A Child of Our Time
Album by Michael Tippett; Jessye Norman, Janet Baker, Richard Cassilly, John Shirley‐Quirk, BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Tracklist
- 1A Child of Our Time: Part 1: “The World Turns on Its Dark Side”Michael Tippett5:00
- 2A Child of Our Time: Part 1: “Man Has Measured the Heavens”Michael Tippett1:53
- 3A Child of Our Time: Part 1: “Is Evil Then Good?”Michael Tippett3:59
- 4A Child of Our Time: Part 1: “Now in Each Nation” - “When Shall the Userer’s City Cease”Michael Tippett3:13
- 5A Child of Our Time: Part 1: “I Have No Money for My Bread”Michael Tippett3:11
- 6A Child of Our Time: Part 1: “How Can I Cherish My Man in Such Days…steal Away”Michael Tippett5:04
- 7A Child of Our Time: Part 2: “A Star Rises in Mid‐Winter”Michael Tippett3:23
- 8A Child of Our Time: Part 2: “And a Time Came”Michael Tippett2:23
- 9A Child of Our Time: Part 2: “O My Son!”Michael Tippett1:13
- 10A Child of Our Time: Part 2: “Nobody Knows the Trouble I See”Michael Tippett1:14
- 11A Child of Our Time: Part 2: “The Boy Becomes Desperate in His Agony”Michael Tippett1:21
- 12A Child of Our Time: Part 2: “They Took a Terrible Vengeance”Michael Tippett2:03
- 13A Child of Our Time: Part 2: “Go Down, Moses”Michael Tippett2:56
- 14A Child of Our Time: Part 2: “My Dreams Are All Shattered”Michael Tippett3:09
- 15A Child of Our Time: Part 2: “What Have I Done to You, My Son? …O, by and by”Michael Tippett3:33
- 16A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “The Cold Deepens”Michael Tippett4:49
- 17A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “The Soul of Man”Michael Tippett2:12
- 18A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “The Words of Wisdom Are These”Michael Tippett4:20
- 19A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “I Would Know My Shadow and My Light”Michael Tippett5:53
- 20A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River”Michael Tippett3:25
More by Michael Tippett, Jessye Norman, Janet Baker, Richard Cassilly, John Shirley‐Quirk, BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Release credits
- choir vocals [1, 3-4, 6-8, 10, 12-13, 15-16, 18, 20]
- choir vocals [1, 3-4, 6-8, 10, 12-13, 15-16, 18, 20]
- performing orchestra
- contralto vocals [2-3, 6, 9-11, 15, 17, 19-20], solo [2-3, 6, 9-11, 15, 17, 19-20]
- solo [6, 9-10, 15, 19-20], soprano vocals [6, 9-10, 15, 19-20]
- bass vocals [4, 6, 8-13, 18-20], solo [4, 6, 8-13, 18-20]
- solo [5-6, 9-10, 14, 19-20], tenor vocals [5-6, 9-10, 14, 19-20]
- conductor
Issues
ADigital Media25 February 2016






