Sir Michael Tippett
The Knot Garden / A Child of Our Time (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & BBC Singers, Choral Society & Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Sir Colin Davis)
1995

CD 1
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 The Knot Garden: Act I (Confrontation). "So, if I dream" 4:33
2 The Knot Garden: Act I (Confrontation). "What is it you do to Flora?" 4:24
3 The Knot Garden: Act I (Confrontation). "You can pick roses" 2:29
4 The Knot Garden: Act I (Confrontation). "If you think we're waxworks, you ought to pay" 3:33
5 The Knot Garden: Act I (Confrontation). "Ca - ca- Caliban" 2:26
6 The Knot Garden: Act I (Confrontation). "O, you may stare in horror" 7:42
7 The Knot Garden: Act I (Confrontation). "Do, do not, do not torment me" 4:12
8 The Knot Garden: Act II (Labyrinth). "Fear! What do I fear?" 11:47
9 The Knot Garden: Act II (Labyrinth). "Flora: Flora, love; stop crying" 3:52
10 The Knot Garden: Act II (Labyrinth). "I was born in a big town" 5:02
11 The Knot Garden: Act III (Charade). "You must both hold with me" 2:26
12 The Knot Garden: Act III (Charade). "Ugh-ugh-ugh. - Whatever is that?" 3:21
13 The Knot Garden: Act III (Charade). "Two unruly spirits born!" 2:35
14 The Knot Garden: Act III (Charade). "Mel! O crude, o obscene" 3:03
15 The Knot Garden: Act III (Charade). "And what are you, Mangus?" 2:56
16 The Knot Garden: Act III (Charade). "I am no more afraid" 4:03
Total time 68:24
CD 2
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 The Knot Garden: Act III (Charade). "Goodbye Island: "goodbye cave" 3:48
2 The Knot Garden: Act III (Charade). "Enough! Enough!" 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
Total time 76:40



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