A Child of Our Time (London 1944)
Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Mihoko Fujimura (Mezzo-soprano), Matthew Rose (Bass), Steve Davislim (Tenor), Indra Thomas (Soprano)
2007 - 2007, London, Barbican Centre
Part I
- 05:101. 'The world turns on its dark side. It is winter.' (Chorus)
- 01:542. The Argument 'Man has measured the heavens with a telescope' (Alto)
- 01:07Interludium –
- 02:553. Scena 'Is evil then good? Is reason untrue?' (Chorus, Alto)
- 01:074. 'Now in each nation there were some cast out' (The Narrator)
- 02:025. 'When shall the userers' city cease' (Chorus of the Oppressed)
- 03:166. 'I have no money for my bread' (Tenor)
- 03:037. 'How can I cherish my man in such days' (Soprano)
- 02:088. A Spiritual 'Steal away' (Chorus, Soprano, Tenor)
Part II
- 02:391. 'A star rises in mid-winter' (Chorus)
- 00:202. "And a time came" (The Narrator)
- 01:003. 'Away with them!' (Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted)
- 00:254. 'Where they could, they fled from the terror' (The Narrator)
- 00:445. 'We cannot have them in our Empire' (Chorus of the Self-righteous)
- 00:146. 'And the boy's mother wrote a letter, saying' (The Narrator)
- 01:147. Scena 'O my son!' (The Mother, The Boy, The Aunt, The Uncle)
- 01:158. A Spiritual 'Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord' (Chorus, Soprano, Tenor)
- 01:169. Scena 'The boy becomes desperate in his agony' (Bass, Alto)
- 00:2510. 'They took a terrible vengeance' (The Narrator)
- 01:0011. The Terror 'Burn down their houses!' (Chorus)
- 00:3412. 'Men were ashamed of what was done' (The Narrator)
- 02:5213. A Spiritual of Anger 'Go down, Moses' (Chorus, Bass)
- 03:1714. The Boy Sings in his Prison 'My dreams are all shattered in a ghastly reality' (The Boy)
- 01:2915. 'What have I done to you, my son?' (The Mother)
- 00:5516. 'The dark forces rise like a flood' (Alto)
- 01:1317. A Spiritual 'O, by and by' (Chorus, Soprano)
Part III
- 04:151. 'The cold deepens' (Chorus)
- 02:122. 'The soul of man is impassioned like a woman' (Alto)
- 04:243. Scena 'The words of wisdom are these' (Bass, Chorus)
- 01:12Praeludium –
- 04:394. (Praeludium) – 'I would know my shadow and my light' (Chorus, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
- 03:425. A Spiritual 'Deep river' (Chorus, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)