Sir Michael Tippett: Symphonies/New Year Suite (Chandos Audio 3-disc set)

Contents

Symphony No. 1
I Allegro vigoroso: quasi alla breve
II Adagio
III Presto
IV Allegro moderato ma con brio e più tarde con delicatezza

Symphony No. 2
I Allegro vigoroso
II Adagio molto e tranquillo
III Presto veloce
IV Allegro moderato

Symphony No. 3
1 Allegro non troppo e pestante
2 Lento 16:18
3 Allegro molto
4 Slow Blues. Andante (As I drew nurture from my mother's breast. . .)
5 Fast Blues. Allegro (O, I'll go walking. . .)
6 Slow Blues. Largo (I found the man grown to a dwarf. . .)
7 Pochissimo meno mosso (They sang that when she waved her wings. . .)

Symphony No. 4
1 Introduction and Exposition. Tempo
2 Fig. 21† - Development 1 (Fig. 25). Tempo 3
3 Slow Movement (Fig. 52). Tempo 1
4 Development 2 (Fig. 78). Tempo 2
5 Scherzo and Trios (Fig. 100). Tempo 3
6 Fig. 139. Tempo 1 - Development 3 (Fig. 144)
7 Recapitulation (Fig. 160)

New Year Suite
1 The Space Ship Lands
2 Prelude
3 The Shaman Dance
4 The Hunt for the Scapegoat
5 Donny's Skarade
6 Donny's Dream
7 Dream Interlude
8 Jo Ann's Dreamsong
9 Love Scene for Jo Ann and Pelegrin
10 The Paradise Dance
11 The Beating-Out of the Scapegoat (the Bad Old Year)
12 Ringing in the New Year
13 The Space Ship Takes Off Again