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Sir Michael Tippett: Choral Images - BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury / Signum Classics Audio CD / SIGCD092

UPC 635212009222

The BBC Singers is a professional British chamber choir, employed by the BBC. Its origins can be traced to 1924. One of the six BBC Performing Groups, the BBC Singers are based at the BBC Maida Vale Studios in London. The only full-time professional British choir, the BBC Singers feature in live concerts, radio transmissions, recordings and education workshops. The choir often performs alongside other BBC Performing Groups, such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and is a regular guest at the BBC Proms. Broadcasts are made from locations around the country: London venues have included St Giles-without-Cripplegate, St John's, Smith Square and St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge.

Label:	Signum Classics – SIGCD092
Format:	CD
Country:	UK
Released:	2007
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Choral

Tracklist:

1	Dance, Clarion Air	4:36
2	Plebs Angelica	3:11
3	The Weeping Babe	5:06
	Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense Alto Vocals – Kim Porter Baritone Vocals – Stephen Charlesworth (2) Soprano Vocals – Margaret Feaviour Tenor Vocals – Andrew Murgatroyd

4		Magnificat	4:14

5	Nunc Dimittis	2:45
6	Hymn: Unto The Hills	3:46
	Four Songs From The British Isles

7		England: Early One Morning	2:56

8		Ireland: Lilliburlero	1:41

9		Scotland: Poortith Cauld	5:26

10	Wales: Gwenllian	3:26
11	Over The Sea To Skye	4:04
12	The Source	2:14
13	The Windhover	3:00
14	Lullaby Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Siân Menna

4:20
		Five Negro Spirituals From The Oratorio A Child Of Our Time Baritone Vocals – Stuart MacIntyre Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Jacqueline Fox Soprano Vocals – Jennifer Adams-Barbaro Tenor Vocals – Robert Johnston

15		Steal Away	3:01

16		Nobody Knows	1:22

17		Go Down, Moses	3:02

18		By And By	1:13

Deep River

3:33

Alto Vocals – Jacqueline Fox, Kim Porter, Lynette Alcántara, Penny Vickers, Rebecca Lodge, Siân Menna
Bass Vocals – Adrian Peacock, Charles Gibbs, Edward Price, Simon Birchall, Stephen Charlesworth, Stuart MacIntyre
Choir – BBC Singers
Composed By – Sir Michael Tippett
Conductor – Stephen Cleobury
Cover – Mike Evans
Design, Artwork – Woven Design
Edited By – Philip Ashley
Engineer – Tony Wass
Liner Notes – Anthony Burton
Organ – Iain Farrington
Photography By – Gerald Place, Sophie Laslett
Producer – Michael Emery
Soprano Vocals – Alison Smart, Amanda Morrison, Elizabeth Franklin-Kitchen, Elizabeth Poole, Jennifer Adams-Barbaro, Juliet Fraser, Karen Woodhouse, Margaret Feaviour
Tenor Vocals – Andrew Murgatroyd, David Roy, Ian Kennedy, John Bowley, Neil MacKenzie, Robert Johnston