Sir Michael Tippett
Crown of the Year, Choral Works

Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Stephen Darlington, conductor

Medici String Quartet
Paul Robertson violin, David Matthews violin
Ivo-Jan van der Werff, viola, Anthony Lewis cello
Martin Jones, piano, John Anderson, oboe
Colin Lawson, clarinet, Graham Ashton, trumpet
Peter Hamburger, Martin Westlake, Jeremy Cornes, percussion
Michael Copley, Maurice Hodges, Evelyn Nallen, recorders








1Dance,Clarion Air - Madrigal for five voices3.49
2The Weeping Babe - Motet for soprano and mixed choir4.33
3Plebs Angelica - Motet for double choir2.59
4Bonny at Morn - Northumbrian Folksong for unison voices and three recorders2.20
5Crown of the Year - Cantata for soprano and alto voices,
descant and treble recorders, oboe, clarinet, trumpet,
string quartet, percussion and piano.
I Prelude: Spring1.57
6II Hush, nightingale1.56
7III Refrain0.59
8IV Prelude: Summer1.30
9V Summer has a heart of drums, Refrain3.27
10VI Prelude : Autumn3.54
11VII Victoria rules an autumn land, Refrain4.41
12VIII Prelude : Winter2.00
13IX Hurl of the wind3.13
14Music - Unison Song for voices and piano3.22
15Five Negro Spirituals from A Child Of Our TimeI Steal Away2.30
16II Nobody Knows1.19
17III Go Down Moses2.34
18IV By and By1.10
19V Deep River2.41
Recorded at Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire, May 14, 15, 1990

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