| Description |
1 audio disc (56 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
005538 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Series |
American classics
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American classics (Naxos (Sound recording label))
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| Note |
For narrators, wordless chorus, and orchestra. |
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Words from the Book of Genesis. |
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"Milken Archive of American Jewish Music"--Container. |
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Orchestrations of the 2nd-3rd and 6th movements reconstructed by Patrick Russ. |
| Performer |
Tovah Feldshuh, Barbara Feldon, David Margulies, Fritz Weaver, Isaiah Sheffer, narrators; Ernst Senff Choir; Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin; Gerard Schwarz, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Dec. 2000, Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin (music); and Apr. 2003, Clinton Studios, New York, N.Y. (narration). |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
| Summary |
"The Genesis suite depicts the earliest Bible stories, including the Creation, Adam and Eve, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel.... This unique collaboration of seven composers was performed only once, in 1945, before much of the music was lost in a fire. Fully restored from recently discovered original manuscripts, the Genesis suite is now presented in its first modern recording."--Container. |
| Contents |
Prelude : ["--the earth was without form--"] / Arnold Schoenberg -- Creation / Nathaniel Shilkret -- Adam and Eve / Alexandre Tansman -- Cain and Abel / Darius Milhaud -- The Flood / Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco -- The covenant : (The rainbow) / Ernst Toch -- Babel / Igor Stravinsky. |
| Language |
Narrated in English; originally in Hebrew. |
| Subject |
Suites (Orchestra)
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Suites (Orchestra) |
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Sacred monologues with music (Chorus with orchestra)
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Sacred monologues with music (Chorus with orchestra) |
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Bible. Genesis.
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Bible. Genesis. |
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Music by Jewish composers.
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Music by Jewish composers. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Suites.
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Suites.
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| Added Author |
Russ, Patrick, arranger.
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Feldshuh, Tovah, narrator.
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Feldon, Barbara, narrator.
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Margulies, David, narrator.
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Weaver, Fritz, 1926-2016, narrator.
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Sheffer, Isaiah, narrator.
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Schwarz, Gerard, 1947- conductor.
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Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951.
Prelude to "Genesis."
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Shilkret, Nathaniel, 1889-1982.
Creation.
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Tansman, Alexandre, 1897-1986.
Adam and Eve.
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Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974.
Cain et Abel.
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Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario, 1895-1968.
Noah's ark.
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Toch, Ernst, 1887-1964.
Covenant.
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Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Babel.
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Milken Archive of American Jewish Music.
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Ernst-Senff-Chor, performer.
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Berliner Rundfunk. Sinfonie-Orchester, performer.
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| Music No. |
8.559442 Naxos |
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