Credits:

Michael Tippett

Description:

Tippett (19051998): Oratorio A Child of Our TimeFaye Robinson (S), Sarah Walker (M)John Garrison (T), John Cheek (B)Birmingham City Symphony Orchestra & ChorusSir Michael Tippett (conductor)A re-release of a recording originally released by Collins Classics. Often referred to as the 20th-century St. Matthew Passion, this oratorio was composed with the Nazi persecution of the Jews as its theme, using the sniper attack by a boywhich triggered World War IIas its motif. This is a recording from the composers final years, in which he both conducted and performed his own work.