[ Decca Collector's Edition / 4 CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 1 June 2006
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1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - The names of Sir Colin Davis and Tippett are inextricably linked and Davis has conducted a number of first performances of major orchestral and operatic works by Tippett around the world, and included here is the recording of The Knot Garden made in 1973 - two and a half years after the first performances - and with the same artists.
CD 1
1 Boyhood's End
2-6 The Heart's Assurance
7 Dance, Clarion Air
8 The Source
9 The Windhover
10 Lullaby
11 Bonny at morn
12-15 Four Songs from the British Isles
16 Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
17 Plebs Angelica
18 The Weeping Babe
19 Music
CD 2
1-22 A Child of Our Time
23-27 Five Spirituals
CD 3
1-3 Songs for Achilles
4-6 Songs for Ariel
7-9 Songs for Dov
10-14 Byzantium
CD 4
1-18 The Knot Garden