Jeanine Tesori: Blue (2SACD)

24,00 €
 
Formát:
SACD
 
 
Dostupnosť:
7-14 dní
 
 
Katalógové číslo:
PTC5186967
 
 
EAN kód:
827949096761
 
 
Autori:
Jeanine Tesori
 
 
Interpreti:
Roderick Cox, Washington National Opera
 
 
Vydavateľ:
PENTATONE
 
 
Zoznam skladieb
Disc 1:
1 Prologue (instrumental)

Act I
Scene 1
2 – Urgent! – Drop ev’rything!
3 I was in the heyday of being in love
4 Damn, girl!
5 You married a cop?
6 I love him
7 What about your obsession?
8 I’m gonna strap my baby on my back
9 You havin’ a what?
10 – Forgive our sistah. – She knows not what she do
11 Birth that baby boy to term
12 Ha. Ha ha ha
13 I’m having this boy. I’m keeping this boy close
14 We wish on ev’rything you can wish on
15 Scrape the wax off your wings
16 Transition to Scene 2 (instrumental)

Scene 2
17 How you doin’, baby?
18 I’m somebody’s mother
19 Hello…Mom!
20 Cup your hand under his head and neck
21 Hello...Hello, my son

Scene 3
22 Go, go, go!
23 – Halftime! – We’re all yours, buddy
24 How do you feel?
25 Welcome to the daddy club!
26 How did you produce a son?
27 I’ve got a baby boy
28 Here’s a toast

Scene 4
29 Introduction (instrumental)
30 You not getting off that easy
31 Yes, sir! Got my own private warden
32 Moved up here so you could spread out and be by yourself
33 No! New York is the richest city in the world
34 Stat Stat Statue of Liberty
35 The world done change
36 – What am I supposed to do? – Stay alive
37 You alive, ain’t you?
38 I am out there in the jungle
39 Whatcha gonna do?
40 – Let me go. – No, my son, I will never let you go

Disc 2:
Act II
Scene 1
1 What is your name, my son?
2 Ah! You are the father whose child was lost
3 Ah! Your heart is broken, I hear it knocking against your ribs
4 This is my badge
5 When my boy was taken from me
6 I did not come here seeking redemption
7 Only a white God
8 You are walking in a terrible darkness, my son
9 May restoring waters clear the night’s weeping
10 In my hour of need I seek no salvation from you

Scene 2
11 Come away from the window
12 She sits in this matchbox disguised as a house
13 She was lying in her bed. In her own home. In her bed
14 – Look at her. – She wears the captive shroud of stony death
15 Let us go forth
16 Oh God! Bring my baby back
17 God, give me back any part of my baby

Scene 3
18 My heart…my heart is heavy tonight
19 Somebody...
20 A mother, clear out of her mind
21 God, we ask you, take care of this boy
22 Stay alive
23 Son, the light is turning amber. Run!
24 We sing...Christ wore the crown of thorns
25 Cup your hand under his head and neck

Epilogue
26 Introduction (instrumental)
27 I don’t know what the hell you talkin’ about
28 Set aside your sides, eat some set-asides I set aside for my boys
29 – You my son. – I got deep fried, red-eyed, drip-dried...
30 Kneaded, pinched, and prodded
31 Heavenly Father, we humbly thank you
32 Hey Mom, hey Dad
Popis
Washington National Opera presents Blue, a contemporary opera on racial injustice in the US today, with a libretto by Tazewell Thompson set to music by Jeanine Tesori. Blue tells the tragic story of an African-American police officer whose son is killed by a fellow officer during a protest. Strongly resonating with the Black Lives Matter movement, the piece is equally groundbreaking thanks to its intimate and layered portrayal of African-American family life on the operatic stage. Historically and musically, Blue compassionately tells a story that is at once painful and identifiable to so many of us. The Music Critics Association of America named Blue the “Best New Opera” of 2020, while the Financial Times praised it as “an exceptionally strong new opera about race in America”, and hailed Tesori’s music as “eclectic, but assuredly so, full of beauty and eloquence.” The piece is sung by an excellent cast of vocalists, including Kenneth Kellogg as The Father, Briana Hunter as The Mother, and Aaron Crouch as The Son, while The Washington National Opera Orchestra is led by rising star conductor Roderick Cox.