A Child of Our Time
Album by Tippett; Jill Gomez, Helen Watts, Kenneth Woollam, John Shirley‐Quirk, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Released 1995
Tracklist
- 1A Child of Our Time: Part I: 1. Chorus: The World Turns on Its Dark SideTippett3:54
- 2A Child of Our Time: Part I: 2. The Argument: Man Has Measured the Heavens. InterludiumTippett3:02
- 3A Child of Our Time: Part I: 3. Scena: Is Evil Then Good?Tippett2:49
- 4A Child of Our Time: Part I: 4. The Narrator: Now in Each NationTippett1:05
- 5A Child of Our Time: Part I: 5. Chorus of the Oppressed: When Shall the Userers' City CeaseTippett2:39
- 6A Child of Our Time: Part I: 6. Tenor Solo: I Have No Money for My BreadTippett3:01
- 7A Child of Our Time: Part I: 7. Soprano Solo: How Can I Cherish My Man in Such DaysTippett3:17
- 8A Child of Our Time: Part I: 8. A Spiritual: Steal AwayTippett2:37
- 9A Child of Our Time: Part II: 9. Chorus: A Star Rises in Mid-WinterTippett2:40
- 10A Child of Our Time: Part II: 10. The Narrator: And a Time CameTippett0:20
- 11A Child of Our Time: Part II: 11. Chorus of the Persecutors and the Persecuted: Away With Them!Tippett0:59
- 12A Child of Our Time: Part II: 12. The Narrator: Where They Could, They FledTippett0:24
- 13A Child of Our Time: Part II: 13. Chorus of the Self-Righteous: We Cannot Have Them in Our EmpireTippett0:46
- 14A Child of Our Time: Part II: 14. The Narrator: And the Boys Mother Wrote a LetterTippett0:10
- 15A Child of Our Time: Part II: 15. Scena: O My Son!Tippett1:14
- 16A Child of Our Time: Part II: 16. A Spiritual: Nobody Knows the Trouble I See, LordTippett1:21
- 17A Child of Our Time: Part II: 17. Scena: The Boy Becomes Desperate in His AgonyTippett1:15
- 18A Child of Our Time: Part II: 18. The Narrator: They Took a Terrible VengeanceTippett0:24
- 19A Child of Our Time: Part II: 19. The Terror: Burn Down Their Houses!Tippett1:10
- 20A Child of Our Time: Part II: 20. The Narrator: Men Were Ashamed of What Was DoneTippett0:31
- 21A Child of Our Time: Part II: 21. A Spiritual of Anger: Go Down, MosesTippett2:36
- 22A Child of Our Time: Part II: 22. The Boy Sings in His Prison: My Dreams Are All ShatteredTippett2:56
- 23A Child of Our Time: Part II: 23. The Mother: What Have I Done to You, My Son?Tippett1:56
- 24A Child of Our Time: Part II: 24. Alto Solo: The Dark Forces Rise Like a FloodTippett0:45
- 25A Child of Our Time: Part II: 25. A Spiritual: O, by and ByTippett1:27
- 26A Child of Our Time: Part III: 26. Chorus: The Cold DeepensTippett3:39
- 27A Child of Our Time: Part III: 27. Alto Solo: The Soul of a ManTippett2:23
- 28A Child of Our Time: Part III: 28. Scena: The Word of Wisdom Are TheseTippett4:02
- 29A Child of Our Time: Part III: 29. PreludiumTippett0:56
- 30A Child of Our Time: Part III: 30. General Ensemble: I Would Know My Shadow My Shadow and My LightTippett3:45
- 31A Child of Our Time: Part III: 31. A Spiritual: Deep RiverTippett3:43
More by Tippett, Jill Gomez, Helen Watts, Kenneth Woollam, John Shirley‐Quirk, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Release credits
- choir vocals [1, 3, 5, 8-9, 11, 16, 19, 21, 25-26, 28, 30-31]
- performing orchestra
- producer
- alto vocals [2-3, 8, 15-17, 24, 27, 30-31], solo [2-3, 15, 24, 27]
- solo [15, 23, 25], soprano vocals [8, 15-16, 23, 25, 30-31]
- liner notes
- bass vocals [4, 8, 10, 12, 14-18, 20-21, 28, 30-31], solo [4, 10, 12, 14-15, 18, 20-21, 28]
- solo [6, 15, 22], tenor vocals [6, 8, 15-16, 22, 30-31]
- re
- conductor
Issues
A1995
A1999