch/William Boughton
Son: 'The Blue Guitar': I. Transforming (Medium Slow - Slow) - Craig Ogden
Son: 'The Blue Guitar': II. Juggling (Fast) - Craig Ogden
Son: 'The Blue Guitar': III. Dreaming (Very Slow) - Craig Ogden
Little Music: I. Prld: Maestoso/II. Fugue: Allegro Moderato/III. Air: Andante Espressivo... - English Str Orch/William Boughton
Evening Canticles: Magnificat - St. John's College Chor, Cambridge/George Guest
Evening Canticles: Nunc Dimittis - St. John's College Chor, Cambridge/George Guest
Fant Conc On A Theme Of Corelli - Michael Bochmann/Linda Rhodes/Nicholas Jones

Sir Michael Tippett : Concerto for Double String Orchestra, Ritual Dances from 'The Midsummer Marriage' Bornemouth SO / Rudolf Barshai (EMI)

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Sir Michael Tippett : Concerto for Double String Orchestra, Ritual Dances from 'The Midsummer Marriage' Bornemouth SO / Rudolf Barshai (EMI)

Manufacturer: Emi
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ASIN: B000H9KBH6

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Amazing sound quality and excellent performances

A Celebration [includes bonus DVD]

Manufacturer: Philips
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ASIN: B0001ZWGHE
Release Date: 2004-07-13

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Amazing sound quality and excellent performances.......2006-02-05

I haven't listened to the three audio cds all the way through, but I did listen to most of the Eine Kline Nachtmusik. I have the Phillips Duo version which I don't think is included here (It seems like they're a couple years apart), though the Phillips Duo got the coveted rosette from the Penguin Guide To Classical Music, this version on this 3CD Set, is played a little better, and it makes the Duo version sound like it's played in a wet paper sack. The sound is so darn crisp and brilliant that's it's just simply breathtaking. Get this "A Celebration" disc as fast as you can, and you'll thank me! I promise! I kind of listened to a little bit of everything, just to see if the sound quality was as good as the Mozart Serenade, and the sound quality was superb on all the pieces. There's also a bonus DVD which is very enjoyable of the Tchaikovsky Serenade and I'm forgetting the other piece, so in all your getting 4 discs. It sells here on Amazon, but I didn't check the prices it's going for, but I'll check and give you the lowest price. I just checked the used prices, and someone is selling their's for $8.00 like new, so that sounds like the bargain of bargains to me. Enjoy!!!

Tippett: Piano Sonatas 1-3; String Quartets 1-3; Fantasia Concertante; etc.

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Great performances of some mostly great music

Tippett: Piano Sonatas 1-3; String Quartets 1-3; Fantasia Concertante; etc.

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ASIN: B0009A41W4
Release Date: 2006-03-08

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Great performances of some mostly great music.......2006-01-01

The late Michael Tippett (1905-1998) had one of the most instantly recognisable musical voices of the twentieth century. Although his stylistic concerns may have shifted radically from the radiant, tonally-inflected lyricism of the Concerto for Double String Orchestra to the thorny and ascetic Concerto for Orchestra (and the opera King Priam), the intense and passionate vein of ecstatic musical lines never left his music. This box set collects most of his major orchestral works (with the unfortunate exception of The Rose Lake), and the first three of his piano sonatas and string quartets. Firstly, the performances are universally excellent (all the artists being long associated with Tippett's music). Mention must be made of Sir Marriner's passionate and wonderfully- nuanced reading of the always enjoyable Fantasia Concertante, and Colin Davis' energetic and joyous interpretations of the first three symphonies. He makes the diffuse and poorly- constructed Third Symphony seem more logical than the only rival recording- Hickox on Chandos. Heather Harper, whilst no Blues singer, gives a valiant effort to articulate Tippett's frankly vulgar Blues songs, interpolated between quotes from Beethoven's 9th. Solti's recording of the 4th symphony is everything you'd expect from CSO in the late seventies: power, virtuosity and that famous sheen that obviously inspired Tippett to write the work for them. Unfortunately, the "breathing effect" is a disastrous failure, sounding like a dying bronchitis patient, rather than the "gently breathing" sounds presumably intended by the composer. The first three Piano Sonatas are played beautifully by Paul Crossley, making the most elegant case possible for the average first and second sonatas. The third, truly a great work, is given an electric reading. The string quartets, played by the Lindsay Quartet are also given dynamic, thoughtful performances, the second and third quartets containing some of Tippett's most inspired counterpoint.
All in all, a set well worth investigating, if you do not have any orchestral/instrumental Tippett in your collection, though not every work on here is of the highest compositional quality.

