Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    The Knot Garden: Act I (Confrontation). "So, if I dream"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    4:33
  • 2
    The Knot Garden: Act I (Confrontation). "What is it you do to Flora?"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    4:24
  • 3
    The Knot Garden: Act I (Confrontation). "You can pick roses"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    2:29
  • 4
    The Knot Garden: Act I (Confrontation). "If you think we're waxworks, you ought to pay"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    3:33
  • 5
    The Knot Garden: Act I (Confrontation). "Ca - ca- Caliban"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    2:26
  • 6
    The Knot Garden: Act I (Confrontation). "O, you may stare in horror"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    7:42
  • 7
    The Knot Garden: Act I (Confrontation). "Do, do not, do not torment me"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    4:12
  • 8
    The Knot Garden: Act II (Labyrinth). "Fear! What do I fear?"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    11:47
  • 9
    The Knot Garden: Act II (Labyrinth). "Flora: Flora, love; stop crying"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    3:52
  • 10
    The Knot Garden: Act II (Labyrinth). "I was born in a big town"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    5:02
  • 11
    The Knot Garden: Act III (Charade). "You must both hold with me"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    2:26
  • 12
    The Knot Garden: Act III (Charade). "Ugh-ugh-ugh. - Whatever is that?"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    3:21
  • 13
    The Knot Garden: Act III (Charade). "Two unruly spirits born!"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    2:35
  • 14
    The Knot Garden: Act III (Charade). "Mel! O crude, o obscene"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    3:03
  • 15
    The Knot Garden: Act III (Charade). "And what are you, Mangus?"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    2:56
  • 16
    The Knot Garden: Act III (Charade). "I am no more afraid"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    4:03
  • CD 2
  • 1
    The Knot Garden: Act III (Charade). "Goodbye Island: "goodbye cave"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    3:48
  • 2
    The Knot Garden: Act III (Charade). "Enough! Enough!"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    8:33
  • 3
    A Child of Our Time: Part I. "The world turns on its dark side"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    4:58
  • 4
    A Child of Our Time: Part I. "Man has measured the heavens"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    1:53
  • 5
    A Child of Our Time: Part I. "Is evil then good?"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    3:59
  • 6
    A Child of Our Time: Part I. "Now in each nation - When shall the userer's city cease"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    3:13
  • 7
    A Child of Our Time: Part I. "I have no money for my bread"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    3:11
  • 8
    A Child of Our Time: Part I. "How can I cherish my man in such days?"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    2:56
  • 9
    A Child of Our Time: Part I. Spiritual: Steal Away
    Sir Michael Tippett
    2:11
  • 10
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. "A star rises in mid-winter"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    3:23
  • 11
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. "And a time came"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    2:23
  • 12
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. "O my son!"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    1:13
  • 13
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. Spiritual: Nobody Knows the Trouble I See
    Sir Michael Tippett
    1:13
  • 14
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. "The boy becomes desperate in his agony"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    1:22
  • 15
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. "They took a terrible vengeance"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    2:02
  • 16
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. A Spiritual of Anger: Go Down, Moses
    Sir Michael Tippett
    2:57
  • 17
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. "My dreams are all shattered"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    3:08
  • 18
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. "What have I done to you, my son? - The dark forces rise like a flood"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    2:20
  • 19
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. Spiritual: O, by and by
    Sir Michael Tippett
    1:16
  • 20
    A Child of Our Time: Part III. "The cold deepens"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    4:48
  • 21
    A Child of Our Time: Part III. "The soul of man"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    2:12
  • 22
    A Child of Our Time: Part III. "The words of wisdom are these"
    Sir Michael Tippett
    4:20
  • 23
    A Child of Our Time: Part III. General Ensemble: I Would Know My Shadow and My Light
    Sir Michael Tippett
    5:50
  • 24
    A Child of Our Time: Part III. Spiritual: Deep River
    Sir Michael Tippett
    3:31

More by Sir Michael Tippett, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

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