The Knot Garden / A Child of Our Time

Album by Sir Michael Tippett & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & BBC Singers & BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

The Knot Garden is the third opera by British composer Sir Michael Tippett, completed in 1969. This work delves into the psychological complexities of its characters, blending eclectic musical influences into a lyrically intense score. A Child of Our Time is a secular oratorio composed by Tippett between 1939 and 1941. Inspired by the events of Kristallnacht, it incorporates African-American spirituals to convey a universal message of oppression and reconciliation.

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Disc 1

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

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Knot Garden: Act III (Charade). "Goodbye Island: "goodbye cave"
    3:48
  2. 3.
    The Knot Garden: Act III (Charade). "Enough! Enough!"
    8:33
  3. 4.
    A Child of Our Time: Part I. "The world turns on its dark side"
    4:58
  4. 5.
    A Child of Our Time: Part I. "Man has measured the heavens"
    1:53
  5. 6.
    A Child of Our Time: Part I. "Is evil then good?"
    3:59
  6. 7.
    A Child of Our Time: Part I. "Now in each nation - When shall the userer's city cease"
    3:13
  7. 8.
    A Child of Our Time: Part I. "I have no money for my bread"
    3:11
  8. 9.
    A Child of Our Time: Part I. "How can I cherish my man in such days?"
    2:56
  9. 10.
    A Child of Our Time: Part I. Spiritual: Steal Away
    2:11
  10. 11.
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. "A star rises in mid-winter"
    3:23
  11. 12.
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. "And a time came"
    2:23
  12. 13.
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. "O my son!"
    1:13
  13. 14.
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. Spiritual: Nobody Knows the Trouble I See
    1:13
  14. 15.
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. "The boy becomes desperate in his agony"
    1:22
  15. 16.
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. "They took a terrible vengeance"
    2:02
  16. 17.
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. A Spiritual of Anger: Go Down, Moses
    2:57
  17. 18.
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. "My dreams are all shattered"
    3:08
  18. 19.
    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. 20.
    A Child of Our Time: Part II. Spiritual: O, by and by
    1:16
  20. 21.
    A Child of Our Time: Part III. "The cold deepens"
    4:48
  21. 22.
    A Child of Our Time: Part III. "The soul of man"
    2:12
  22. 23.
    A Child of Our Time: Part III. "The words of wisdom are these"
    4:20
  23. 24.
    A Child of Our Time: Part III. General Ensemble: I Would Know My Shadow and My Light
    5:50
  24. 25.
    A Child of Our Time: Part III. Spiritual: Deep River
    3:31

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