Tippett: Midsummer Marriage - The Piano Concerto and The Ritual Dances

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Tippetts for living
Outstanding release
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Tippett: Midsummer Marriage - The Piano Concerto and The Ritual Dances
Benjamin Frith , BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra , and George Hurst
Manufacturer: Naxos
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ASIN: B000031WHF
Release Date: 1999-11-30

Tracks:

Ritual Dances From The Midsummer Marriage: Allegro molto
Piano Concerto: Allegro non troppo
Piano Concerto: Molto lente e tranquillo
Piano Concerto: Vivace

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Tippetts for living.......2005-04-30

I must first qualify this review by telling you that I'm a Romantic Era fellow at heart. I loath this mid-20th century music, so you might take this review with a grain of salt. Hopefully, at the least you'll find it entertaining. The oratorio of 1944, A Child of Our Time, introduced Tippett to the general public. I had the misfortune of hearing my local symphony and chorus integrate the oratorio's themes of oppression, prejudice and tolerance into their own creative expression and search for meaning. How ennobling! How I hated it! But in the 40's, music lovers in the States were captivated by this iconoclastic music, and the love affair continued into the '50's with the premier of Tippett's Ritual Dances and Piano Concerto. Written with a profound understanding of harmony and counterpoint, the dances and concerto on this disk should please those who appreciate this musical style. I, however, prefer to leave the room humming a tune - a difficult task with these pieces. The four Ritual Dances - from the opera Midsummer Marriage - sequence as an allegro, adagio, scherzo, and another allegro with at least four tonality shifts; however to my ears the dances run together in one long Tippettness, forming what I imagine to be quite a bit of hustle and bustle and staggering around the dance floor. Swan Lake it ain't - a jazz dance perchance? (Please don't invite me to the dance.) Seemingly written in the key of H, the piano concerto has been described as having Romantic roots...well, perhaps on another planet. I am hard pressed to think of any Romantic Era piano concerto that remotely resembles Tippett's. Having a traditional pattern of first movement sonata and third movement rondo does not a Romantic concerto make. The original soloist considered the solo part unplayable. (Give the man a hand.) But it's playable all right...listenable is a different story unless you enjoy the progressive composition of Tippett and his cohorts. Benjamin Frith plays brilliantly. For more of him on Naxos see his Mendelssohn piano concertos and Rachmaninov's third.

Outstanding release.......1999-12-29

Outstanding playing and recorded sound throughout! With its budget price, you should purchase immediately...

Outstanding release.......1999-12-29

Outstanding playing and recorded sound throughout! With its budget price, you should purchase immediately...

Tippett: The Rose Lake; Ritual dances [Hybrid SACD]

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The Legacy of Sir Michael Tippett
EARLY AND LATE TIPPETT IN EXCELLENT PERFORMANCES

Tippett: The Rose Lake; Ritual dances [Hybrid SACD]

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ASIN: B000AV6238
Release Date: 2005-10-18

Tracks:

Medium Fast
The Lake Begins To Sing. Slow-
Fast-
Song Is Echoed From The Sky. Slow-
Fast - Medium Slow-
The Lake Is Full In Full Song. Slow-
Medium Slow - Medium fast -
Medium Slow -
The Lake Song Leaves The Sky. Slow-
Fast -
The Lake Sings Itself To Sleep. Medium Slow-
Calm - Medium Fast
Prelude. Lento - Andante -
Transformation. L'Istesso Tempo -
Preperation For The First Dance. Allegretto Con Moto Vigoroso -
First Dance. The Earth In Autmn (The Hound Chases The Hare Allegro Molto -
Transformation. [L'istesso Tempo] - Andante -
Preperation For The Second Dance. Allegretto Con Moto Vigoroso
Second Dance. The Waters In Winter (The Otter Chases The Fish)
Transformation. Allegro Molto (Tempo Della Prima Danza Quasi Doppio Movimento) - Andante -
Preperation For The Third Dance. AllegroFlebile - Vigoroso
Third Dance. The Air In Spring (The Hawk Chases The Bird). Allegro Graziosos Vivace (Tempo I) - L'istesso Tempo - Allegro Assai - Tempo I - Allegro Assai -
Perperation For The Fourth Dance . Doppio Meno Mosso -
Fourth Dance. Fire In Summer (The Voluntary Human Sacrifice). Piu Mosso: Allegro Moderato - Presto - Doppio Meno Mosso - Lento - Calando

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The Legacy of Sir Michael Tippett.......2006-04-02

British composers are often overlooked in the total picture of classical composition, as though the island could never compare with the continent of Europe. That fault does not take into account some of the genius music that hails from England: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Edward Elgar, and yes, even Michael Tippett. This recording should add to the respect for Tippett's work that deserves far more performance than it has achieved.

Tippett is best known for his operas, and of those the most frequently performed is 'The Midsummer Marriage', a wildly eclectic story that vies with 'The Magic Flute' for mixing reality with fantasy. One work of Tippett's that deserves far more attention is the set of 'Ritual Dances' excerpted form that opera and as performed here by Richard Hickox and the BBC National Orchestra Wales. This is richly and thickly orchestrated melodic music with a heavy bow to Strauss and Wagner, but it is music that not only dances but sings. There is some very original orchestration here that Hickox manages to bring to the surface of even the heaviest moments.

