| Other author/creator | Bergmann, Walter, 1902-1988. |
| Other author/creator | Hill, Martyn, 1944- singer. |
| Other author/creator | Ball, Andrew (Pianist), instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Ogden, Craig instrumentalist. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Music voices, piano, strings; arranged. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695 If music be the food of love, Z. 297b. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Songs for Ariel. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Songs for Ariel. Come unto these yellow sands. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Songs for Ariel Full fathom five. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Songs for Ariel. Where the bee sucks. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fairy queen. Thrice happy lovers. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fatal hour comes on apace. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998 Songs for Achilles. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998 Songs for Achilles. In the tent. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998 Songs for Achilles. Across the plain. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998 Songs for Achilles. By the sea. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Bess of Bedlam. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Boyhood's end. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Pausanias, the betrayer of his country. Sweeter than roses. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Heart's assurance. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Heart's assurance Song. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Heart's assurance Heart's assurance. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Heart's assurance Compassion. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Heart's assurance. Dancer. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Heart's assurance Remember your lovers. |
| Uniform title | Songs. Selections |
| Variant title |
Purcell realisations |
| Contents |
Music / Tippett (3:32) -- If music be the food of love / Purcell (2:05) -- Songs for Ariel : Come unto these yellow sands (1:57) ; Full fathom five (1:34) ; Where the bee sucks (1:05) / Tippett -- An epithalamium (A wedding song) (2:46) ; The fatal hour comes on apace (4:00) / Purcell -- Songs for Achilles : In the tent (5:20); Across the plain (3:37) ; By the sea (6:37) / Tippett -- Mad Bess : From silent shades / Purcell (4:39) -- Boyhood's end / Tippett (12:57) -- Sweeter than roses / Purcell (3:39) -- The heart's assurance : Song (2:59) ; The heart's assurance (2:11) ; Compassion (4:34) ; The dancer (2:13) ; Remember your lovers (6:18) / Tippett. |
| General note | Piano or guitar acc.; the 1st work originally for unison voices, strings and piano. The Tippett songs in part song cycles; the Purcell realizations in part from operas or incidental music. |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | "Issued to mark the ninetieth birthday of Sir Michael Tippett, 2 January 1995"--Container. |
| General note | Program notes by Meirion Bowen, and vocal texts (15 p. : ports.) inserted in container. |
| Performer |
Martyn Hill, tenor ; Andrew Ball, piano ; Craig Ogden, guitar. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded May 2-3, 1994. |
| Language | Sung in English; words from various sources. |
| UPC |
3457116749 |
| Publisher number | CDA66749 Hyperion |
