Leonard Bernstein – Bernstein: Symphony No.3 “Kaddish”, Dybbuk Suite No.2 (1978/2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Leonard Bernstein – Bernstein: Symphony No.3 “Kaddish”, Dybbuk Suite No.2 (1978/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:39 minutes | 947 MB | Genre: Classical
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Kaddish is Leonard Bernstein’s third symphony. The 1963 symphony is a dramatic work written for a large orchestra, a full choir, a boys’ choir, a soprano soloist and a narrator. The name of the piece, Kaddish, refers to the Jewish prayer that is chanted at every synagogue service for the dead but never mentions “death.”

The symphony is dedicated to the memory of John F. Kennedy who was assassinated on November 22, 1963, just weeks before the first performance of the symphony. Leonard Bernstein wrote the text of the narration himself, but struggled with his own motivation for the aggressiveness of the text. In 2003, after talks with Bernstein shortly before his death, Holocaust survivor Samuel Pisar added a new narration about his personal experiences and how his family suffered and perished in the Holocaust, and his subsequent struggle with his belief. The Bernstein estate allows this version only to be used with Samuel Pisar as recitator.

Tracklist:
1-01. Michael Wager – Symphony No.3 ‘Kaddish’ – 1. ‘Invocation’- Adagio (03:02)
1-02. Michael Wager – Symphony No.3 ‘Kaddish’ – 1. ‘Kaddish 1’- L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto (04:58)
1-03. Michael Wager – Symphony No.3 ‘Kaddish’ – 2. ‘Din – Torah’- Di nuovo adagio (05:57)
1-04. Montserrat Caballé – Symphony No.3 ‘Kaddish’ – 2. ‘Kaddish 2’- Andante con tenerezza (08:13)
1-05. Michael Wager – Symphony No.3 ‘Kaddish’ – 3. ‘Kaddish 3’- Scherzo – Presto scherzando, sempre pianissimo (04:37)
1-06. Michael Wager – Symphony No.3 ‘Kaddish’ – 3. ‘Kaddish 3’- Finale – Adagio come nel Din-Torah (02:43)
1-07. Montserrat Caballé – Symphony No.3 ‘Kaddish’ – 3. ‘Kaddish 3’- Allegro vivo, con gioia (10:00)
1-08. New York Philharmonic – Dybbuk Suite No.2 – 1. The Messengers (02:05)
1-09. New York Philharmonic – Dybbuk Suite No.2 – 2. Leah (03:00)
1-10. New York Philharmonic – Dybbuk Suite No.2 – 3. 5 Kabbalah Variations (06:34)
1-11. New York Philharmonic – Dybbuk Suite No.2 – 4. Dream (05:24)

Personnel:
Montserrat Caballé, soprano
Michael Wager, narrator (speaker)
Wiener Jeunesse-Chor
Wiener Sängerknaben
Günther Theuring, chorus master
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

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