Corelli Fantasia

Album by Sir Michael Tippett

Corelli Fantasia refers to Sir Michael Tippett's Fantasia on a Theme of Corelli, a composition completed in 1953. The work draws on Baroque models and contrapuntal textures while employing mid-20th-century harmonic and rhythmic language for strings and brass, and it represents an important development in Tippett's mid-career compositional style.

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  1. 1.
    Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
    18:28
  2. 2.
    Piano Concerto: I. Allegro amabile
    15:55
  3. 3.
    Piano Concerto: II. Andante tranquillo
    8:14
  4. 4.
    Piano Concerto: III. Allegreto grazioso (Quasi andante)
    8:14
  5. 5.
    Concerto for Double String Orchestra: I. Allegro con brio
    5:42
  6. 6.
    Concerto for Double String Orchestra: II. Adagio cantabile
    8:57
  7. 7.
    Concerto for Double String Orchestra: III. Allegro molto
    7:29

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