Recorder > Schwendener, Paul

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music [Box Set]

51 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: Joseph Achron: Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 60; Golem, suite for chamber orchestra; Belshazzar; Samuel Adler: Sephardic Choruses (5), for chorus (from Ever Since Babylon); Nuptial Scene, for voice &...
Performers: Abelson, Robert; Adler, Bruce; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allardyce, Lauren; Arnold, Hubert; Aslan, Pablo; Avila, Jorge; Barr, Jean; Barrick, Clinton; Ben-Ze'ev, Re'ut; Bermel, Derek; Besley, Megan; B...
Conductors: Silverstein, Joseph; Schwarz, Gerard; Gardner, Patrick; Adler, Samuel; Winther, Rodney; Wilkins, Christopher; Kiesler, Kenneth; Itai, Avner; Marriner, Sir Neville; Corp, Ronald [Composer]; Levin, Nei...
Ensemble: ; Chamber Opera Ensemble; Cincinnati Wind Symphony; Dave Brubeck Trio; Eastman Players; Finchley Children's Music Group; Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; Schola Hebraeica Chorus; Southern Jazz Ensemble...

Includes ashrei (ashrei yoshvei veitekha (l. glantz) / eine by various composers.

Includes b'motza'ei m'nuha (assembled for "the first s'liho by various composers....continue...

American Classics - Zaimont: Parable, Sacred Service

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-15

Works: Judith Lang Zaimont: Sacred Service for the Sabbath Evening, for baritone, chorus & orchestra; Valse Romantique; Parable; Meditations at the Time of the New Year, soprano, mezzo-soprano, chorus, gloc...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Boatman, Timm; Cowan, Martha; Diamond, Theresa; Isaacson, Michael; Kohler, Margaret; Lester, Harold; Levin, Neil; Lucey, Frances; Maddalena, James; Scarlata, Randall; Schwen...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Adler, Samuel; Brewer, Michael; Strimple, Nick
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; The Ruskin Ensemble

Judith Lang Zaimont is internationally recognized for her distinctive style, which is characterized by its expressive strength and dynamism. The works featured on this CD,...continue...

American Classics - F. Jacobi: Cello Concerto, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-16

Works: Frederick Jacobi: Concerto for Cello; Sabbath Evening Service, for cantor & chorus; Hagiographa, 3 Biblical narratives for piano & string quartet; Ahavat olam, for cantor, chorus & organ; Pieces (2) ...
Performers: Bloch, Robert; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Krinke, Brian; Lee, Richard; Levin, Neil; Mason, Patrick [Baritone Vocal]; Miller, Aaron; Reuss, Stefan; Schwendener, Paul; Taylor, George; Werner, Joseph; Yan...
Conductors: Rickenbacher, Karl Anton; Cullen, Joseph; Adler, Samuel
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; New York Cantorial Choir

Frederick Jacobi was championed by such legendary conductors as Koussevitzky, Stokowski, and Monteux. Jacobi's 'Jewish' compositions combine the refinements of the great European romantic tradition...continue...

American Classics - Schoenfield: Viola Concerto, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-08-01

Works: Paul Schoenfield: Concerto for Viola; Motets (4) for chorus; The Merchant and the Pauper, opera
Performers: Kent, Mark; Larson, Jennifer [Soprano Vocals]; Lee, Richard; Meerdink, Christopher; Moss, Gary; Oliphant, Tyler; Schwendener, Paul; Vernon, Robert; Wang, Pei Yi
Conductors: Levi, Yoel; Itai, Avner; Kiesler, Kenneth

These World Premiere Recordings include the 'Concerto for Viola & Orchestra', the hauntingly beautiful 'Four Motets', and scenes from the mystical opera 'The Merchant and...continue...

American Classics - Weisgall: T'kiatot, etc / Schwarz, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: Hugo Weisgall: T'kiatot; Psalm of the Distant Dove, for voice & piano; Choral Etudes (4) for a capella chorus; A Garden Eastward, cantata for high voice & orchestra
Performers: Bryn-Julson, Phyllis [Soprano Vocal]; Martinez, Ana Maria; Okerlund, Kristen; Ovitsky, Steven A.; Schwendener, Paul
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Itai, Avner; Mester, Jorge
Ensemble: BBC Singers; Orquesta Simfonica de Barcelona i Nacion Catalunya; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"Here there is no Holocaust-invoking dramatic work and hardly any settings of traditional music. There is, however, in the 'Choral Etudes' a set lovely and...continue...

American Classics - Ben-Amots: Celestial Dialogues, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: Ofer Ben-Amots: Hashkivenu-Song of the Angels, a short choral cycle for chorus & organ; Celestial Dialogues, for voice (cantor), clarinet, percussion & strings; Shtetl Songs, for voice & piano; Psalm...
Performers: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Ben-Ze'ev, Re'ut; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Hladik, Petr; Kiesler, Kenneth; Krakauer, David; Lee, Richard; Mikeska, Rostislav; Mizrahi, Alberto; Musto,...
Conductors: Kiesler, Kenneth; Rickenbacher, Karl Anton; Seinerova, Eva; Seinerov, Eva
Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Permonik Children's Chorus

'Celestial Dialogues' combines two great Jewish musical traditions: a klezmer clarinet solo - driving from the haunting virtuoso typical of traditional eastern European Jewish bands...continue...
Personnel: Alberto Mizrahi (cantor); David Krakauer (clarinet); John Musto (piano); Chris Bowers Broadbent (organ); Rostislav Mikeska, Petr Hladik (percussion).

Recording information: Karvina,...continue...

American Classics - Darius Milhaud: Service Sacré

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-11-01

Works: Darius Milhaud: Service sacre pour le samedi matin, for solo voice, reciter, chorus & orchestra (or organ), Op. 279
Performers: Schwendener, Paul; Windmuller, Yaron
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Chorus

"Milhaud intended his service, like Bloch's to be a more universal experience one of deep meaning and spiritual value to general audience rather than just...continue...