Tuesday 3rd March 2026

CD 308 (2 cds)

Title : Michael Tippett – A Child of Our Time

Label : CORO [2002]

Notes : The British Music Collection

Tracks 1/1-6 : Michael Tippett: A child of our time - Part 1
The world turns on its dark side -- Man has measured the heavens -- Is evil then good? -- Now in each nation ... When shall the userers' city cease -- I have no money for my bread -- How can I cherish my man in such days? – Steal away
Performers : Jessye Norman, Janet Baker, Richard Cassilly, John Shirley-Quirk (SCTB); BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra: Sir Colin Davis
Composer(s):  Michael Tippett
Performer(s):  Colin Davis,  Jessye Norman,  Janet Baker,  Richard Cassilly,
                              John Shirley-Quirk
Ensemble(s):  BBC Singers,  BBC Choral Society,  BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tracks 1/7-15 : Michael Tippett: A child of our time - Part 2
A star rises in mid-winter -- And a time came ... Away with them! -- O my son! -- Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord -- The boy becomes desperate in his agony -- They took a terrible vengeance -- Go down, Moses -- My dreams are all shattered -- What have I done to you, my son? ... O, by and by
Performers : Jessye Norman, Janet Baker, Richard Cassilly, John Shirley-Quirk (SCTB); BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra: Sir Colin Davis
Composer(s):  Michael Tippett
Performer(s):  Colin Davis,  Jessye Norman,  Janet Baker,  Richard Cassilly,
                              John Shirley-Quirk
Ensemble(s):  BBC Singers,  BBC Choral Society,  BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tracks 1/16-20 : Michael Tippett: A child of our time - Part 3
The cold deepens -- The soul of Man is impassioned -- The words of wisdom are these -- Preludium to the great ensemble -- Deep river
Performers : Jessye Norman, Janet Baker, Richard Cassilly, John Shirley-Quirk (SCTB); BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra: Sir Colin Davis
Composer(s):  Michael Tippett
Performer(s):  Colin Davis,  Jessye Norman,  Janet Baker,  Richard Cassilly,
                              John Shirley-Quirk
Ensemble(s):  BBC Singers,  BBC Choral Society,  BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tracks 2/1-2/5 : Michael Tippett: Choral pieces
Dance, clarion air (Christopher Fry) -- The source (Edward Thomas) -- The windhover (Gerard Manley Hopkins) -- Lullaby (William Butler Yeats) -- Bonny at morn
Performers : Caryl Kelly, Karen Shelby, Kate Eckersley, Philip Cave, Paul Cann (SMMTB); Schola Cantorum of Oxford: Nicholas Cleobury
Composer(s):  Michael Tippett
Performer(s):  Caryl Kelly,  Karen Shelby,  Kate Eckersley,  Philip Cave,
                              Paul Cann,  Nicholas Cleobury
Ensemble(s):  Schola Cantorum of Oxford

Tracks 2/6-2/9 : Michael Tippett: Four songs from the British Isles
England - Early one morning == Ireland - Lilliburlero -- Scotland - Poortith cauld -- Wales - Gwenilian
Performers : Caryl Kelly, Karen Shelby, Kate Eckersley, Philip Cave, Paul Cann (SMMTB); Schola Cantorum of Oxford: Nicholas Cleobury
Composer(s):  Michael Tippett
Performer(s):  Caryl Kelly,  Karen Shelby,  Kate Eckersley,  Philip Cave,
                              Paul Cann,  Nicholas Cleobury
Ensemble(s):  Schola Cantorum of Oxford

Tracks 2/10 : Michael Tippett: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
Performers : Caryl Kelly, Karen Shelby, Kate Eckersley, Philip Cave, Paul Cann (SMMTB); Schola Cantorum of Oxford: Nicholas Cleobury
Composer(s):  Michael Tippett
Performer(s):  Caryl Kelly,  Karen Shelby,  Kate Eckersley,  Philip Cave,
                              Paul Cann,  Nicholas Cleobury
Ensemble(s):  Schola Cantorum of Oxford

Tracks 2/11 : Michael Tippett: Plebs angelica
Performers : Caryl Kelly, Karen Shelby, Kate Eckersley, Philip Cave, Paul Cann (SMMTB); Schola Cantorum of Oxford: Nicholas Cleobury
Composer(s):  Michael Tippett
Performer(s):  Caryl Kelly,  Karen Shelby,  Kate Eckersley,  Philip Cave,
                              Paul Cann,  Nicholas Cleobury
Ensemble(s):  Schola Cantorum of Oxford

Tracks 2/12 : Michael Tippett: The weeping babe (Edith Sitwell)
Performers : Caryl Kelly, Karen Shelby, Kate Eckersley, Philip Cave, Paul Cann (SMMTB); Schola Cantorum of Oxford: Nicholas Cleobury
Composer(s):  Michael Tippett
Performer(s):  Caryl Kelly,  Karen Shelby,  Kate Eckersley,  Philip Cave,
                              Paul Cann,  Nicholas Cleobury
Ensemble(s):  Schola Cantorum of Oxford

Tracks 2/13 : Michael Tippett: Music (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
Performers : Caryl Kelly, Karen Shelby, Kate Eckersley, Philip Cave, Paul Cann (SMMTB); Schola Cantorum of Oxford: Nicholas Cleobury
Composer(s):  Michael Tippett
Performer(s):  Caryl Kelly,  Karen Shelby,  Kate Eckersley,  Philip Cave,
                              Paul Cann,  Nicholas Cleobury
Ensemble(s):  Schola Cantorum of Oxford

Tracks 2/14-18 : Michael Tippett: Five negro spirituals (from A Child of Our Time)
Steal away -- Nobody knows -- Go down, Moses -- By and by -- Deep river
Performers : Caryl Kelly, Karen Shelby, Kate Eckersley, Philip Cave, Paul Cann (SMMTB); Schola Cantorum of Oxford: Nicholas Cleobury
Composer(s):  Michael Tippett
Performer(s):  Caryl Kelly,  Karen Shelby,  Kate Eckersley,  Philip Cave,
                              Paul Cann,  Nicholas Cleobury
Ensemble(s):  Schola Cantorum of Oxford

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