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CHAN 10869
Tippett: A Child of Our Time
Running Time: 73:16
Digital UPC: 5059864186936
Release Date: August 2015
Originally recorded in July 1992
Release Date: August 2015
Originally recorded in July 1992
Composer (1905-1998)
Sir Michael Tippett
Sir Michael Tippett
Solo soprano
Cynthia Haymon
Cynthia Haymon
Solo alto
Cynthia Clarey
Cynthia Clarey
Solo tenor
Damon Evans
Damon Evans
Solo bass
Willard White
Willard White
Choral
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Chorus
Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Richard Hickox
Richard Hickox
Venue
Blackheath Halls, London
Blackheath Halls, London
Producer
Brian Couzens
Brian Couzens
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Engineer (Assistant)
Ben Connellan
Ben Connellan
Mastering engineer
Robert Gilmour
Robert Gilmour
Genre:
Orchestral & Concertos
Choir
Orchestral & Concertos
Choir
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SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
(1905-1998)A Child of Our Time
73:17
Part I: 24:00
1.
1
Chorus: 'The world turns on its dark side'
5:00
2.
2
The Argument. Alto: 'Man has measured the heavens with a telescope' -
3:04
Interludium
3.
3
Scena. Chorus, Alto: 'Is evil then good?'
3:07
4.
4
Bass (The Narrator): 'Now in each nation there were some cast out…' -
1:11
5.
5
Chorus of the Oppressed: 'When shall the userers' city cease…?'
2:11
6.
6
Tenor: 'I have no money for my bread'
3:26
7.
7
Soprano: 'How can I cherish my man in such days…?' -
3:34
8.
8
A Spiritual. Chorus, Soprano, Tenor: 'Steal away'
2:29
Part II: 24:00
9.
9
Chorus: 'A star rises in mid-winter' -
3:40
10.
10
Bass (The Narrator): 'And a time came…'
0:17
11.
11
Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted: 'Away with them!' -
0:57
12.
12
Bass (The Narrator): 'Where they could, they fled from the terror' -
0:22
13.
13
Chorus of the Self-righteous: 'We cannot have them in our Empire' -
0:49
14.
14
Bass (The Narrator): 'And the boy's mother wrote a letter…'
0:14
15.
15
Scena. Solo Quartet (Mother, Aunt, Boy, Uncle): 'O my son!' -
1:29
16.
16
A Spiritual. Chorus, Soprano, Tenor: 'Nobody
1:17
knows the trouble I see, Lord'
17.
17
Scena. Bass (The Narrator), Alto: 'The boy becomes
1:32
desperate in his agony'
18.
18
Bass (The Narrator): 'They took a terrible vengeance' -
0:33
19.
19
The Terror. Chorus: 'Burn down their houses!' -
1:02
20.
20
Bass (The Narrator): 'Men were ashamed of what was done' -
0:37
21.
21
A Spiritual of Anger. Chorus, Bass: 'Go down, Moses'
3:28
22.
22
The boy sings in his prison. Tenor: 'My dreams are
3:44
all shattered in ghastly reality' -
23.
23
Soprano (The Mother): 'What have I done to you, my son?'
1:39
24.
24
Alto: 'The dark forces rise like a flood' -
1:04
25.
25
A Spiritual. Chorus, Soprano: 'O, by and by'
1:22
Part III: 25:03
26.
26
Chorus: 'The cold deepens'
5:34
27.
27
Alto: 'The soul of man is impassioned…'
2:19
28.
28
Scena. Bass, Chorus: 'The world of wisdom are these' -
6:52
Preludium
29.
29
General Ensemble. Chorus, Soloists: I would
6:16
know my shadow and my light' -
30.
30
A Spiritual. Chorus, Soloists: 'Deep river'
4:07
Solo: Cynthia Haymon soprano
Solo: Cynthia Clarey alto
Solo: Damon Evans tenor
Solo: Willard White bass
Choral: London Symphony Chorus
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Hickox
6-8 July 1992
