Judaica / Bernstein.

Author/creator Bernstein, Leonard composer, conductor.
Format Audio (CD)
Publication Info[Hamburg, Germany] : Deutsche Grammophon, ℗1999.
Description2 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorBernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 conductor.
Other author/creatorLudwig, Christa singer.
Other author/creatorCaballé, Montserrat singer.
Other author/creatorWager, Michael, 1925-2011 speaker.
Other author/creatorSperry, Paul, singer.
Other author/creatorFifer, Bruce, singer.
Included WorkBernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Jeremiah.
Included WorkBernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Kaddish.
Included WorkBernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Dybbuk. Suite, no. 1.
Included WorkBernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Dybbuk. Suite, no. 2.
Included WorkBernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Chichester Psalms.
Other author/creatorWiener Sängerknaben performer.
Other author/creatorTizmoret ha-filharmonit ha-Yiśreʼelit performer.
Uniform titleWorks. Selections
SeriesClassic performances
Classic performances (Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)) ^A1314491
Contents Symphony no. 1 : "Jeremiah" : (1942) (24:32). Prophecy (7:14) ; Profanation (6:48) ; Lamentation (10:30) -- Symphony no. 3 : "Kaddish" : (1963) (37:28). Invocation (2:55) ; Kaddish 1 (3:02) ; Din-torah (5:57) ; Kaddish 2 (8:16) ; Kaddish 3 (2:43) ; Finale (9:58) -- Dybbuk : ballet (1974) (47:32) : Suite no. 1 (30:30) : Invocation and trance (4:55) ; The pledge (4:36) ; Kabbalah (4:32) ; Possession (2:37) ; Pas de deux (5:29) ; Exorcism (8:21) -- Suite no. 2 (17:02) : The messengers (2:06) ; Leah (2:59) ; Five Kabbalah variations (6:34) ; Dream (5:23) -- Chichester Psalms : (1965) (19:04) : Psalm 108 (verse 2) - Psalm 100 (complete) (3:38) ; Psalm 23 (complete) - Psalm 2 (verses 1-4) (5:37) ; Psalm 131 (complete) - Psalm 133 (verse 1) (9:49).
Abstract Nobody conducted Leonard Bernstein's compositions better than Lenny himself. On this double-CD, we can hear the conductor-composer at the podium on four of his most spiritual works. Symphony No. 1 (Jeremiah) was written when Bernstein was just 24 years old, but it's a work rich with emotion and turmoil, especially in the gripping third movement, in which mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel adds some much-needed weight to the Copland-esque instrumental passages. Symphony No. 3 (Kaddish) was written 20 years after Jeremiah, and it shows: here, Bernstein goes out on a musical limb with a rich symphonic and choral lamentation to JFK. The Israel Philharmonic and soprano Montserrat Caballé give electrifying performances on this gripping work, which is indebted to Bernstein's Jewish roots; only speaker Michael Wager sounds unconvincing and slightly wooden. But the real gems are on disc two, with the gorgeous ballet Dybuk and the choral work Chichester Psalms, where Bernstein's vision of religious text, chorus, and orchestra (in this case, the Vienna Philharmonic) all come together for one magical moment. - Amazon.
General noteDeutsche Grammophon: 289 463 462-2 (on discs: 289 463 463-2--289 463 464-2).
General noteFor solo voices and orchestra (1st, 3rd-4th works) and narrator, boys' choir, and orchestra (2nd work).
General notePreviously released recordings.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteProgram notes by Bradley Bambarger printed on container; English translations of the Hebrew texts ([8] p.) inserted in container.
Performer Leonard Bernstein, conductor ; Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano ; Montserrat Caballé, soprano, Michael Wager, speaker ; Paul Sperry, tenor ; Bruce Fifer, bass-baritone ; Soloist from the Vienna Boys' Choir ; Vienna Boys' Choir ; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra ; New York Philharmonic.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded August 1977 at the Berlin Philharmonie in conjunction with the 1977 Berlin Festival (1st and 4th work). Recorded August 1977 at Mainz, Rheingold-Halle (2nd work). Recorded April 1975 at the CBS studio in New York (3rd work).
LanguageSung in Hebrew; the 2nd work also with spoken English.
UPC 028946346228
Publisher number289 463 462-2 Deutsche Grammophon
Publisher number289 463 463-2 Deutsche Grammophon
Publisher number289 463 464-2 Deutsche Grammophon
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