Tippett: Songs

CDA66749

Recording details: May 1994
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Arthur Johnson
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: February 1995
Total duration: 72 minutes 3 seconds

'Issued to mark the composer's ninetieth birthday, a most touching and eloquent tribute' (Gramophone)

'As the fullest representation at Tippett's solo vocal music in the catalogue this disc is a must, both for devotees of the composer and for collectors of English song' (BBC Music Magazine)

'A delight. Almost certainly one of the vocal recital discs of the year' (Classic CD)

Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998)

Songs

Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano), Craig Ogden (guitar)

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1	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	Music I pant for the music which is divine [3'32] Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano)
2	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	If music be the food of love Z379a [2'05] Henry Purcell (1659-1695), arr. Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998) & Walter Bergmann (1902-1988) Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano)
	£0.60	£0.60	£0.60	Songs for Ariel [4'36] Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano)
3	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Come unto these yellow sands [1'57]
4	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Full fathom five [1'34]
5	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Where the bee sucks [1'05]
6	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	An Epithalamium (Wedding Song) Thrice happy lovers, may you be for ever free (Act 5 of The Fairy Queen, Z629) [2'46] Henry Purcell (1659-1695), arr. Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998) & Walter Bergmann (1902-1988) Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano)
7	£0.50	£0.50	£0.50	The fatal hour comes on apace Z421 [4'00] Henry Purcell (1659-1695), arr. Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998) & Walter Bergmann (1902-1988) Martyn Hill (tenor), Craig Ogden (guitar)
	£1.95	£1.95	£1.95	Songs for Achilles [15'34] Martyn Hill (tenor), Craig Ogden (guitar)
8	£0.65	£0.65	£0.65	In the tent O rich-soiled land, O land of Phthia [5'20]
9	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	Across the plain Patroclus whirls there across the plain [3'37]
10	£0.85	£0.85	£0.85	By the sea Ah! Thetis, mother, goddess, why come from the sea? [6'37]
11	£0.60	£0.60	£0.60	Mad Bess Z370 From silent shades and the Elysian groves [4'39] Henry Purcell (1659-1695), arr. Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998) & Walter Bergmann (1902-1988) Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano)
12	£1.65	£1.65	£1.65	Boyhood's End What, then, did I want? [12'57] English Français Deutsch Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano)
13	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	Sweeter than roses (Act 2 of Pausanias, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585) [3'39] Henry Purcell (1659-1695), arr. Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998) & Walter Bergmann (1902-1988) Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano)
	£2.40	£2.40	£2.40	The Heart's Assurance [18'15] Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano)
14	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	Song Oh journey-man, before this endless belt began [2'59]
15	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	The heart's assurance O never trust the heart's assurance [2'11]
16	£0.60	£0.60	£0.60	Compassion She in the hurling night with lucid simple hands [4'34]
17	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	The Dancer He's in his grave and on his head [2'13]
18	£0.80	£0.80	£0.80	Remember your lovers Young men walking the open streets [6'18]