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ID: MNRCD121_122 (EAN: 5060211140099) | 2 CD | DDD Vydano: 2006
- LABEL:
- MN Records
- Podkolekce:
- Opera
- Skladatel:
- NYMAN, Michael Laurence
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Interpreti:
- ANGEL, Marie (soprano) | BÖWE, Winnie (soprano) | EBRAHIM, Omar (baritone) | NICOLL, Harry (tenor) | SUMMERS, Hillary (contralto)
- Soubory:
- Michael Nyman Band
- Dirigenti:
- NYMAN, Michael Laurence
- Dal informace:
Track Listing:
Act 1
Prelude/Dogs drowning in sand
How do I know you know?
Lavater
Leonardo says
The size of the brain
Weigh the brain
Act 2
The theory of proportions
Stand up and be counted
Measure my body
Galton
Goya’s snub nose
Lombroso
And Goya cried
Act 3
Where is Goya?
The sequence of the gene
A man impaled
The risky gene
Mutation
Brilliant body
Take its DNA
Give me Goya’s skull
Tortured prisoner
Act 4
That day decided
We’ve cracked the genome
I wanted rid of it
And cloning is here to stay
How can you be so stupid?
Forgive me
Box Set includes Full Libretto and extensive booklet notes.
This three cd digipack and booklet box set includes a free bonus cd containing selections from Michael’s two other operas available on MN Records, Man and Boy: Dada and Love Counts
Facing Goya puts science on the cultural stage through the music of Michael Nyman and the inspiration of one of the world’s greatest painters.
Facing Goya is a taut thriller that follows one woman’s passionate search for the 18th Century Spanish artist Goya’s missing skull. Her journey takes us into the dangerous world of racial stereotyping, gene therapy, cloning and humankind’s follies as seen through Goya’s paintings, etchings and captions. The idea for the opera arose from Michael Nyman’s fascination with the insidious study of craniometry that developed in the 1870s. Goya was regarded as one of the greatest painters of his time. Buried in Bordeaux, legend has it that he asked friends to ensure his head was removed prior to burial to prevent the early craniometrists and researchers of eugenics from getting hold of his brain.
“Facing Goya asks the question ‘if Goya’s skull was found, and if indeed, Goya was cloned, what would happen?’”
CD 1
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NYMAN, Michael Laurence (b. 1944) | | 1. | Prelude / Dogs Drowning In Sand | 6:32 | | 2. | How Do I Know You Know? | 3:41 | | 3. | Lavater | 5:56 | | 4. | Leonardo Says | 3:21 | | 5. | The Size Of The Brain | 9:31 | | 6. | Weigh The Brain | 4:43 | | 7. | The Theory Of Proportions | 3:56 | | 8. | Stand Up And Be Counted | 2:44 | | 9. | Measure My Body | 5:09 | | 10. | Galton | 3:21 | | 11. | Goya's Snub Nose | 5:26 | | 12. | Lombroso | 8:01 | | 13. | And Goya Cried | 8:29 | |
CD 2
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1. | Where Is Goya? | 4:13 | | 2. | The Sequence Of The Gene | 2:57 | | 3. | A Man Impaled | 3:30 | | 4. | The Risky Gene | 3:41 | | 5. | Mutation | 3:01 | | 6. | Brilliant Body | 1:50 | | 7. | Take Its DNA | 3:59 | | 8. | Give Me Goya's Skull | 3:52 | | 9. | Tortured Prisoner | 3:00 | | 10. | That Day Decided | 8:49 | | 11. | We've Cracked The Genome | 5:59 | | 12. | I Wanted Rid Of It | 1:59 | | 13. | And Cloning Is Here To Stay | 3:41 | | 14. | How Can You Be So Stupid? | 6:54 | | 15. | Forgive Me | 4:21 | |
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