Steven Osborne - Tippett: Piano Concerto & Symphony No.2

Steven Osborne - Tippett: Piano Concerto & Symphony No.2LPO Principal Conductor Edward Gardner loves the music of Michael Tippett, he says, because of it's 'otherworldly, luminous and elemental' qualities, which 'strike right from his inspiration to a listener's heart.' In 2022 the LPO and Gardner released a landmark live recording of Tippett's opera The Midsummer Marriage, which won a Gramophone Award, and on this disc Gardner continues to shine a spotlight on this fascinating 20th century composer. The

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and Dave Gregory masquerading as 'lost' '60s psych band called The Dukes of Stratosphear

"20 Centuries Gone" is a collection of two new original songs and six cover songs that span the timeline of Spirit Adrift's most foundational influences

and focused more on getting good sounds from the musical equipment than on trying to improve the musicians' performances

making room for the most special of guests

and boom-bap beat of "Ultramarine

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