Leonard Bernstein's Kaddish, Symphony No. 3, from 1963 is probably his most famous. It's ... more
dedicated to the memory of John F. Kennedy, and comprises spoken and sung texts from Jewish prayers for the dead. It's quite dramatic, very listenable, and not at all pretentious, as some critics have avowed. It ranks with Shostakovich's harrowing Symphony No. 14 and deserves more attention than it usually gets. Which is damned little. The same goes for Bernstein's Chichester Psalms (1964). It's a very engaging choral work that celebrates the practice of psalmody or choral festivals, a kind of celebratory music we don't hear much. --Paul Cook
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Leonard Bernstein'sKaddish, Symphony No. 3, from 1963 is probably his most famous. It's ... more
dedicated to the memory of John F. Kennedy, and comprises spoken and sung texts from Jewish prayers for the dead. It's quite dramatic, very listenable, and not at all pretentious, as some critics have avowed. It ranks with Shostakovich's harrowing Symphony No. 14 and deserves more attention than it usually gets. Which is damned little. The same goes for Bernstein'sChichester Psalms(1964). It's a very engaging choral work that celebrates the practice of psalmody or choral festivals, a kind of celebratory music we don't hear much.--Paul Cook
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Advantages: Embodies some of Mahlers most notable music qualities. Disadvantages: Unfinished.
and Naxos. There are many versions played by various orchestra's and in different decades to choose from, the most recent notable one has been Simon Rattle's Berlin orchestra's performance.
Overall if you like Mahler this is a definite buy, if you are new to Mahler get this as part of a compliation package, if new to classical music perhaps sample it before you purchase.
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There are many labels and different recordings of this that is hard to suggest which one to go for. You can buy it stand alone or as a compilation of Mahlers other music. If you are new to Mahler buy a complilation of his other scores too as he has so many other offerings (SymphonyNo. 1 is one of my favourites). If you have some Mahler music already then I would suggest the Naxos label which has SymphonyNo. 10 all on its own for around £5. ...
Advantages: Varied movements, esp. 1st and 4th. One of Mahler's most popular works. Disadvantages: 2nd movement a little weak.
to complete it.
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Mahler himself thought of this work as transparent, relatively brief, and non-aggressive. Comprising of 4 movements, it is fairly short compared to his other symphony's and certainly more upbeat, using only a small section of the orchestra compared to his other works. The first movement would almost look like a pyramid if drawn. The start and end are very gradually built up/down (the same melody used at the start and finish) with the climax of the piece about 10mins in with bells and horns making an appearance.
The second movement relies far too much on strings for my liking and lacks the distinctiveness of the 1st movement. The 3rd draws a more subtle manner which makes you believe it is the same as the 2nd at first, but then provides differences to illustrate its superiority; it also leads ...
Advantages: Great passion, beautiful melodies, unrestrained romanticism Disadvantages: The finale doesn't quite convince in it's purpose
and distinctly external force that crushes our hope with brute force. In the Fifth, Fatum is not quite so overstated, but is perhaps even more terrifying. Here Fatum appears in the form of an idée fixe, a term coined by Berlioz in his Symphonie fantastique for a fixed idea that stubbornly reappears in every movement (a kind of precursor of Wagner's leitmotif). Rather than being a forceful entity appearing amid dreams of happiness, Fatum in the Fifth is more all-enveloping, intruding more subtlely into every germ of our mind. This makes the Fifth perhaps a more refined and less destructive work than the Fourth for casual listeners, but is no less powerful.
MINOR CRITICISMS
Tchaikovsky set to work on the symphony in May 1888, finishing the score in August of the same year. The work was premiered in St.Petersburg on November 17, 1888 under ...
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Product details
Title
Bernstein: Symphony No 3, \\\'Kaddish\\\'; Weill: (Das) Berliner Requiem
Composer
Kurt (Julian) Weill (1900 - 1950); Arnold (Franz Walther) Schoenberg (1874 - 1951); Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
Main Performer
Christian M. Immler (Baritone); Jan Remmers (Tenor); Noam Sheriff (Narrator); Abby Furmansky (Soprano); Samuel Pisar (Narrator)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s)
Berlin Radio Chorus; Lucerne Symphony Orchestra; AML Luzerner Symphony Orchestra
Date of Release
14/04/2008
Label / Distributor
Nimbus / Nimbus
Pieces in Set
1
Running Time
1 hour 15 minutes
Genre(s)
Vocal and choral, Orchestral
Stereo
Stereo
EAN
710357580727
Work 1
Work Title
(Das) Berliner Requiem
Excerpt(s)
1. Grosser Dankchoral: Lobet die Nacht (chorus) 2. Ballade vom ertrunkenen Mädchen (trio/chorus) 3. Marterl: Hier ruht die Jungfrau Johanna Back (tenor, chorus) 4. Grabschrift 1919 (tenor, chorus: alternative to No 3) 5. Erster Bericht: Wir kamen von der Gebirgen (tenor, chorus) 6. Zweiter Bericht: Alles, was ich euch sagte (baritone, chorus) 7. Zu Potsdam unter den Eichen (trio) 8. Können einem toten Mann nicht helfen (trio) 9. Die rote Rosa
Composer
Kurt (Julian) Weill (1900 - 1950)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
1928
Conductor
John Axelrod
Orchestra / Ensemble
AML Luzerner Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra / Ensemble
Lucerne Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra / Ensemble
Berlin Radio Chorus
Main Performer
Christian M. Immler (Baritone), Jan Remmers (Tenor)
Opera Part(s)
Christian M. Immler, Jan Remmers
Work 2
Work Title
(A) Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46
Excerpt(s)
1. (A) Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46
Composer
Arnold (Franz Walther) Schoenberg (1874 - 1951)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
1947
Conductor
John Axelrod
Orchestra / Ensemble
Berlin Radio Chorus
Orchestra / Ensemble
Lucerne Symphony Orchestra
Main Performer
Noam Sheriff (Narrator)
Opera Part(s)
Noam Sheriff
Work 3
Work Title
Symphony No. 3, 'Kaddish'
Excerpt(s)
1. Symphony No. 3, 'Kaddish'
Composer
Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1961-63 Revised 1977
Conductor
John Axelrod
Orchestra / Ensemble
Lucerne Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra / Ensemble
Berlin Radio Chorus
Main Performer
Abby Furmansky (Soprano), Samuel Pisar (Narrator)
Opera Part(s)
Abby Furmansky, Samuel Pisar
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