John Adams: Doctor Atomic

John Adams: Doctor Atomic

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

2006

Esta ópera de 2005 de John Adams explora questões pessoais e morais acerca da invenção da bomba atômica. Gravada ao vivo, ela tem poder e convicção colossais. O destaque é a grande performance de Gerald Finley como Robert Oppenheimer, um cientista atormentado por dúvidas. Como já havia cantado na estreia e muitas vezes desde então, ele apresenta aqui uma criação magnífica. Julia Bullock, Brindley Sherratt, Samuel Sakker e Andrew Staples estão todos excelentes como coadjuvantes, e o próprio Adams extrai uma interpretação virtuosa da orquestra. Um grande álbum de um clássico da ópera moderna.

Overture

BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams, BBC Singers

5:10

"The end of June 1945"

BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, John Adams

4:18

"First of all, let me say"

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

2:15

"We surround the plutonium core"

John Adams, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers

1:42

"We are bedeviled by faulty detonators"

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

1:31

"Many of us are inclined to say"

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

2:26

"The nation's fate..."

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

2:16

"This is a petition"

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

2:42

"What if it's a dud?"

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

2:02

"The test must go on as scheduled"

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

3:20

"No, before the bomb is used"

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

4:07

"Am I in your light?"

John Adams, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Julia Bullock

4:31

"Long let me inhale, deeply..."

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

6:27

"The motive of it all was loneliness"

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

4:24

Electrical storm

BBC Singers, John Adams, BBC Symphony Orchestra

2:17

"What the hell is wrong with the weather?"

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

2:34

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

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

4:06

"I'll sign the report, sir"

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

1:18

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

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

3:00

"I have been preoccupied with many matters"

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

2:32

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

Aubrey Allicock, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams

4:05

"General, you are bearing up with remarkable fortitude"

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

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, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Staples, Marcus Farnsworth

5:11

"I've dreamed the same dream"

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

2:48

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

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

3:35

"A delay in the Potsdam Ultimatum"

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

1:00

"Fermi is taking wagers"

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

2:16

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

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

3:36

"Edward, the test will be delayed an hour"

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

3:01

Panic

John Adams, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra

2:52

"This program has been plagued from the start"

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

1:30

"To keep the weakness secret"

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

2:11

"I just finished reading The Magic Mountain"

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

2:15

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

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

1:53

"And love, which contains all human spirit"

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

3:00

"The only saviors are the ham sandwiches"

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

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"

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

1:32

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

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

2:42

"That's their signal!"

John Adams, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gerald Finley

2:17

"The sky is clear to the east"

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

2:59

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

Julia Bullock, John Adams, BBC Symphony Orchestra

3:06

"Zero minus two minutes"

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

1:03

Countdown

John Adams, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers

6:05

John Adams

Composição
Ryuichi Sakamoto

Composição
Julia Bullock

Vocais
BBC Singers

Coral
Gerald Finley

Vocais

Friedemann Engelbrecht

Produção
Wolfgang Schiefermair

Engenharia (edição)
René Möller

Engenharia (mixagem), Engenharia (masterização), Engenharia (edição), Engenharia (gravação)