Kaddish
Bernstein, Weill, Schönberg

Samuel Pisar, narrator (Bernstein)
Noam Sheriff, narrator (Schönberg)
Abbie Furmansky, soprano
Jan Remmers, tenor
Christian Immler, baritone
Rundfunkchor Berlin, Knaben des Staats- und Domchor Berlin
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
John Axelrod, conductor








Kurt Weill (1900 - 1950)
1Das Berliner Requiem (1928)
Little cantata for tenor, baritone, male choir and wind orchestra, based on texts by Bertold Brecht
Premiere of the reconstructed version by David Drew.
Great Hymn of Thanksgiving: Sostenuto2.35
2Ballad of the Drowned Girl: Lento3.28
3Epitaph: Andante moderato4.06
4Legend of the Unknown Soldier: Moderato assai5.03
5Second Poem on the Unknown Soldier: Recitative3.11
6Great Hymn of Thanksgiving (da capo)3.16
Arnold Schönberg (1874 - 1951)
7"A Survivor from Warsaw" for narrator, male choir and orchestra, op. 46 (1947)7.41
Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
8"Kaddish" Sinfonie Nr. 3 (1963; rev. 1977)
for narrator, full orchestra, mixed choir, boys choir and soprano solo
European premiere with words written by Samuel Pisar
Invocation4.11
9Kaddish 15.30
10Din-Torah7.53
11Kaddish 28.28
12Scherzo5.42
13Kaddish 34.25
14Finale: Fugue - Tutti9.41
Recorded August 29, 2006, KKL Luzern, Konzertsaal
Executive Producer: Michael Haas
Balance Engineer: Jonathan Stokes
Recording & Post Productions Facilities: Classic Sound Ltd.
Layout: WOMM Werbeagentur AG
Editor: Norbert Norman Ziswiler
General Project Management: Numa Bischof Ullmann

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