Michael Tippett: Remembering Tippett

Michael Tippett: Remembering TippettRelease Date: 1st January 2005 To mark the centenary of Tippett's birth in 2005, this disc presents for the first time on CD three premiere recordings of his music from the 1940s: the Concerto for Double String Orchestra (recorded 1943) conducted by Walter Goehr; the Fantasy Sonata for Piano, performed in 1941 by Phyllis Sellick; and the String Quartet No. 2, recorded in 1947 by the Zorian Quartet. Also included is the first recording of Tallis's 40

TARIK ECHCHARIF Studio Manager

Catalogue number: NMC D078

SIMON LIMBRICK Percussion

(P) 1992 NMC Recordings Ltd© 1992 NMC Recordings LtdCatalogue number: NMC D002Release Date: 1 January 1992

and Oneiroi

'This inventive score

was written following the death of his wife in 2003

Composer Anna Meredith is a composer

1971 – a large annual gathering associated with the coal mining heritage of the region

Christine's parish priest

and gives 'cross-over' a new and enriched meaning

Release Date: 6 January 2004