Robert Murray (Mark), Rachel Nicholls (Jenifer), Ashley Riches (King Fisher), Jennifer France (Bella), Toby Spence (Jack), Claire Barnett-Jones (Sosostris), Susan Bickley (She-Ancient), Joshua Bloom (He-Ancient), London Philharmonic Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Powered by hope and glowing with an irrepressible life- force, Tippett’s The Midsummer Marriage burst like a huge, colourful blossom into the grey world of post-war British music.
There’s still nothing quite like it, and it’s all told in some of the most deliriously beautiful music ever written in these isles.
Tippett’s first opera receives its first commercially available recording in over 50 years, in a landmark performance conducted by Tippett enthusiast Edward Gardner.
Recorded at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, this performance was a thrilling start to Edward Gardner’s tenure as Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
"That special fire, and its cunningly chosen cast, sets this new release above the hard-worked Colin Davis set...Gardner’s is more than warmly recommended as both reminder of and entrée to Tippett’s achievement." - Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022.
