Tippett Quartet
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The Tippett’s Korngold is very much a composer in a hurry, and some will say that’s well overdue. They’ll find much to enjoy here. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2023
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The Tippett Quartet brings much bright, extrovert energy to this music, but their approach occasionally works against music that already tends towards textural sameness and overworked thematic... —
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The range of repertoire enables her to explore a wide breadth of moods and atmospheres. Dancelike pieces… contain by-now trademark Gillam-isms – lively characterisation combined with technical... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Penderecki: Complete Music for String Quartet & String Trio
John Mills (violin), Lydia Lowndes-Northcott (viola), Bozidar Vukotic (cello), Tippett Quartet
The ebb and flow of the confessional Quartet No. 3...is navigated with an assurance that speaks to their inside-out assimilation of all six scores. To have such a comprehensive programme vividly... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, Chamber Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Throughout, the Tippett Quartet are sympathetic and expert interpreters negotiating Gorecki’s soundworld with a strong sense of ensemble and making the most of the abundant contrasts of material... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2019, Editor's Choice
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Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 '…songs are sung', Sonata for Two Violins
John Mills (violin I), Jeremy Isaac (violin II), Tippett Quartet
[Sonata] playing is clean, crisp, and thoroughly enjoyable. —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Recording of the Month
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Simpson: Chamber Music, Vol. 1
Eva-Maria Hartmann, Cornelis Witthoefft, Emma Johnson (clarinet), Raphael Wallfisch (cello), John Lenehan (piano), Peter Cigleris (clarinet), Derek Hannigan, Will Duerden, Levi Andreassen, Daniil Margulis, Tippett Quartet
The strongest work without a doubt is the Trio, also boasting some fascinating sonorities, given a taut performance by a dream team of Emma Johnson, Raphael Wallfisch and John Lenehan...Terrific... —
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Art and poetry infuse this intricate, powerful and beautifully-performed disc…Her richly-textured compositions take flight from a kaleidoscopic range of extra-musical sources…Firsova’s scores... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2018, Editor's Choice
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Wass and the Tippett Quartet rise magnificently to [the Bax's] challenges, striking the perfect balance between sheer OTT grandiloquence and intense and genuine feeling...this is a thrilling... —
