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Even listeners who rightly treasured their LPs of Tippett's first three symphonies by Colin Davis and the London Symphony had to be grateful when Richard Hickox and the Bournemouth Symphony recorded all four of Tippett's symphonies for CD. After all, not only are Tippett's symphonies arguably in the same class as Elgar and Vaughan Williams', but, incredibly, they had rarely been recorded by anyone after Davis. So even if listeners who found Davis' recordings virtually definitive, they were still curious to know what the works would sound like under a different conductor.
As it turns out, under Hickox it sounds bigger, brawnier, and more symphonic. Where Davis was all about linear energy, Hickox is all about orchestral weight. So while his First and Second don't have the same tensile lyricism as Davis', they do have more weight and muscle, and while his Third doesn't have the same ecstatic radiance of Davis', it does have more contrast and drama. Since Davis and the LSO didn't record the Fourth, no comparisons are possible, but Solti and the Chicago did and, compared with Solti's impetuously forceful performance, Hickox's more massively measured performance comes off equal to or better than his predecessor's. Are Hickox's recordings better than -- more definitive than -- Davis'? No, perhaps not, but they are still superb and still fascinating and anyone who loved the earlier recordings will in all likelihood love the later recordings as well. Chandos' sound is big, loud, and clear.
© TiVo
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Symphony No. 1 (Sir Michael Tippett)
Richard Hickox, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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Richard Hickox, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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Richard Hickox, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2013 Chandos (P) 2013 Chandos
Richard Hickox, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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Symphony No. 2 (Sir Michael Tippett)
Richard Hickox, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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Richard Hickox, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2013 Chandos (P) 2013 Chandos
Richard Hickox, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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Richard Hickox, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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DISC 2
Symphony No. 3 (Sir Michael Tippett)
Faye Robinson, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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Faye Robinson, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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Faye Robinson, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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Faye Robinson, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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Faye Robinson, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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Faye Robinson, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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Faye Robinson, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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DISC 3
Symphony No. 4 (Sir Michael Tippett)
Richard Hickox, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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Richard Hickox, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2013 Chandos (P) 2013 Chandos
Richard Hickox, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2013 Chandos (P) 2013 Chandos
Richard Hickox, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2013 Chandos (P) 2013 Chandos
Richard Hickox, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2013 Chandos (P) 2013 Chandos
Richard Hickox, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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Richard Hickox, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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New Year Suite (Sir Michael Tippett)
Timothy Holmes, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Alan Taylor, Associated Performer - Steven Smith, Associated Performer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Robert Millett, Associated Performer - Kyle Horch, Associated Performer - Melanie Bush, Associated Performer
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Timothy Holmes, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Alan Taylor, Associated Performer - Steven Smith, Associated Performer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Robert Millett, Associated Performer - Kyle Horch, Associated Performer - Melanie Bush, Associated Performer
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Timothy Holmes, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Alan Taylor, Associated Performer - Steven Smith, Associated Performer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Robert Millett, Associated Performer - Kyle Horch, Associated Performer - Melanie Bush, Associated Performer
(C) 2013 Chandos (P) 2013 Chandos
Timothy Holmes, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Alan Taylor, Associated Performer - Steven Smith, Associated Performer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Robert Millett, Associated Performer - Kyle Horch, Associated Performer - Melanie Bush, Associated Performer
(C) 2013 Chandos (P) 2013 Chandos
Timothy Holmes, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Alan Taylor, Associated Performer - Steven Smith, Associated Performer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Robert Millett, Associated Performer - Kyle Horch, Associated Performer - Melanie Bush, Associated Performer
(C) 2013 Chandos (P) 2013 Chandos
Timothy Holmes, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Alan Taylor, Associated Performer - Steven Smith, Associated Performer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Robert Millett, Associated Performer - Kyle Horch, Associated Performer - Melanie Bush, Associated Performer
(C) 2013 Chandos (P) 2013 Chandos
Timothy Holmes, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Alan Taylor, Associated Performer - Steven Smith, Associated Performer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Robert Millett, Associated Performer - Kyle Horch, Associated Performer - Melanie Bush, Associated Performer
(C) 2013 Chandos (P) 2013 Chandos
Timothy Holmes, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Alan Taylor, Associated Performer - Steven Smith, Associated Performer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Robert Millett, Associated Performer - Kyle Horch, Associated Performer - Melanie Bush, Associated Performer
(C) 2013 Chandos (P) 2013 Chandos
Timothy Holmes, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Alan Taylor, Associated Performer - Steven Smith, Associated Performer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Robert Millett, Associated Performer - Kyle Horch, Associated Performer - Melanie Bush, Associated Performer
(C) 2013 Chandos (P) 2013 Chandos
Timothy Holmes, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Alan Taylor, Associated Performer - Steven Smith, Associated Performer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Robert Millett, Associated Performer - Kyle Horch, Associated Performer - Melanie Bush, Associated Performer
(C) 2013 Chandos (P) 2013 Chandos
Timothy Holmes, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Alan Taylor, Associated Performer - Steven Smith, Associated Performer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Robert Millett, Associated Performer - Kyle Horch, Associated Performer - Melanie Bush, Associated Performer
(C) 2013 Chandos (P) 2013 Chandos
Timothy Holmes, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Alan Taylor, Associated Performer - Steven Smith, Associated Performer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Robert Millett, Associated Performer - Kyle Horch, Associated Performer - Melanie Bush, Associated Performer
(C) 2013 Chandos (P) 2013 Chandos
Timothy Holmes, Main Artist - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - Richard Hickox, Conductor - Alan Taylor, Associated Performer - Steven Smith, Associated Performer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Robert Millett, Associated Performer - Kyle Horch, Associated Performer - Melanie Bush, Associated Performer
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Album review
Even listeners who rightly treasured their LPs of Tippett's first three symphonies by Colin Davis and the London Symphony had to be grateful when Richard Hickox and the Bournemouth Symphony recorded all four of Tippett's symphonies for CD. After all, not only are Tippett's symphonies arguably in the same class as Elgar and Vaughan Williams', but, incredibly, they had rarely been recorded by anyone after Davis. So even if listeners who found Davis' recordings virtually definitive, they were still curious to know what the works would sound like under a different conductor.
As it turns out, under Hickox it sounds bigger, brawnier, and more symphonic. Where Davis was all about linear energy, Hickox is all about orchestral weight. So while his First and Second don't have the same tensile lyricism as Davis', they do have more weight and muscle, and while his Third doesn't have the same ecstatic radiance of Davis', it does have more contrast and drama. Since Davis and the LSO didn't record the Fourth, no comparisons are possible, but Solti and the Chicago did and, compared with Solti's impetuously forceful performance, Hickox's more massively measured performance comes off equal to or better than his predecessor's. Are Hickox's recordings better than -- more definitive than -- Davis'? No, perhaps not, but they are still superb and still fascinating and anyone who loved the earlier recordings will in all likelihood love the later recordings as well. Chandos' sound is big, loud, and clear.
© TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 35 track(s)
- Total length: 03:13:07
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Composer: Sir Michael Tippett
- Label: Chandos
- Genre: Classical
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