Miller, Benzion

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 - Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage Vol 3

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

Works: Joseph Rumshinsky: Mayn Goldele; Fifty-fifty; In a kleyn shtibele; Oy, iz dos a meydl; Es tsit, es brit; Hamavdil; Watch your step!; Oyb s'iz geven gut far mayn mamen; Du bist dos likht fun mayne oyg...
Performers: Abelson, Robert; Adler, Bruce; Bloch, Robert; Borts, Joanne; Goldstein, Amy; Miller, Benzion; Shammash, Elizabeth; Snaidas, Nell; Spiro, Simon
Conductors: Jaffe, Elli; Mester, Jorge
Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Chamber Orchestra

This third volume of songs from the heyday of popular Yiddish musical theater, radio, film, and vaudeville centers around one of the leading avatars of...continue...

American Classics - Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage Vol 2

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-04-19

Works: Sholom Secunda: Bai mir bistu scheyn (To me you are beautiful); Dos yidishe lid (from In nomen fun got); Mayn yidishe meydle (from Zayn yidishe meydl); A freylekhe mishpokhe; Alexander Olshanetsky: I...
Performers: Abelson, Robert; Adler, Bruce; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; Bloch, Robert; Borts, Joanne; Goldstein, Amy; Krakauer, David; Miller, Benzion; National Orchestra of Catalonia; Spiro, Simon; Vienna Cham...
Conductors: Jaffe, Elli
Ensemble: Vienna Chamber Orchestra

Milken Archive presents Volume 2 of the acclaimed series, Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage. This volume features immortal favorites such as 'Bay Mir Bistu...continue...
Personnel: Joanne Borts (mezzo soprano); Simon Spiro, Benzion Miller, Bruce Adler, Robert Bloch (tenor); Robert Abelson (baritone); David Krakauer (clarinet).

Recording information: Baumgarten ...continue...

American Classics - A Hanukka Celebration / Levin, et al

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

Works: Raymond Goldstein: B'rakhot L'hanukka (based on melodies by Joshua Lind, Solomon Ancis, Zeidl Rovner), for cantor & cho; Hugo Chaim Adler: Hannerot Hallalu, for choir; Aaron Miller: Ma'oz Tzur; Samue...
Performers: Bogin, Abba; Haschel, Moshe; Jin, Zhou; Miller, Benzion; New London Children's Choir; Spiro, Simon
Conductors: Levin, Neil; Koch, Tim; Winther, Rodney; Adler, Samuel; Corp, Ronald [Composer]
Ensemble: Carolina Chamber Chorale; Cincinnati Wind Symphony; Coro Hebraeico; New London Children's Choir; Rochester Singers

Hanukka marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem and the legend of the miraculous eight-day endurance of the light in the candelabrum. Traditional Hanukka...continue...
Personnel: Neil W. Levin (recorder); Abba Bogin (piano).

Recording information: All Saints Church, East Finchley, London, England (05/1992-12/2001); Colden Center for the Performing Arts, Flush...continue...

American Classics - Introducing American Jewish Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-09-01

Works: Dave Brubeck: Gates of Justice; Leonard Bernstein: Hashkiveniu; Anonymous: Hudl Mitn Shtrudl; Darius Milhaud: Études for String Quartet, Op. 442; Service sacré, Op. 279; Julius Chajes: ...
Performers: Adler, Bruce; Bloch, Robert; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Clement, Richard; Feldon, Barbara; Feldshuh, Tovah; Fisk, Eliot; Guttman, Jim; Jolley, David; Krakauer, David; Marti...
Conductors: ; Gloyd, Russell; Itai, Avner; Jaffe, Elli; Levi, Yoel; Papadopoulos, Marios; Schwarz, Gerard; Wirth, Gerald; Levin, Neil; Cullen, Joseph
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Baltimore Choral Arts Society; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Coro Hebraeico; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Dave Brub...

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music is a vast recorded panorama of the rich body of Jewish music, both sacred and secular, that has...continue...

American Classics - Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage Vol 1

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-09-01

Works: Abraham Ellstein: Der Nayer Sher; Eyns un a rekhts; Ikh vil es hern hokh amol; Mameleh; Der berditchever khosn; Oy, mame, bin ikh farlibt; Vos iz gevorn fun mayn shtetele?; Der alter tzigayner; Abe S...
Performers: Abelson, Robert; Adler, Bruce; Bloch, Robert; Borts, Joanne; Goldstein, Amy; Miller, Benzion; Shammash, Elizabeth; Snaidas, Nell; Spiro, Simon
Conductors: Jaffe, Elli
Ensemble: Vienna Chamber Orchestra

The American Yiddish musical theatre, a vibrant expression of the immigrant experience, became famous during its heyday in the 1920s-1940s. Combining the musical flavors of...continue...