Tippett - Vocal Music [4CD] (2005)

Tracklist

Disc: 1
1. Boyhood's End, cantata for tenor & piano
2. The Heart's Assurance, song cycle for soprano (or tenor) & piano: Song
3. The Heart's Assurance, song cycle for soprano (or tenor) & piano: The Heart's Assurance
4. The Heart's Assurance, song cycle for soprano (or tenor) & piano: Compassion
5. The Heart's Assurance, song cycle for soprano (or tenor) & piano: The Dancer
6. The Heart's Assurance, song cycle for soprano (or tenor) & piano: Remember your lovers
7. Dance, Clarion Air, madrigal for chorus
8. The Source, for chorus
9. The Windhover, for chorus
10. Lullaby for 6 solo voices or alto & chorus
11. Bonny At Morn, for unison chorus & 3 recorders
12. Songs (4) from the British Isles, for chorus: England - Early one morning
13. Songs (4) from the British Isles, for chorus: Ireland - Lilliburlero
14. Songs (4) from the British Isles, for chorus: Scotland - Poortith Cauld
15. Songs (4) from the British Isles, for chorus: Wales - Gwenllian
16. Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (Evening Canticles), for chorus & organ
17. Plebs angelica, motet for double chorus
18. The Weeping Babe, motet for soprano & chorus
19. Music, for unison chorus, strings & piano ad lib

Disc: 2
1. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 1. The world turns on its dark side
2. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 1. Man has measured the heavens
3. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 1. Is evil then good?
4. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 1. Now in each nation - When shall the userer's city cease
5. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 1. I have no money for my bread
6. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 1. How can I cherish my man in such days?
7. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 1. Spiritual: Steals away
8. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 2. A star rises in mid-winter
9. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 2. And a time came
10. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 2. Oh my son!
11. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 2. Spiritual: Nobody knows the trouble I see
12. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 2. The boy becomes desperate in his agony
13. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 2. They took a terrible vengeance
14. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 2. A Spiritual of Anger: Go down, Moses
15. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 2. My dreams are all shattered
16. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 2. What have I done to you, my son? ...
17. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 2. Spiritual: O, by and by
18. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 3. The cold deepens
19. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 3. The soul of a man
20. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 3. The words of wisdom are these
21. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 3. General Ensemble: I would know my shadow and my light
22. A Child of Our Time, oratorio: Part 3. Spiritual: Deep river
23. Negro Spirituals (5), for chorus (from 'A Child of Our Time'): Steal away
24. Negro Spirituals (5), for chorus (from 'A Child of Our Time'): Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord
25. Negro Spirituals (5), for chorus (from 'A Child of Our Time'): Go down, Moses
26. Negro Spirituals (5), for chorus (from 'A Child of Our Time'): O, by and by
27. Negro Spirituals (5), for chorus (from 'A Child of Our Time'): Deep river

Disc: 3
1. Songs for Achilles, for tenor & guitar: In the tent
2. Songs for Achilles, for tenor & guitar: Across the plain
3. Songs for Achilles, for tenor & guitar: By the sea
4. Songs for Ariel, for voice & piano (or harpsichord): Come unto these yellow sands
5. Songs for Ariel, for voice & piano (or harpsichord): Full fathom five
6. Songs for Ariel, for voice & piano (or harpsichord): Where the bee sucks
7. Songs for Dov, for tenor & small orchestra: 1.
8. Songs for Dov, for tenor & small orchestra: 2.
9. Songs for Dov, for tenor & small orchestra: 3.
10. Byzantium, for soprano & orchestra: The unpurged images of day recede
11. Byzantium, for soprano & orchestra: Before me floats an image, man or shade
12. Byzantium, for soprano & orchestra: Miracle, bird or golden handiwork
13. Byzantium, for soprano & orchestra: At midnight on the Emperor's pavement
14. Byzantium, for soprano & orchestra: Astraddle on the dolphin's mire and blood

Disc: 4
1. The Knot Garden, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Confrontation. So, if I dream
2. The Knot Garden, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Confrontation. What is it you do to flora?
3. The Knot Garden, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Confrontation. You can pick roses
4. The Knot Garden, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Confrontation. If you think we're waxworks, you ought to pay
5. The Knot Garden, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Confrontation. Ca - ca - Caliban
6. The Knot Garden, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Confrontation. O, you may stare in horror
7. The Knot Garden, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Confrontation. Do, do not, do not torment me
8. The Knot Garden, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Labyrinth. Fear! What do I fear?
9. The Knot Garden, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Labyrinth. Flora: Flora, love; stop crying
10. The Knot Garden, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Labyrinth. I was born in a big town
11. The Knot Garden, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Charade. You must both hold with me
12. The Knot Garden, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Charade. Ugh-ugh-ugh. - Whatever is that?
13. The Knot Garden, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Charade. Two unruly spirits born!
14. The Knot Garden, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Charade. Mel! O crude, o obscene
15. The Knot Garden, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Charade. And what are you, Mangus?
16. The Knot Garden, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Charade. I am no more afraid
17. The Knot Garden, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Charade. Goodbye island: goodbye cave
18. The Knot Garden, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Charade. Enough! Enough!