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The BBC Singers, led by Stephen Cleobury, perform a variety of choral pieces by Michael Tippett, written between the late '30s and early '60s. They sing with a uniformly pure and well-blended tone and negotiate Tippett's knotty dissonances with assurance. Due to the composer's predilection for dense harmonies, there are moments of textural murkiness, but the singers shine as much light as possible into the tightly packed chords. Dance, Clarion Air, to a text by Christopher Fry, is an outburst of choral ecstasy reminiscent of The Midsummer Marriage. The folk song and hymn arrangements are among the most attractive pieces on the disc. Tippett's settings allow the original melody to take center stage, and his inventive and often surprising arrangements shed fresh light on the originals. This is especially true in his very effective settings of Five Negro Spirituals, taken from his 1941 oratorio, "A Child of Out Time," in which Tippett uses them the way Bach used Lutheran chorale melodies as anchors in his Passions. Signum's sound is warm, but a little shallow.
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Dance, Clarion Air (Sir Michael Tippett)
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
Plebs Angelica (Sir Michael Tippett)
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
The Weeping Babe (Sir Michael Tippett)
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (Sir Michael Tippett)
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
Unto the Hills (Sir Michael Tippett)
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
Four Songs From the British Isles (Sir Michael Tippett)
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
Over the Sea to Skye (Sir Michael Tippett)
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
The Source (Sir Michael Tippett)
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
The Windhover (Sir Michael Tippett)
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
Lullaby (Sir Michael Tippett)
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
Five Negro Spirituals from 'A Child Of Our Time' (Sir Michael Tippett)
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - BBC Singers, Ensemble - Sir Michael Tippett, Composer - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
Album review
The BBC Singers, led by Stephen Cleobury, perform a variety of choral pieces by Michael Tippett, written between the late '30s and early '60s. They sing with a uniformly pure and well-blended tone and negotiate Tippett's knotty dissonances with assurance. Due to the composer's predilection for dense harmonies, there are moments of textural murkiness, but the singers shine as much light as possible into the tightly packed chords. Dance, Clarion Air, to a text by Christopher Fry, is an outburst of choral ecstasy reminiscent of The Midsummer Marriage. The folk song and hymn arrangements are among the most attractive pieces on the disc. Tippett's settings allow the original melody to take center stage, and his inventive and often surprising arrangements shed fresh light on the originals. This is especially true in his very effective settings of Five Negro Spirituals, taken from his 1941 oratorio, "A Child of Out Time," in which Tippett uses them the way Bach used Lutheran chorale melodies as anchors in his Passions. Signum's sound is warm, but a little shallow.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:49
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury
- Composer: Sir Michael Tippett
- Label: Signum Records
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2007 Signum Records (P) 2007 Signum Records
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