Michael Tippett: A Child of Our Time
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Music CD Cover Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 2005-02-22 Music Label: Naxos Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for Michael Tippett: A Child of Our Time Album
Free Music Review: A profound reading by the composer, lackig only the best soloists and sonics
Hit: 4 Stars
All three of the standard recordings of Tippett's early masterpiece, A Child of Our Time, are excellent performances. The earliest, conducted by John Pritchard (1958), would have been considered superlative on its own, and it still is despite somewhat cramped, dated sound and soloists who are less than stellar, particularly in their diction. The Colin Davis from 1975 became an instant first choice given the unequalled casting of Jessye Norman and Janet Baker in the female parts. But this budget release of the composer's own 1991 performance is uniquely deep and moving. Tippett was an excellent conductor of his own music, and as with Britten, he brings a composer's understanding that no one else can duplicate.
It's not a perfect recording. The sonics are a too bright, and the chorus is placed so far back as to be unintelligible most of the time. The four soloists sing with great feeling, although the fast beat in the soprano's voice robs her diction. The tenor and bass are the best singers and the easiest to understand. As to timing, Pritchrd seems quick at 64 min. and the composer just right at 69 min.--he gives himself room to make any number of musical points in the service of his heartfelt pacifism and humanity. In sum, this is a great recording at a price anyone can afford.