American Classics - Milken Archive - Psalms of Joy & Sorrow

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Audio Samples

Album Summary

Performers

• Aaron Miller (Organ)
• Meir Finkelstein (Tenor)
• Hugh Potton (Organ)
• Patrick Mason (Baritone)
• Theodore Bikel (Spoken Vocals)
• Joseph Evans (Tenor)
• Sarah Leonard (Soprano)
• Justin Bischof (Organ)
• Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (Organ)
• Alberto Mizrahi (Cantor)

Conductors

• Adler, Samuel
• Brewer, Michael
• Corp, Ronald
• Gardner, Patrick
• Gunzenhauser, Stephen
• Itai, Avner
• Levin, Neil
• Rickenbacher, Karl Anton

Ensembles

• Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
• BBC Singers
• Carmina Choir
• Laudibus
• London Chorus
• New York Cantorial Choir
• Rochester Singers
• Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir
• Schola Hebraeica
• Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Spectrum

Composers

• Ursula Mamlok (1928 - )
• Philip Glass (1937 - )
• Robert Strassburg
• George Rochberg (1918 - )
• Yehudi Wyner (1928 - )
• Donald Waxman (1925 - )
• Heinrich Schalit (1886 - 1976)
• Jacob Druckman (1928 - 1996)
• Miriam Gideon (1906 - 1996)
• Ralph Shapey (1921 - )
• Zavel Zilberts

Notes & Reviews:

Unique among liturgies in their singular blend of majestic grandeur, loft sentiments, and poignant simplicity, the Psalms embrace virtually every basic human emotion and mood, always in the context of faith.

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Works Details

Rochberg, George : Psalms (3) for Unaccompanied Choir :: no 1, The Lord is my shepherd

• Conductor: Michael Brewer
• Ensemble: Laudibus
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1954
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Rochberg, George : Psalms (3) for Unaccompanied Choir :: no 3, Praise the Lord in his holiness

• Conductor: Michael Brewer
• Ensemble: Laudibus
• Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1954
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Druckman, Jacob : Sabbath Eve Service "Shir shel yakov" :: The Lord is King; he is robed in majesty

• Performer: Aaron Miller (Organ)
• Conductor: Samuel Adler
• Ensemble: Rochester Singers
• Running Time: 2 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1967
• Language: Hebrew
• Studio/Live: Studio

Mamlok, Ursula : Cantata "Blessed is the man"

• Conductor: Michael Brewer
• Ensemble: Laudibus
• Running Time: 7 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Wyner, Yehudi : Friday Evening Service :: Ma tovu "How lovely are your dwellings"

• Performer: Meir Finkelstein (Tenor)
• Conductor: Avner Itai
• Ensemble: Spectrum
• Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1963
• Language: Hebrew
• Studio/Live: Studio

Wyner, Yehudi : Friday Evening Service :: Shiru ladonai "Sing to the Lord a new song"

• Performer: Meir Finkelstein (Tenor)
• Conductor: Avner Itai
• Ensemble: Spectrum
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1963
• Language: Hebrew
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gideon, Miriam : Shirat Miriam l'shabbat :: Ma tovu "How lovely are your dwellings"

• Performers: Hugh Potton (Organ); Patrick Mason (Baritone)
• Conductor: Ronald Corp
• Ensemble: London Chorus
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1974
• Language: Hebrew
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gideon, Miriam : Shirat Miriam l'shabbat :: Adonai malach "The Lord is King"

• Performers: Patrick Mason (Baritone); Hugh Potton (Organ)
• Conductor: Ronald Corp
• Ensemble: London Chorus
• Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1974
• Language: Hebrew
• Studio/Live: Studio

Glass, Philip : When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion

• Performer: Theodore Bikel (Spoken Vocals)
• Conductor: Karl Rickenbacher
• Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1998
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Waxman, Donald : Psalms and Supplications :: no 2, The Lord is my Shepherd

• Performer: Joseph Evans (Tenor)
• Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser
• Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Waxman, Donald : Psalms and Supplications :: no 4, Jonah's Prayer from the Belly of the Whale

• Performer: Joseph Evans (Tenor)
• Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser
• Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Shapey, Ralph : Psalm no 2

• Performer: Sarah Leonard (Soprano)
• Conductor: Avner Itai
• Ensemble: BBC Singers
• Running Time: 8 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1984
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Strassburg, Robert : Praise the Lord, all nations

• Performer: Justin Bischof (Organ)
• Conductor: Patrick Gardner
• Ensemble: Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1965
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Schalit, Heinrich : The 23rd Psalm

• Performer: Aaron Miller (Organ)
• Conductor: Samuel Adler
• Ensemble: New York Cantorial Choir
• Running Time: 1 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Zilberts, Zavel : Al naharot bavel "By the rivers of Babylon"

• Performers: Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (Organ); Alberto Mizrahi (Cantor)
• Conductor: Neil Levin
• Ensemble: Schola Hebraeica
• Running Time: 9 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Language: Hebrew
• Studio/Live: Studio