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Tippett: A Child of our Time [CD]

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  • Performer: Cynthia Haymon, Cynthia Clarey, Damon Evans, Willard White
  • Orchestra: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Richard Hickox
  • Composer: Sir Michael Tippett
  • Audio CD (1 Oct 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Chandos
  • ASIN: B000000AQR
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 96,327 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. A Child of our Time: Part I: The world turns on its dark side (Chorus)Cynthia Haymon 4:59£0.59
Listen  2. A Child of our Time: Part I: The Argument: Man has measured the heavens (Alto)Cynthia Clarey 3:04£0.59
Listen  3. A Child of our Time: Part I: Scene: Is evil then good? (Chorus, Alto)Cynthia Haymon 3:06£0.59
Listen  4. A Child of our Time: Part I: Now in each nation (Bass)Cynthia Clarey 1:10£0.59
Listen  5. A Child of our Time: Part I: Chorus of the Oppressed: When shall the userers' city cease (Chorus)Cynthia Haymon 2:10£0.59
Listen  6. A Child of our Time: Part I: I have no money for my bread (Tenor)Willard White 3:25£0.59
Listen  7. A Child of our Time: Part I: How can I cherish my man in such days (Soprano)Cynthia Haymon 3:33£0.59
Listen  8. A Child of our Time: Part I: A Spiritual: Steal away (Chorus, Soprano, Tenor)Willard White 2:32£0.59
Listen  9. A Child of our Time: Part II: A star rises in mid-winter (Chorus)Cynthia Haymon 3:40£0.59
Listen10. A Child of our Time: Part II: And a time came (Bass)Willard White0:17£0.59
Listen11. A Child of our Time: Part II: Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted: Away with them! (Double Chorus)Cynthia Haymon0:56£0.59
Listen12. A Child of our Time: Part II: Where they could, they fled (Bass)Willard White0:22£0.59
Listen13. A Child of our Time: Part II: Chorus of the Self-righteous: We cannot have them in our Empire (Chorus)Cynthia Haymon0:48£0.59
Listen14. A Child of our Time: Part II: And the boy's mother wrote a letter (Bass)Willard White0:14£0.59
Listen15. A Child of our Time: Part II: Scene: O my son! (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)Cynthia Haymon 1:29£0.59
Listen16. A Child of our Time: Part II: A Spiritual: Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord (Chorus, Soprano, Tenor)Willard White 1:17£0.59
Listen17. A Child of our Time: Part II: Scene: The boy becomes desperate in his agony (Bass, Alto)Cynthia Haymon 1:31£0.59
Listen18. A Child of our Time: Part II: They took a terrible vengeance (Bass)Willard White0:32£0.59
Listen19. A Child of our Time: Part II: The Terror: Burn down their houses! (Chorus)Cynthia Haymon 1:01£0.59
Listen20. A Child of our Time: Part II: Men were ashamed of what was done (Bass)Willard White0:37£0.59
Listen21. A Child of our Time: Part II: A Spiritual of Anger: Go down, Moses (Chorus, Bass)Cynthia Haymon 3:29£0.59
Listen22. A Child of our Time: Part II: The boy sings in his prison: My dreams are all shattered (Tenor)Richard Hickox 3:42£0.59
Listen23. A Child of our Time: Part II: What have I done to you, my son? (Soprano)Cynthia Haymon 1:38£0.59
Listen24. A Child of our Time: Part II: The dark forces rise like a flood (Alto)Willard White 1:03£0.59
Listen25. A Child of our Time: Part II: A Spiritual: O, by and by (Chorus, Soprano)Cynthia Haymon 1:25£0.59
Listen26. A Child of our Time: Part III: The cold deepens (Chorus)Willard White 5:33£0.59
Listen27. A Child of our Time: Part III: The soul of man (Alto)Cynthia Haymon 2:18£0.59
Listen28. A Child of our Time: Part III: Scene: The words of wisdom are these (Bass, Chorus)Willard White 6:51£0.59
Listen29. A Child of our Time: Part III: General Ensemble: I would know my shadow and my light (Chorus, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)Cynthia Haymon 6:16£0.59
Listen30. A Child of our Time: Part III: A Spiritual: Deep river (Chorus, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)Willard White 3:55£0.59


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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
For many, this is the most moving oratorio ever written - not just because its principal subject matter is so emotive, but because musically and philosophically, it is a work of immense spirituality.

Tippett wrote his own libretto. One that, with searing insight, forces us to face the 'shadow' (the dark side) of humanity and recognise the 'glory of light'.

I cannot listen to this work now without being moved to tears at least twice; every time when the incarcerated teenager screams to his desperate mother: 'I will defy the world to reach you!'.

This Hickox recording is close to perfection. It is the four soloists that make this recording what it is, but the sound quality is incredible and Hickox responds to the finest moments with extraordinary subtlety.

Monumental.

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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Tippett's Oratorio Is Provocative 24 Aug 2005
By Todd P. Phillips - Published on Amazon.com
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Though it premiered in March of 1944, "A Child of our Time" remains thought provoking in its social-philosophic message some sixty years later. The 1992 recording on Chandos, captures its spirit and intensity. Well, worth listening to. The work was performed this summer (2005) at the Berkshire Choral Festival.
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A Lyrical and Lush Modern Masterwork 13 Nov 2003
By Christopher Schmitz - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
Michael Tippett's "A Child of Our Time" is truly one of the gems of 20th century composition. Baritone and soprano arias segue into choruses based on Negro spirituals as Tippett, a gay man, makes an encompassing comment on oppression: anti-Semitism, racism, and homophobia.

At the oratio's center is the historically true story of a 17-year-old Polish Jew, Herschel Gryszpan, avenging his father's death at the hands of fascists by shooting a Nazi officer in Paris. (The Germans reacted violently to this perceived insolence, herding Jews to the gas chambers with special zest following the incident.)

That a doomed but noble adolescent would appear at the center of a pederastic composer's best work is wholly predictable, but Tippett, who wrote both the words and music here, doesn't attempt to develop Herschel as a character. Instead, the boy becomes a symbol for the oppressed throughout history.

The simple words of the arias limn their suffering: "I have no money for my bread. I have no gift for my love." This is sung by a lone soprano and then resolves exquisitely into a choral version of the spiritual "Steal Away," which dreams of an escape from a torturous world. As the choir sings, the soprano voice still streaks the group vocal with mellifluous runs. Sublime. Utterly gorgeous.

This rich work also carries us through seasons. Winter is first along with the cold consequences of Herschel's assasination. By the end, it is spring again, and we are on the bank of a "Deep River" greening back into life. Tippett seems to believe in the human spirit and its power the weather atrocities and be reborn. The British composer stretches his gift for lushness and lyricism to the very end of this Bach-inspired composition. "Burn down their houses! Beat in their heads!" are among the many lines whose melodies are so memorable I could sing them to you now.

This is an Anglo-Saxon sorrow song, a white man's blues.

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