John Adams - El Niño (2001)
John Adams: El Niño (2001)
Classical | EAC (APE & CUE) | 458 MB
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Classical | EAC (APE & CUE) | 458 MB
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Sung in English, Spanish, and Latin, this warm and sometimes moving oratorio humanizes the Nativity by emphasizing Mary's perspective and the miracle of birth. Based on a variety of sources, including the New Testament Apocrypha and contemporary Latin American poetry, El Niño begins with the steady repetition of a D minor chord, followed by the introduction of polyrhythms and dissonance, as well as countertenors Brian Cummings and Dan Brubeck. Both of them, as well as the third countertenor, Steven Rickards, give golden performances on this album. Particular kudos, however, must go to the three principals: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano; Dawn Upshaw, soprano; and Willard White, baritone. Even though there are moments when White's baritone threatens to dominate, they aren't significant enough to forestall any pleasure in the overall work.
- Tracklist
1-01 I Sing For A Maiden (6:20)
1-02 Hail, Mary, Gracious! (4:48)
1-03 La Anunciación (9:34)
1-04 For With God No Thing Shall Be Impossible (1:15)
1-05 The Babe Leaped In Her Womb (3:30)
1-06 Magnificat (3:23)
1-07 Now She Was Sixteen Years Old (3:20)
1-08 Joseph's Dream (4:32)
1-09 Shake The Heavens (5:53)
1-10 Se Habla De Gabriel (8:26)
1-11 The Christmas Star (6:45)
2-01 Pues Mi Dios Ha Nacido A Penar (4:36)
2-02 When Herod Heard (2:28)
2-03 Woe Unto Them That Call Evil Good (4:22)
2-04 And The Star Went Before Them (2:25)
2-05 The Three Kings (5:26)
2-06 And When They Were Departed (1:11)
2-07 Dawn Air (4:22)
2-08 And He Slew All The Children (1:43)
2-09 Memorial De Tlatelolco (9:12)
2-10 In The Day Of The Great Slaughter (3:21)
2-11 Pues Está Tiritando (3:35)
2-12 Jesus And The Dragons (2:49)
2-13 A Palm Tree (7:57)
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Mezzo-soprano
Steven Rickards, countertenor
Willard White, Baritone
London Voices with Terry Edwards, Chorus Master (2)
Deutsches Symphonie-orchester Berlin
Kent Nagano, conductor
John Adams - El Niño (2001)
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