The Knot Garden / A Child of Our Time

The Knot Garden / A Child of Our Time

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

TypeAlbum
Released1995
LabelPhilips Classics
Genre
Classical
Style
Modern Opera

Tracks

# Title Popular Duration
Disc 1
1 The Knot Garden: Act I "Confrontation". "So, if I dream" (Magnus, Thea, Flora) 4:33
2 The Knot Garden: Act I "Confrontation". "What is it you do to Flora?" (Thea, Faber, Magnus) 4:24
3 The Knot Garden: Act I "Confrontation". "You can pick roses" (Thea, Flora) 2:29
4 The Knot Garden: Act I "Confrontation". "If you think we're waxworks, you ought to pay" (Dov, Mel, Flora) 3:33
5 The Knot Garden: Act I "Confrontation". "Ca - ca - Caliban" (Dov, Mel, Thea, Mangus, Faber, Flora) 2:26
6 The Knot Garden: Act I "Confrontation". "O, you may stare in horror" (Denise) 7:42
7 The Knot Garden: Act I "Confrontation". "Do, do not, do not torment me" (Mel, Dov, Flora, Faber, Thea, Denise) 4:12
8 The Knot Garden: Act II "Labyrinth". "Fear! What do I fear?" (Thea, Denise, Faber, Flora, Dov, Mel) 11:47
9 The Knot Garden: Act II "Labyrinth". "Flora: Flora, love; stop crying" (Dov, Flora) 3:52
10 The Knot Garden: Act II "Labyrinth". "I was born in a big town" (Dov, Mel) 5:02
11 The Knot Garden: Act III "Charade". "You must both hold with me" (Magnus, Thea, Denise) 2:26
12 The Knot Garden: Act III "Charade". "Ugh-ugh-ugh. - Whatever is that?" (Mel-Caliban, Flora-Miranda, Magnus-Prospero, Dov-Ariel) 3:21
13 The Knot Garden: Act III "Charade". "Two unruly spirits born!" (Thea, Denise) 2:35
14 The Knot Garden: Act III "Charade". "Mei! O crude, o obscene" (Denise, Mel-Caliban, Mel, Dov) 3:03
15 The Knot Garden: Act III "Charade". "And what are you, Magnus?" (Thea, Mangus-Prospero, Flora-Miranda, Faber-Ferdinand) 2:56
16 The Knot Garden: Act III "Charade". "I am no more afraid" (Thea) 4:03
Disc 2
1 The Knot Garden: Act III "Charade". "Goodbye island: goodbye cave" (Flora-Miranda, Mangus-Prospero, Faber-Ferdinand, Dov-Ariel, Mel-Caliban) 3:48
2 The Knot Garden: Act III "Charade". "Enough! Enough!" (Magnus, Dov, Mel, Faber, Thea, Flora, Denise) 8:33
3 A Child of Our Time: Part I. "The world turns on its dark side" 4:58
4 A Child of Our Time: Part I. "Man has measured the heavens" 1:53
5 A Child of Our Time: Part I. "Is evil then good?" 3:59
6 A Child of Our Time: Part I. "Now in each nation - When shall the userer's city cease" 3:13
7 A Child of Our Time: Part I. "I have no money for my bread" 3:11
8 A Child of Our Time: Part I. "How can I cherish my man in such days?" 2:56
9 A Child of Our Time: Part I. Spiritual: Steal Away 2:11
10 A Child of Our Time: Part II. "A star rises in mid-winter" 3:23
11 A Child of Our Time: Part II. "And a time came" 2:23
12 A Child of Our Time: Part II. "O my son!" 1:13
13 A Child of Our Time: Part II. Spiritual: Nobody Knows the Trouble I See 1:13
14 A Child of Our Time: Part II. "The boy becomes desperate in his agony" 1:22
15 A Child of Our Time: Part II. "They took a terrible vengeance" 2:02
16 A Child of Our Time: Part II. A Spiritual of Anger: Go Down, Moses 2:57
17 A Child of Our Time: Part II. "My dreams are all shattered" 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" 2:20
19 A Child of Our Time: Part II. Spiritual: O, by and by 1:16
20 A Child of Our Time: Part III. "The cold deepens" 4:48
21 A Child of Our Time: Part III. "The soul of man" 2:12
22 A Child of Our Time: Part III. "The words of wisdom are these" 4:20
23 A Child of Our Time: Part III. General Ensemble: I Would Know My Shadow and My Light 5:50
24 A Child of Our Time: Part III. Spiritual: Deep River 3:31
 40 tracks, 2 hr 25 min

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