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Tippett: The Rose Lake; The Vision of St. Augustine

~ John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone), Michael Tippett (Composer), Colin Davis (Conductor), Michael Tippett (Conductor), London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
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  • Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Colin Davis, Michael Tippett
  • Composer: Michael Tippett
  • Audio CD (8 Nov 2004)
  • SPARS Code: ADD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Catalyst
  • ASIN: B00069I6QA
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 35,520 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Late Work Of Great Beauty, 5 May 2008
By The Wolf (uk) - See all my reviews
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A late work and his last large scale orchestral composition (1991-93)
found Sir Michael Tippett none-the-less still very much in control of
his art.

In his own words : "During a holiday in Senegal, late in 1990, with a
young architect friend, Graham Modlen, we were recommended to visit a
small lake, known as Le Lac Rose, where at midday the impact of the
sun was such as to transform its whitish green colour to whiteish pink
....As things turned out Graham and I reached Le Lac Rose at midday,
just in time to see it turn into a marvelous translucent pink. The sight
of it triggered a profound disturbance within me : the sort of
disturbance which told me that the new orchestral work had begun".

(Recounted in Meirion Bowen's sleeve notes 1997).

This extraordinarily beautiful work although broadly programatic in
form never becomes merely illustrational. As with much of Tippett's
musical legacy the visionary within him was never far away.

Rising out of the gamelan-like opening the sprightly woodwind, string
and percussion figures lead us towards the weightier brass chorale of the
second part, 'The Lake Begins To Sing', portentious and oppressive.

The alternation between 'lighter' interludes and the 'heavier'
transformative sequences as the lake changes colour reveals
stunning orchestration of limpid beauty, rhythmic complexity and
dark melodic power.

As with many of Tippetts' works The Rose Lake ends not with a tidy
resolution but with a question mark as percussion and strings dissolve
inconclusively into nothingness.

Sir Colin Davis (Long-time friend and interpreter of Tippetts' music)
and the LSO give a very fine and dynamically detailed performance.

The Pairing with the 1971 recording of 'The Vision Of St Augustine'
a work for Baritone,Chorus and Orchestra (1965) is inspired.
John Shirley-Quirk tackles the fearsomely difficult vocal part bravely.
Tippett himself conducts the LSO and Chorus with masterful aplomb.

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