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Jeanine Tesori: Blue Product Image

 Offer, Jeanine Tesori: Blue

Kenneth Kellogg (The Father), Brianna Hunter (The Mother), Aaron Crouch (The Son), Gordon Hawkins (The Reverend), The Washington National Opera, Roderick Cox

[Tesori’s score] moves from lush warmth to splintered dissonance in a heartbeat, straddling art and vernacular styles with subtlety and verve…The cast’s performances are both moving and cogent... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…
  • Release Date: 25th Mar 2022
  • Catalogue No: PTC5186967
  • Label: Pentatone
  • Length: 2 hours 1 minute

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Contents

Tesori: Blue

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  • Washington National Opera Orchestra
  • Roderick Cox

Prologue

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Tesori: Blue, Act I Scene 1

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  • Ariana Wehr (soprano), Rehanna Thelwell (mezzo-soprano), Katerina Burton (soprano), Briana Hunter (mezzo-soprano)
  • Washington National Opera Orchestra
  • Roderick Cox

Urgent! Drop Ev'rything!

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I Was in the Heyday of Being in Love

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Damn, Girl!

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You Married a Cop?

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I Love Him

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What About Your Obsession?

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I'm Gonna Strap My Baby on My Back

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You Havin' a What?

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Forgive Our Sistah. She Knows Not What She Do

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Birth That Baby Boy to Term

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Ha! Ha, Ha, Ha!

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I'm Having This Boy. I'm Keeping This Boy Close

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We Wish On Ev'rything You Can Wish On

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Scrape the Wax Off Your Wings

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Transition to Scene 2

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Tesori: Blue, Act I Scene 2

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  • Kenneth Kellogg (bass), Briana Hunter (mezzo-soprano), Ariana Wehr (soprano)
  • Washington National Opera Orchestra
  • Roderick Cox

How You Doin', Baby?

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I'm Somebody's Mother

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Hello...Mom!

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Cup Your Hand Under His Head and Neck

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Hello...Hello, My Son

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Tesori: Blue, Act I Scene 3

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  • Joshua Blue (tenor), Martin Luther Clark (tenor), Christian Simmons (bass-baritone), Kenneth Kellogg (bass)
  • Washington National Opera Orchestra
  • Roderick Cox

Go, Go, Go!

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Halftime! We're All Yours, Buddy

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How Do You Feel?

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Welcome to the Daddy Club!

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How Did You Produce a Son?

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I've Got a Baby Boy

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Here's a Toast

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Tesori: Blue, Act I Scene 4

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  • Kenneth Kellogg (bass), Aaron Crouch (tenor)
  • Washington National Opera Orchestra
  • Roderick Cox

Introduction

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You Not Getting Off That Easy

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Yes, Sir! Got My Own Private Warden

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Moved Up Here So You Could Spread Out and Be by Yourself

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No! New York Is the Richest City in the World

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Stat Stat Statue of Liberty

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The World Done Change

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What Am I Supposed to Do? Stay Alive

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You Alive, Ain't You?

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I Am Out There in the Jungle

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Whatcha Gonna Do?

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Let Me Go. No, My Son, I Will Never Let You Go

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Tesori: Blue, Act II Scene 1

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  • Gordon Hawkins (baritone), Kenneth Kellogg (bass)
  • Washington National Opera Orchestra
  • Roderick Cox

What Is Your Name, My Son?

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Ah! You Are the Father Whose Child Was Lost

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Ah! Your Heart Is Broken, I Hear It Knocking Against Your Ribs

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This Is My Badge

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When My Boy Was Taken from Me

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I Did Not Come Here Seeking Redemption

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Only a White God

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You Are Walking in a Terrible Darkness, My Son

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May Restoring Waters Clear the Night's Weeping

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In My Hour of Need I Seek No Salvation from You

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Tesori: Blue, Act II Scene 2

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  • Katerina Burton (soprano), Ariana Wehr (soprano), Rehanna Thelwell (mezzo-soprano), Briana Hunter (mezzo-soprano)
  • Washington National Opera Orchestra
  • Roderick Cox

Come Away from the Window

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She Sits in This Matchbox Disguised as a House

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She Was Lying in Her Bed. In Her Own Home. In Her Bed

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Look at Her. She Wears the Captive Shroud of Stony Death

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Let Us Go Forth

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Oh God! Bring My Baby Back

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God, Give Me Back Any Part of My Baby

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Tesori: Blue, Act II Scene 3

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  • Gordon Hawkins (baritone), Ariana Wehr (soprano), Katerina Burton (soprano), Rehanna Thelwell (mezzo-soprano), Joshua Blue (tenor), Martin Luther Clark (tenor), Christian Simmons (bass-baritone), Kenneth Kellogg (bass), Briana Hunter (mezzo-soprano)
  • Washington National Opera Orchestra
  • Roderick Cox

My Heart...My Heart Is Heavy Tonight

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Somebody, Oh Somebody

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A Mother, Clear Out of Her Mind

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God, We Ask You, Take Care of This Boy

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Stay Alive

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Son, the Light Is Turning Amber. Run!

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We Sing...Christ Wore the Crown of Thorns

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Cup Your Hand Under His Head and Neck

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Tesori: Blue, Epilogue

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  • Kenneth Kellogg (bass), Aaron Crouch (tenor), Briana Hunter (mezzo-soprano), Ariana Wehr (soprano), Katerina Burton (soprano), Rehanna Thelwell (mezzo-soprano), Joshua Blue (tenor), Martin Luther Clark (tenor), Christian Simmons (bass-baritone), Gordon Hawkins (baritone)
  • Washington National Opera Orchestra
  • Roderick Cox

Introduction

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I Don't Know What the Hell You Talkin' About

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Set Aside Your Sides, Eat Some Set-Asides I Set Aside for My Boys

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You My Son. I Got Deep Fried, Red-Eyed, Drip-Dried

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Kneaded, Pinched, and Prodded

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Heavenly Father, We Humbly Thank You

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Hey Mom, Hey Dad

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