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CDA66749

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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
Available for download on iTunes: Yes

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'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)

Tippett: Songs
Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano), Craig Ogden (guitar)
1
Music 'I pant for the music which is divine'  [3:32]  Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
2
If music be the food of love, Z379a  [2:05]  Henry Purcell (1659-1695), arr. Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998) & Walter Bergmann (1902-1988)
Songs for Ariel  Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
3
No 1: Come unto these yellow sands  [1:57]
4
No 2: Full fathom five  [1:34]
5
No 3: Where the bee sucks  [1:05]
The Fairy Queen, Z629  Henry Purcell (1659-1695), arr. Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998) & Walter Bergmann (1902-1988)
6
Act 5: An Epithalamium (Wedding Song) 'Thrice happy lovers, may you be for ever free'  [2:46]
7
The fatal hour comes on apace, Z421  [4:00]  Henry Purcell (1659-1695), arr. Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998) & Walter Bergmann (1902-1988)
Songs for Achilles  Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
8
No 1: In the tent 'O rich-soiled land, O land of Phthia'  [5:20]
9
No 2: Across the plain 'Patroclus whirls there across the plain'  [3:37]
10
No 3: By the sea 'Ah! Thetis, mother, goddess, why come from the sea?'  [6:37]
11
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)
12
Boyhood's End 'What, then, did I want?'  [12:57]  Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
Pausanias, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585  Henry Purcell (1659-1695), arr. Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998) & Walter Bergmann (1902-1988)
13
Act II: Sweeter than roses  [3:39]
The Heart's Assurance  Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
14
No 1: Song 'Oh journey-man, before this endless belt began'  [2:59]
The Heart's Assurance  Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
15
No 2: The heart's assurance 'O never trust the heart's assurance'  [2:11]
The Heart's Assurance  Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
16
No 3: Compassion 'She in the hurling night with lucid simple hands'  [4:34]
17
No 4: The Dancer 'He's in his grave and on his head'  [2:13]
The Heart's Assurance  Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
18
No 5: Remember your lovers 'Young men walking the open streets'  [6:18]