Physical Description
1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Contents
From Jewish folk poetry : song cycle / Dmitri Shostakovich (24:50)
Prayer (4:41) ; Nigun (6:58) ; Jewish song (2:39) ; Supplication (3:05) ; Méditation hebraïque (6:15) / Ernest Bloch
Jewish overture : op. 34 / Sergey Prokofiev (9:29).
Other Authors/Editors
Pelle, Nadia.
Hart, Mary Ann.
Nolan, Rodney.
Turovsky, Yuli.
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959.
Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953.
Notes
First work for 3 solo voices and orchestra; Bloch works arranged for violoncello and string orchestra, originally for violoncello and piano or violin and piano; last work arranged for orchestra, originally for clarinet, piano, and string quartet.
First, 3rd, and 4th Bloch works form the cycle: From Jewish life.
First work sung in Russian.
Title from container.
Compact disc.
Program notes in English, French, and German by Turovsky, and text of the 1st work in English, French, German, and Russian (39 p.) inserted in container.
From Jewish folk poetry : song cycle / Dmitri Shostakovich (24:50) -- Prayer (4:41) ; Nigun (6:58) ; Jewish song (2:39) ; Supplication (3:05) ; Méditation hebraïque (6:15) / Ernest Bloch -- Jewish overture : op. 34 / Sergey Prokofiev (9:29).
Nadia Pelle, soprano ; Mary Ann Hart, mezzo-soprano ; Rodney Nolan, tenor ; Musici de Montreal ; Yuli Turovsky, violoncello and conductor.
Recorded May 31 and June 1, 1989, in Paroisse La Nativité, La Prairie, Quebec.
