Songs by Michael Tippett ; Purcell realisations /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998
Uniform title:Songs. Selections
Imprint:London, England : Hyperion Records, p1995.
Description:1 sound disc (71 min.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:English
Subject:
Format: CD Audio Music recording
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1759974
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Other title:Purcell realisations.
Other uniform titles:Bergmann, Walter, 1902-1988
Hill, Martyn, 1944-
Ball, Andrew, (Pianist.
Ogden, Craig.
Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998 Music, voices, piano, strings; arr.
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. If music be the food of love, Z. 297b.
Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998 Songs for Ariel.
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fairy Queen. Thrice happy lovers.
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fatal hour comes on apace.
Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998 Songs for Achilles.
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Bess of Bedlam.
Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998 Boyhood's end.
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Pausanias, the betrayer of his country. Sweeter than roses.
Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998 Heart's assurance.
Notes:Piano or guitar acc.; the 1st work originally for unison voices, strings and piano. The Tippett songs in part song cycles; the Purcell realizations in part from operas or incidental music.
Compact disc.
"Issued to mark the ninetieth birthday of Sir Michael Tippett, 2 January 1995"--Container.
Notes by Meirion Bowen, and vocal texts (15 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Martyn Hill, tenor ; Andrew Ball, piano ; Craig Ogden, guitar.
Recorded May 2-3, 1994.
Sung in English; words from various sources.
Standard no.:345711749
Publisher's no.:CDA66749 Hyperion
Table of Contents:
  • Music / Tippett (3:32)
  • If music be the food of love / Purcell (2:05)
  • Songs for Ariel (Come unto these yellow sands ; Full fathom five ; Where the bee sucks) / Tippett (4:32)
  • An epithalamium (A wedding song) (2:46) ; The fatal hour comes on apace (4:00) / Purcell
  • Songs for Achilles (In the tent ; Across the plain ; By the sea) / Tippett (15:30)
  • Mad Bess : From silent shades / Purcell (4:39)
  • Boyhood's end / Tippett (12:57)
  • Sweeter than roses / Purcell (3:39)
  • The heart's assurance (Song ; The heart's assurance ; Compassion ; The dancer ; Remember your lovers) / Tippett (18:11)