MICHAEL TIPPETT (1905-1998)

Symphony No. 1

37:16

1

I

Allegro vigoroso: quasi alla breve

11:08

2

II

Adagio

12:09

3

III

Presto

6:20

4

IV

Allegro moderato ma con brio e più tarde con delicatezza

7:33

Symphony No. 2

36:13

5

I

Allegro vigoroso

9:36

6

II

Adagio molto e tranquillo

11:47

7

III

Presto veloce

5:40

8

IV

Allegro moderato

9:04

Symphony No. 3*

57:11

Part 1

28:20

9

Allegro non troppo e pestante -

12:02

10

Lento

16:18

Part 2

28:42

11

Allegro molto -

6:21

12

Slow Blues. Andante -

3:32

As I drew nurture from my mother's breast. . .

13

Fast Blues. Allegro -

2:23

O, I'll go walking. . .

14

Slow Blues. Largo -

4:56

I found the man grown to a dwarf. . .

15

Pochissimo meno mosso

11:30

They sang that when she waved her wings. . .

Symphony No. 4

33:35

16

Introduction and Exposition. Tempo 1

3:42

17

Fig. 21† - Development 1 (Fig. 25). Tempo 3

4:29

18

Slow Movement (Fig. 52). Tempo 1

7:57

19

Development 2 (Fig. 78). Tempo 2

3:23

20

Scherzo and Trios (Fig. 100). Tempo 3

4:11

21

Fig. 139. Tempo 1 - Development 3 (Fig. 144)

4:38

22

Recapitulation (Fig. 160)

5:16

†Schott score

New Year Suite

28:59

Timothy Holmes - Kyle Horch - Melanie Bush saxophones

Steven Smith - Alan Taylor electric guitars

Robert Millett kit drums

23

1

The Space Ship Lands

0:42

24

2

Prelude

0:41

25

3

The Shaman Dance -

1:12

26

4

The Hunt for the Scapegoat -

1:29

27

5

Donny's Skarade -

3:51

28

6

Donny's Dream -

3:39

29

7

Dream Interlude

0:45

30

8

Jo Ann's Dreamsong -

4:37

31

9

Love Scene for Jo Ann and Pelegrin -

6:25

32

10

The Paradise Dance -

2:24

33

11

The Beating-Out of the Scapegoat (the Bad Old Year) -

0:48

34

12

Ringing in the New Year -

1:08

35

13

The Space Ship Takes Off Again

1:18

Faye Robinson soprano*

Richard Hickox

2 & 3 October 1992 (Symphony No. 4), 3 & 4 December 1993 (Symphony No. 3), 9 & 10 March 1994 (Symphony No. 2, New Year Suite) and 28 & 29 October 1994 (Symphony No. 1)