Tippett: A Child Of Our Time – Andrew Davis

A Child of our Time, Part I
The world turns on its dark side (Chorus)
The Argument. Man has measured the heavens with a telescope (Alto)
Interludium
Is evil then good? (Alto, Chorus)
The Narrator. Now in each nation there were some cast out… (Bass)
Chorus of the Oppressed. When shall the usurer’s city cease? (Chorus)
I have no money for my bread
How can I cherish my man in such days…?
A Spiritual. Steal away (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
A Child of our Time, Part II
A star rises in mid-winter (Chorus)
The Narrator. And a time came… (Bass)
Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted. Away with them! (Chorus)
The Narrator. Where they could, they fled from the terror (Bass)
Chorus of the Self-righteous. We cannot have them in our Empire (Chorus)
The Narrator. And the boy’s mother wrote a letter… (Bass)
The Mother, the Uncle and Aunt, and the Boy. O my son! (Soloists)
A Spiritual. Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
The boy becomes desperate in his agony (Alto, Bass)
The Narrator. They took a terrible vengeance (Bass)
The Terror. Burn down their houses! (Chorus)
The Narrator. Men were ashamed of what was done (Bass)
A Spiritual of Anger. Go down, Moses (Bass, Chorus)
The Boy sings in his Prison. My dreams are all shattered in a ghastly reality
The Mother. What have I done to you, my son?
The dark forces rise like a flood (Alto)
A Spiritual. O! by and by (Soprano, Chorus)
A Child of our Time, Part III
The cold deepens (Chorus)
The soul of man is impassioned. (Alto)
The words of wisdom are these (Bass, Chorus)
Preludium
I would know my shadow and my light (Soloists, Chorus)
A Spiritual. Deep river (Soloists, Chorus)

Pumeza Matshikiza, Sarah Connolly, Joshua Stewart, Ashley Riches, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis

Format: 1 SACD Hybrid
Release date: 3/5/2024
UGS : 0095115534120 Catégories : ,

20,90

Reviews

There are no reviews yet.

Be the first to review “Tippett: A Child Of Our Time – Andrew Davis”

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *