Boston Modern Orchestra Project – Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Boston Modern Orchestra Project - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

In October, we announced As Told By: History, Race, and Justice on the Opera Stage, the most extensive and ambitious presentation of opera by Black composers to ever take place in the US. Starting with Anthony Davis’ X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, As Told By is a series of five operas that depict vital figures of Black liberation and thought across 250 years of history.

Anthony Davis is perhaps best known for this opera, which enjoyed a sold-out premiere production at the New York City Opera in 1986. This revised version stars Davóne Tines, Musical America’s Vocalist of the Year, and will be held in Dorchester’s Strand Theatre, just blocks away from Malcolm X’s Boston home.

Tracklist:

1-1. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Overture (01:39)
1-2. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 1, “Africa for Africans” (05:28)
1-3. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 1, Louise’s Aria, “I remember…” (08:40)
1-4. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 1, “Reverend Little is dead.” (02:45)
1-5. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 1, “What is going on here?” (03:07)
1-6. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 1, “Momma, help me.” (02:36)
1-7. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 2, Boston, “Come with me, child.” (06:53)
1-8. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 2, Pool Hall, “Shoot your shot!” (08:56)
1-9. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 2, Dance Hall, “Just stand real still” (04:53)
1-10. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 2, “I see…” (02:16)
1-11. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 3, Malcolm’s Aria, “You want the story, but you don’t want to know” (07:50)
1-12. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm: Act II, Scene 1, Prison, “In the devil’s grip” (12:06)
1-13. Victor Robertson – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act II, Scene 1, “You are not empty” (10:59)
2-14. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act II, Scene 2, 125th Street, Harlem, “We are an African people” (03:26)
2-15. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act II, Scene 2, “When I was little” (03:23)
2-16. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act II, Scene 3, “If we are going to be free” (01:28)
2-17. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act II, Scene 3, “Jones is not your name” (03:04)
2-18. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act II, Scene 3, “We’re not askin’ Massa to sit at a lunch counter.” (01:26)
2-19. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act II, Scene 4, “We are a nation” (06:41)
2-20. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act II, Scene 4, “The chickens come home to roost.” (03:28)
2-21. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act II, Scene 5, Malcolm and Betty, “Are you sure?” (02:13)
2-22. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act III, Scene 1, “Betrayal is on his lips.” (09:47)
2-23. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act III, Scene 2, Betty’s Aria, “When a man is lost” (04:02)
2-24. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act III, Scene 2, Mecca, “Bismillah hirrahman-irrahim” (12:06)
2-25. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act III, Scene 3, Riot (02:49)
2-26. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act III, Scene 3, “The name is Shabazz” (04:50)
2-27. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act III, Scene 4, “I have learned so much in Africa.” (08:47)
2-28. Boston Modern Orchestra Project – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act III, Scene 5, Audubon Ballroom (03:29)