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Bernstein: Kaddish/ Chichester Psalms/Missa Brevis

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CHSA 5028

Bernstein: Kaddish/ Chichester Psalms/Missa Brevis

Running Time: 70:25

CD UPC: 0095115502822

Release Date: February 2004

Composer (1918-1990)
Leonard Bernstein

Solo narrator*
Jamie Bernstein

Solo treble†
Pablo Strong

Solo mezzo-soprano*
Ann Murray

Solo counter-tenor*
Simon Baker

Choral *
London Oratory School Schola

Choral
BBC Singers

Choral *†
BBC Symphony Chorus

Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra

Conductor
Leonard Slatkin

Venue
St Giles Church, Cripplegate

Venue
Watford Colosseum

Venue
Bias Studios, Springfield, Virginia, USA

Producer (Missa Brevis)
Michael Emery

Producer (other works)
Brian Couzens

Producer (at Bias Studios)
John Newton

Engineer (Missa Brevis)
Marvin Ware

Engineer (other works)
Ralph Couzens

Genre:
Choir

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LEONARD BERNSTEIN

(1918-1990)

premiere recording of new narration by Jamie Bernstein

Kaddish (Symphony No. 3)*

41:35

for Orchestra, Mixed Chorus, Boys' Choir, Speaker and Soprano Solo

Invocation. Adagio - Poco più andante - Movendo -

3:21

Kaddish 1. L'istesso tempo - Allegro molto (Wild!) -

4:52

Din-Torah. Di nuovo adagio - Rubato - Avanti -

6:57

Kaddish 2. Andante con tenerezza -

8:38

III

Scherzo. Presto scherzando, sempre pianissimo -

4:27

Kaddish 3. Sostenuto - Tempo I - Broadly -

2:49

Finale. Adagio - Più adagio - Adagissimo -

10:26

Chichester Psalms†

17:30

(in three movements)

for Mixed Chorus (or Male Chorus), Boy Solo and Orchestra

(to be sung in Hebrew)

Clare Loosley soprano - Lindsay Richardson mezzo-soprano - Andrew Castle tenor - Roger Carter bass

Maestoso ma energico - Allegro molto -

3:31

Andante con moto, ma tranquillo - Meno mosso -

5:21

10.

III

Prelude. Sostenuto molto -Adagio -

8:36

premiere recording of extended liturgical version

Missa Brevis‡

11:34

for A cappella Mixed Chorus (or Octet of Solo Voices) and Counter-tenor Solo with Incidental Percussion

(Amplified for church performance with the kind assistance of George Steel)

Richard Benjafield - Chris Brannick percussion

11.

Kyrie. Adagio -

0:59

12.

Gloria. Grave - Molto più presto - Meno mosso -

2:59

13.

Sanctus. Allegro molto -

1:13

14.

Benedictus. Recitative - Prestissimo -

1:28

15.

Agnus Dei. Grave - Più mosso -

2:25

16.

Dona nobis pacem. Grave come prima - Allegro

2:23

71:00

Solo: Jamie Bernstein narrator*

Solo: Pablo Strong treble†

Solo: Ann Murray mezzo-soprano*

Solo: Simon Baker counter-tenor*

Choral: London Oratory School Schola *

Choral: BBC Singers

Choral: BBC Symphony Chorus *†

Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Leonard Slatkin

27 February 2003 (Missa Brevis)

1 & 2 March 2003 (other works, excluding Narration for Kaddish)

3 October 2003 (Narration for Kaddish)