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. Martyn Hill, tenor ; Andrew Ball, piano ; Craig Ogden, guitar. Recorded May 2-3, 1994. "Issued to mark the ninetieth birthday of Sir Michael Tippett, 2 January 1995"--Container. Compact disc. Notes by Meirion Bowen, and vocal texts (15 pages : ports.) inserted in container.
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)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)32538909
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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