Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish" / Alsop, Baltimore Symphony
Release Date: 11/13/2015
Label:
Naxos
Catalog #: 8559742
Spars Code: DDD
Composer:
Leonard Bernstein
Performer:
Paulo Mestre
,
Claire Bloom
,
Kelley Nassief
Conductor:
Marin Alsop
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sao Paulo State Symphony Orchestra Members
,
Sao Paulo Symphony Choir
,
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
...
Number of Discs: 1
Three examples of Leonard Bernstein’s vocal art can be heard in this recording. His Symphony No. 3 ‘Kaddish’ shuns traditional symphonic ideas in favor of an eclectic theatrical and oratorio-like form with a prominent rôle for speaker. For this recording, Marin Alsop has returned to the work’s original narrative text, heard before the 1977 revision. The Lark – heard in a concert version with added narration – derives from Lillian Hellman’s adaptation of L’Alouette on the life of Joan of Arc, and it was this music that Bernstein reworked into his Missa Brevis many years later. Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony since 2007 and Principal Conductor the São Paulo Symphony since 2013, the NYC-born Marin Alsop is recognized
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1.
Missa Brevis
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Performer:
Paulo Mestre
(Countertenor)
Conductor:
Marin Alsop
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sao Paulo State Symphony Orchestra Members
,
Sao Paulo Symphony Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1988 USA
2.
Symphony no 3 "Kaddish"
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Performer:
Claire Bloom
(Narrator)
,
Kelley Nassief
(Soprano)
Conductor:
Marin Alsop
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
,
Washington Chorus
,
Maryland State Boychoir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1961-1963 USA
3.
The Lark
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Performer:
Paulo Mestre
(Countertenor)
,
Claire Bloom
(Narrator)
Conductor:
Marin Alsop
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sao Paulo State Symphony Orchestra Members
,
Sao Paulo Symphony Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1955
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