提佩特: 神劇(我們時代的一個孩子)
安德魯.戴維斯 指揮
BBC交響樂團暨合唱團

Michael Tippett's oratorio A Child of Our Time was composed between 1939 and 1942 as a direct response to the events leading up to (and including) the notorious Kristallnacht, in November 1938, in National Socialist Germany. Tippet first intended to write an opera, but quickly determined that this would inevitably be too literal, and that the (rather neglected) oratorio form lent greater scope for reflective and meditative interjections to the narrative. Hoping to persuade his friend and mentor T.S. Elliot to write the libretto, he sent the poet such an intricately detailed plan that Elliot responded by suggesting that Tippett, having thought so carefully about it, prepare the text himself – which he duly did. (He then went on to write his own libretti for all his future large vocal works). Set for choir, orchestra, and four soloists, the work adopts a structure that owes a debt to Handel's Messiah, which Tippett had studied intensively in the 1930s. In addition, Tippett wanted to incorporate choral interludes much as Bach had done in his passions. Rejecting Lutheran chorals and Jewish hymns, he finally settled on African-American spirituals of which he placed five within the work. Sir Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with an exceptional quartet of soloists. The album was recorded in Surround Sound in Croydon's Fairfield Halls following live performances in London's Royal Festival Hall, and is available as a Hybrid SACD and in Dolby Atmos Spatial Audio.

SIR ARTHUR BLISS
premiere recording
1. Welcome the Queen, F 95 5:46

Kenilworth, F 13 8:39
2. 1 At the Castle Gates. In quick march time - At moderato speed - 1:53
3. 2 Serenade on the Lake. Fairly slowly, with solos very espressive - 2:02
4. 3 March: Kenilworth (Homage to Queen Elizabeth). 4:53

Suite from ''Adam Zero'', F 1 10:28
5. I Fanfare Overture. Allegro molto - 1:37
6. II Dance of Spring. Allegro spirito - [Piu mosso] 2:30
7. III Approach of Autumn. Larghetto - Tranquillo - 3:11
8. IV Dance of Summer. Allegro (maestoso) - Alla marcia 2:28
9. V Fanfare Coda. Allegro molto - Molto vivo 0:28

Things to Come, F 131 11:29
10. 1 Ballet for Children. Moderato - Tempo di valse - Piu mosso - 3:43
11. 2 Machines. Moderato 1:30
12. 3 Reconstruction. Moderato maestoso - Maestoso2:19
13. 4 March. Moderato 3:47

The Belmont Variations, F 10 (1962)11:05
14. Moderato - Theme [Moderato] - 0:58
15. Variation I. Legato e grazioso - 1:04
16. Variation II. Lightly and staccato (scherzando) - 0:35
17. Variation III. Slow and expressive - 1:52
18. Variation IV. In waltz time, with light accompaniment - 2:05
19. Variation V. Brilliant and rhythmic - 0:45
20. ariation VI. Quiet and smooth. Trombone Trio - Quartet - 1:27
21. Finale. In stately and brilliant polonaise thythm 2:17

Music from ''The Royal Palaces'', F 128 8:55
22. I Queen Victoria''s Call to the Throne. Alla Marcia - 1:30
23. II The Ballroom in Buckingjam Palace. Fanfare - 2:28
24. III Joust of the Knights in Armour (George IV''s Reign). 1:18
25. IV Melodrama. The Murder of Rizzio in Holyrood House. 1:53
26. V The Royal Palace Theme. Maestoso 1:44

Four Dances from ''Checkmate'', F 2 13:04
27. 1 Dance of the Four Knights. Allegro moderato sempre 3:41
28. 2 The Red Knight''s Mazurka. Allegro giojosamente - Animato - 2:48
29. 3 Ceremony of the Red Bishops. Largamente (misticamente) - 2:27
30. 4 Finale. Checkmate. Allegro vivace e feroce - Moderato maestoso - Grave 3:55

Total time: 68:54
Orchestra: Black Dyke Band
Conductor: John Wilson