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Tippett: A Child of our Time

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  • Artist: Colin Davis
  • Year: 2008
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 881488705256
  • Item Number: NAX870525
  • Release date: 02/26/2008
  • 1. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 1. The world turns on its dark side
  • 2. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 1. The Argument. Man has measured the heavens attacca
  • 3. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 1. Interludium attacca
  • 4. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 1. Scena. Is evel then good? attacca
  • 5. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 1. The Narrator. Now in each nation attacca
  • 6. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 1. Chorus of the Oppressed. When shall the usurers' city cease
  • 7. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 1. I have no money for my bread
  • 8. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 1. How can I cherish my man in such days attacca
  • 9. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 1. A Spiritual. Steal away
  • 10. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 2. A star rises in mid-winter
  • 11. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 2. The Narrator. And a time came attacca
  • 12. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 2. Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted. Away with them! attacca
  • 13. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 2. The Narrator. Where they could attacca
  • 14. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 2. Chorus of the Self-righteous. We cannot them in our Empire attacca
  • 15. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 2. The Narrator. And the boys mother wrote a letter, saying
  • 16. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 2. Scena. O my son! in the dread terror
  • 17. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 2. A Spiritual. Nobody knows the trouble I see
  • 18. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 2. Scena. The boy becomes desperate
  • 19. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 2. The Narrator. They took a terrible vengeance attacca
  • 20. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 2. The Terror. Burn down their houses! attacca
  • 21. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 2. The Narrator. Men where ashamed of what was done attacca
  • 22. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 2. A Spiritual of Anger. Go down, Moses
  • 23. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 2. My dreams are all shattered attacca
  • 24. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 2. The Mother. What have I done to you, my son
  • 25. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 2. The dark forces rise like a flood attacca
  • 26. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 2. A Spiritual. O, by and by
  • 27. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 3. The cold deepens
  • 28. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 3. The soul of man is impassioned like a woman
  • 29. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 3. Scena. The words of wisdom are these
  • 30. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 3. Praludium attacca
  • 31. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 3. Finale. I would know my shadow and my light attacca
  • 32. A Child of Our Time, oratorio, Part 3. A Spiritual. Deep river
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Tippett: A Child of our Time by Colin Davis on CD


Colin Davis has long been an advocate for the music of Michael Tippett, and since A Child of Our Time is one of the composer's best-known and most frequently performed works, it's good to have this 2003 recording of Davis conducting the work. The oratorio (written between 1939 and 1941) broadly deals with the suffering caused by humans persecuting others, but its specific catalyst was the Nazis' devastating Kristallnacht attacks on Jews in 1938. Because of the work's roots, this performance by the Chorus of the Dresden State Opera and Dresden Staatskapelle, with an international cast of soloists -- German, French, American, and Dutch -- takes on a special poignancy. The pronunciation of the chorus and soloists may not always be fully intelligible, but the performance is infused with such passion and emotional intensity that it's easy to overlook their less than perfect vowel sounds. Tenor Jerry Hadley sings soulfully, even though he doesn't have the freshness of his vocal prime. Soprano Ute Selbig sings with stunningly pure, warm, and brilliant tone; her solos are among the high points of the CD, particularly "How can I cherish my man in such days." Contralto Nora Gubisch and bass Robert Holl are fully capable, but their vibrato tends to be a little wide. Davis leads a charged, deeply felt performance that powerfully testifies to his empathy with Tippett's music. ~ Stephen Eddins, Rovi
  • Artist: Colin Davis
  • Year: 2008
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 881488705256
  • Item Number: NAX870525
  • Release date: 02/26/2008
  • Label: Profil-Ed. Gunter Han
  • Genre: Classical
  • Style: Choral, Modern
  • Album Time: 64:51

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  • Tippett: A Child of our Time Colin Davis CD
Tippett: A Child of our Time Colin Davis CD