Many composers—Jewish or not—have used Hebraic themes and styles in their music, and whether recalling sacred rituals or scenes from village life, the result is an amazingly wide range of instrumental and orchestral works.
In this hour, music by Ravel, Bloch, Prokofiev, Alkan, Weinberg, and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, etc. (for Overture on Hebrew Themes) |
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado |
Deutsche Grammophon 429396 |
028942939622 |
| Dvorak/Bruch (for Kol Nidrei) |
Janos Starker, London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati |
Mercury Living Presence 432 001-2 |
028943200127 |
| Wolfsohn: Jewish Rhapsody (for “Wedding Song”) |
Jascha Nemtsov |
Oehms Classics OC572 |
4260034865723 |
| Gnesin: Orchestral and Chamber Music (Russian Futurism Vol.4),[for The Jewish Orchestra at the Ball at Nothingtown] |
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Konstantin Krimets |
Arte Nova Classics
ANO 487221 |
723721313555 |
| Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Violin Concertos |
Tianwa Yang, SWR Symphony Orchestra of Baden Baden and Freiburg; Pieter-Jelle De Boer |
Naxos 8.573135 |
747313313570 |
| Glick: Suites Hébraïques [for the “Wedding Dance” from the Suite Hebraique No. 5] |
Susan Hoeppner, James Campbell, Elissa Lee, and Cameron Crozma |
Centrediscs CMCCD 24817 |
773811248175 |
| reVisions [for Two Hebrew Melodies, by Maurice Ravel] |
Steven Isserlis (cello), Tapiola Sinfonietta, Gabor Takacs-Nagy |
BIS BIS-CD-1782 |
7318599917823 |
| Hemsi: Chamber Works [for Three Ancient Aires] |
ARC Ensemble |
Chandos
CHAN 20243 |
095115224328 |
| Alkan - 25 Préludes dans les tons majeurs et mineurs, Op. 31 [for “Ancient Melody of the Synagogue”] |
Mark Viner |
Piano Classics PCL10189 |
5029365101899 |
| Klezmer Concertos & Encores (for “The Maypole”) |
David Krakauer, Barcelona Symphony, Gerard Schwarz |
Naxos 8.559403 |
636943940327 |