But for sheer beauty Tippett's 'The Rose Lake' is transcendent music, finding the bonding with nature through the depiction of a lake in Senegal that changes colors from green to rose in the course of a day. Few composers, in a single work, find a communication with nature the way this extraordinarily lovely work does. It is perfectly performed here by Hickox who seems to understand every nuance of this complex score. It is memorable. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp. April 06

EARLY AND LATE TIPPETT IN EXCELLENT PERFORMANCES.......2005-11-22

The Rose Lake is a very late Tippett work, his last orchestral score, in fact. In style, it lives alongside pieces such as The Mask of Time and, especially, the Triple Concerto. The Midsummer Marriage, on the other hand, is relatively early - the pinnacle of Tippett's lyrical, rhythmically electric first period, epitomised by the Corelli Fantasia.

The pairing of the The Rose Lake with the Ritual Dances from the early opera is thus a fascinating coupling. It's amazing how far Tippett travelled in his composing career. He was not a 'natural' composer in the way that Britten was. He achieved his unique voice through application, study, trial and error and sheer hard work as much as by inspiration. The style he evolved in his later works was to set contrasting blocks of material boldly and starkly against each other and generate dramatic tension through the friction between them. This is the fundamental structure of pieces like The Vision of St. Augustine and the Fourth Symphony. It is similar to the structure of many of Messiaen's works, too. It is also the basis for The Rose Lake. But here there is an added dimension as well. The piece was inspired by a visit Tippett made to a small lake in Senegal which changes through the course of a day from a greenish colour to a deep rose pink and back again. So the piece is a dawn-to-dusk evocation of this marvel of nature (cf. many of Messiaen's Catalogue d'Oiseaux). Several important landmarks in the work are described by the composer as the moments when the Lake 'sings' - perhaps an extension of the end of The Mask of Time when 'the singing will never end'. These 'songs' are certainly wonderfully lyrical moments, like those that have permeated Tippett's work from Child of Our Time days through to the glorious slow movement of the Triple Concerto. The orchestral palette is also magically evocative, glittering and shimmering with much use of tuned percussion and with a large unifying role for the roto-toms, often unusually supporting key melodic lines.

The Hickox performance (and the Chandos recording) certainly brings out all the colour and glamour of Tippett's orchestration without ever losing sight of the overall structure. Colin Davis and the LSO perhaps make more of Tippett the Visionary or the Seer in the piece. But Hickox, whose Welsh players seem to have the music more firmly under their fingers, make Tippett's contrapuntal complexities clearer while letting the lyricism and the tone-poem aspects speak for themselves.

The Ritual Dances on this disc abound with effervescent energy and the textures glow with an ample richness. These, too, in Hickox's hands are nature pieces, conjuring up the Earth in Autumn, the Waters in Winter, the Air in Spring and the Fire in Summer, each of the first three depicting the pursuit of a male animal by a female. I'm not sure anyone can touch John Pritchard, conductor of the opera's world premiere, in these pieces, but Hickox and the BBC Welsh Orchestra run him pretty close.

Tippett:Concerto/Fantasia Concertante/Ritual Dances

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Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
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ASIN: B000000SN4
Release Date: 1996-07-02

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Tippett: Ritual Dances

Manufacturer: Nimbus Records
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ASIN: B000024NOV
Release Date: 1992-12-02

Tracks:

Ritual Dances (From The Midsummer Marriage): Prelude - Rita Cullis/Mark Curtis/Margaret McDonald/ Matthew Best
Ritual Dances (From The Midsummer Marriage): Transformation And Preparation For - Rita Cullis/Mark Curtis/Margaret McDonald/ Matthew Best
Ritual Dances (From The Midsummer Marriage): The First Dance: 'The Earth In Autumn' - Rita Cullis/Mark Curtis/Margaret McDonald/ Matthew Best
Ritual Dances (From The Midsummer Marriage): Transformation And Preparation For - Rita Cullis/Mark Curtis/Margaret McDonald/ Matthew Best
Ritual Dances (From The Midsummer Marriage): The Second Dance: 'Waters in Winter' - Rita Cullis/Mark Curtis/Margaret McDonald/ Matthew Best
Ritual Dances (From The Midsummer Marriage): Transformation And Preparation For - Rita Cullis/Mark Curtis/Margaret McDonald/ Matthew Best
Ritual Dances (From The Midsummer Marriage): The Third Dance: 'The Air In Spring - Rita Cullis/Mark Curtis/Margaret McDonald/ Matthew Best
Preparation And The Fourth Dance: 'Fire In Summer' - Rita Cullis/Mark Curtis/Margaret McDonald/ Matthew Best
Sosostris's Aria (From The Midsummer Marriage) - Alfreda Hodgson
Praeldium For Brass, Bells And Percussion - English Northern Phil/Sir Michael Tippett
Suite For The Birthday Of Prince Charles: I. Intrada - English Northern Phil/Sir Michael Tippett
Suite For The Birthday Of Prince Charles: II. Berceuse - English Northern Phil/Sir Michael Tippett
Suite For The Birthday Of Prince Charles: III. Procession And Dance - English Northern Phil/Sir Michael Tippett
Suite For The Birthday Of Prince Charles: IV. Carol - English Northern Phil/Sir Michael Tippett
Suite For The Birthday Of Prince Charles: V. Finale - English Northern Phil/Sir Michael Tippett

Tippett: Ritual Dances and Sosostris's Aria From the Midsummer Marriage; Praeludium for Brass, Bells and Percussion; Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles

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