The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – Mason Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – Mason Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (2018)
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It’s inescapable: love him or hate him, Steve Jobs was a real character. By turns a visionary, an inventor, a despot, a manipulator, he took his computer business to the top of the industry. Long a public figure, he is now a character in an opera, brought to life brilliantly by Mark Campbell and composer Mason Bates, two great explorers of the most offbeat corners of American lyric art. Their opera, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs , first performed in 2017 in Santa Fe, presents the IT magnate and his inner circle around the time of the foundation and development of their business, his friends and his enemies, all in an extravagant musical language, in which Bates introduces a leitmotif for every new character and situation, with instrumental colours, dedicated themes, and also interjections of electronic sounds, from – you’ve guessed it – computers and mobile phones made by the firm itself. There’s also some jazz thrown in (the symphonic jazz of Bernstein or Gershwin), and some very progressive rock, with atonalism and chromatism, as well as Adams-style minimalism. Bates stays firmly within the realm of classical lyricism, because his modernity has nothing to do with avant-gardist destruction: rather, it’s a new creation based on existing elements being used in a thoroughly original and personal way. This recording was made at the world première in Santa Fe in summer 2017.

Tracklist:
1-1. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Prologue. Thought It Was High-time (03:16)
1-2. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Overture (01:19)
1-3. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scene 1, Thanks for Coming (07:41)
1-4. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scene 2, Hey, Stranger (03:09)
1-5. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Meditative Interlude (01:33)
1-6. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scene 3, What Are You Doing Here? (02:31)
1-7. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scene 4, A Circle (01:05)
1-8. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scene 5, It’s like Totally Simple (04:04)
1-9. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scene 6, I Still Don’t Feel Anything (05:45)
1-10. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scene 7, That Can Also Be a Ticking Clock (06:23)
1-11. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scene 8, Welcome to “View from the Top 1989.” (02:14)
1-12. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scene 9, One More Thing (04:42)
1-13. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scene 9, Music. Bach. Instruments. (03:46)
2-14. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scene 10, Just Move In? (02:54)
2-15. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scene 11, One Button, Turn It On (03:52)
2-16. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: The Rise and Fall of Steve Jobs (03:03)
2-17. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scene 12a, They Need to Make a Change (05:54)
2-18. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scene 12b, You’ve Become One of the People We Hated (03:04)
2-19. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scene 12c, They’re Waiting for You in the Boardroom (02:54)
2-20. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Dark Interlude (01:46)
2-21. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scenes 13-15, Karma Can Suck (03:00)
2-22. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scene 16, Where Were You (07:41)
2-23. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Lyrical Interlude (00:51)
2-24. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scene 17, Kan Ji Zai Bo Za Tsu (03:38)
2-25. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Scene 18, And Now He Is Gone (03:23)
2-26. The Santa Fe Opera & Michael Christie – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Epilogue. Hope You Like This Table (04:34)

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