John Adams: Doctor Atomic

John Adams: Doctor Atomic

Julia Bullock, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gerald Finley

2006

In seiner 2005 uraufgeführten Oper wirft John Adams einen Blick auf die menschlichen und moralischen Fragen rund um die Entwicklung der ersten Atombombe. Es ist ein Werk von großer Überzeugungs- und Ausstrahlungskraft, das hier in einer Live-Aufnahme zu hören ist. Robert Oppenheimer, der von Zweifeln geplagte Wissenschaftler im Zentrum des Geschehens, wird von Gerald Finley mit allen charakterlichen Facetten sehr authentisch und souverän dargestellt. Finley sang diesen Part schon bei der Premiere und in vielen weiteren Inszenierungen. Julia Bullock, Brindley Sherratt, Samuel Sakker und Andrew Staples brillieren in ihren Nebenrollen und Adams selbst führt das sehr präsente BBC Symphony Orchestra zu musikalischen Höchstleistungen. Eine mustergültige Interpretation eines Klassikers der modernen Oper.

Overture

BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams

5:10

"The end of June 1945"

BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams, BBC Singers

4:18

"First of all, let me say"

Brindley Sherratt, John Adams, Gerald Finley, BBC Symphony Orchestra

2:15

"We surround the plutonium core"

BBC Singers, John Adams, BBC Symphony Orchestra

1:42

"We are bedeviled by faulty detonators"

BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams, Brindley Sherratt, Gerald Finley

1:31

"Many of us are inclined to say"

Gerald Finley, Brindley Sherratt, John Adams, BBC Symphony Orchestra

2:26

"The nation's fate..."

John Adams, Gerald Finley, Andrew Staples, BBC Symphony Orchestra

2:16

"This is a petition"

John Adams, Andrew Staples, Brindley Sherratt, Gerald Finley, BBC Symphony Orchestra

2:42

"What if it's a dud?"

John Adams, Gerald Finley, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Brindley Sherratt, Andrew Staples

2:02

"The test must go on as scheduled"

Gerald Finley, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams, BBC Singers, Brindley Sherratt

3:20

"No, before the bomb is used"

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Brindley Sherratt, Gerald Finley, Andrew Staples, John Adams, BBC Singers

4:07

"Am I in your light?"

John Adams, Julia Bullock, BBC Symphony Orchestra

4:31

"Long let me inhale, deeply..."

Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley, John Adams, BBC Symphony Orchestra

6:27

"The motive of it all was loneliness"

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gerald Finley, Julia Bullock, John Adams

4:24

Electrical storm

BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams, BBC Singers

2:17

"What the hell is wrong with the weather?"

Gerald Finley, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Marcus Farnsworth, Aubrey Allicock, John Adams

2:34

"Five hundred U.S. Superfortresses are raining bombs"

Aubrey Allicock, Gerald Finley, John Adams, Marcus Farnsworth, BBC Symphony Orchestra

4:06

"I'll sign the report, sir"

John Adams, Gerald Finley, Marcus Farnsworth, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Aubrey Allicock

1:18

"With respect, sir, anyone with two good eyes"

Gerald Finley, Samuel Sakker, Aubrey Allicock, John Adams, BBC Symphony Orchestra

3:00

"I have been preoccupied with many matters"

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gerald Finley, John Adams, Samuel Sakker, Aubrey Allicock

2:32

"Get them out of here. From now on, I'm making my own weather predictions"

BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams, Aubrey Allicock

4:05

"General, you are bearing up with remarkable fortitude"

John Adams, Gerald Finley, Aubrey Allicock, BBC Symphony Orchestra

3:18

"Batter my heart"

Gerald Finley, John Adams, BBC Symphony Orchestra

7:34

"Easter Eve, 1945"

Julia Bullock, John Adams, BBC Symphony Orchestra

11:59

Interlude - Rain over the Sangre de Cristo

BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams

2:57

"In the north the cloud-flower blossoms"

BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams, Jennifer Johnston

1:54

"It's midnight, Jack"

John Adams, Andrew Staples, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Marcus Farnsworth

5:11

"I've dreamed the same dream"

Andrew Staples, Jennifer Johnston, John Adams, BBC Symphony Orchestra

2:48

"To the farthest west, the sea and the striped country"

Jennifer Johnston, Julia Bullock, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams

3:35

"A delay in the Potsdam Ultimatum"

Jennifer Johnston, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Aubrey Allicock, John Adams

1:00

"Fermi is taking wagers"

Gerald Finley, Aubrey Allicock, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams, Brindley Sherratt

2:16

"I've spent a great deal of time indulging in controlled fantasies"

Brindley Sherratt, Gerald Finley, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams

3:36

"Edward, the test will be delayed an hour"

Aubrey Allicock, John Adams, Marcus Farnsworth, Brindley Sherratt, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jennifer Johnston, Gerald Finley

3:01

Panic

BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, John Adams

2:52

"This program has been plagued from the start"

Aubrey Allicock, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gerald Finley, John Adams

1:30

"To keep the weakness secret"

Julia Bullock, John Adams, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jennifer Johnston, Gerald Finley, BBC Singers

2:11

"I just finished reading The Magic Mountain"

BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams, Gerald Finley, BBC Singers, Andrew Staples

2:15

"The winter dawned, but the dead did not come back"

BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Jennifer Johnston, John Adams

1:53

"And love, which contains all human spirit"

Julia Bullock, BBC Singers, Gerald Finley, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams

3:00

"The only saviors are the ham sandwiches"

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Aubrey Allicock, Brindley Sherratt, John Adams, Gerald Finley

2:27

Chorus - "At the sight of this"

BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, John Adams

4:41

"Lieutenant Bush, keep a weather eye on Oppenheimer"

Brindley Sherratt, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Aubrey Allicock, John Adams

1:32

"To what benevolent demon do I owe the joy of being thus surrounded"

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gerald Finley, John Adams, BBC Singers

2:42

"That's their signal!"

Gerald Finley, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams

2:17

"The sky is clear to the east"

BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams, Marcus Farnsworth, Jennifer Johnston

2:59

"In the midnight, in the flame-brilliant midnight"

BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams, Julia Bullock

3:06

"Zero minus two minutes"

Gerald Finley, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams

1:03

Countdown

BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams

6:05

John Adams

Komponist:in
Ryuichi Sakamoto

Komponist:in
Julia Bullock

Stimme und Gesang
BBC Singers

Chor
BBC Symphony Orchestra

Orchester

Friedemann Engelbrecht

Produzent:in
René Möller

Mischtechniker:in, Schnitttechniker:in, Mastering-Ingenieur:in, Aufnahmeingenieur:in
Wolfgang Schiefermair

Schnitttechniker:in