Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 ("Kaddish"); Chichester Psalms |  | Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Jennie Tourel, New York Philharmonic, Camerata Singers
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Media: Audio CD
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 074646059524
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ASIN: B000009CYI
Release Date: July 14, 1998
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| • | Symphony No. 3 ("Kaddish"), for soprano, speakers, choruses & orchestra | | • | Symphony No. 3 ("Kaddish"), for soprano, speakers, choruses & orchestra | | • | Symphony No. 3 ("Kaddish"), for soprano, speakers, choruses & orchestra - Leonard Bernstein, | | • | 1. Psalm 108 (ve | | • | 2. Psalm 23 (com | | • | 3. Psalm 131 (co - Leonard Bernstein, |
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Amazon.com
Leonard Bernstein's Kaddish, Symphony No. 3, from 1963 is probably his most famous. It's 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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 Interesting music. Well presented. Contrast of the old and new cross cultures March 11, 2010
Donald Barford (USA)
A Jewish composer commemorating a 100 years of a Christian cathedral using modern setting of Hebrew prayers ! The Kaddish is an interesting use of the service presented in modern form
 Used CDs a great idea April 3, 2009
Susan Wilson
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this CD from an outfit that sells deaccessioned CDs from libraries. I believe that there is a profit for the library, making this a very nice and eco(nomic) friendly idea. The CD is in fine shape and very inexpensive.
 Genre error September 28, 2008
Esther R. Haber (New Jersey, USA)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I thought that this recording would contain symphony only. However, it was too wordy. One has to listen very closely to the dialogue to see what it is about. Takes too much time! Judged my mistake when told that those who bought this CD also ordered etc. Which I ordered and it too was a talk/music type recording. Therefore, wrong genre.
Still the Kaddish of choice, despite later revisions January 8, 2007
Santa Fe Listener (Santa Fe, NM USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Anyone of a certain age can remember the flap caused by the premiere of Bernstein's Sym. #3 "Kaddish," which contains the composer's personal argument with God, as narrated by his wife, Felicia Montealegre. The text is full of ego and blather, and it created the first huge embarrassment for a beloved icon of American music. He would go on the decline as a popular composer soon thereafter, with even more embarrassment over Mass, his ecumenical-hippie memorial to John F. Kennedy -- "Kaddish" is also dedicated to him, although Bernstein may have been anive to think the work's Jewishness would be welcome across the broad culture.
How does Kaddish sound in retrospect? It's still full of ego and blather, but that's part of LB's makeup. His estate has tried to soften the Lenny-gives-it-to-God aspect by approving several revisions of the text, one of which LB himself conducts on DG with the Israel Phil. But why mask the original intent? The original is a rip-roaring show, and LB conducts to set the world on fire. The music in his first two symphonies was better, I think, but Kaddish remains worthwhile. Chichester Psalms is a piece that has survived better, even if it is a direct imitation of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. The composer's recording is more or less definitive. I am giving 5 stars to the performances--you'll have to assess the spiritual ego trip of Kaddish on your own.
Bernstein at His Best March 2, 2006
Carrol Hassman (Wichita, KS USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This recording is a digital remastering of the two works, as originally recorded and issued on Columbia records. I listened to my old, now broken-down vinyl copies again and again, and am very pleased to have the works on CD. The performances are stunning and authoritative; the singing and the playing, exquisite; and the music, electrifyingly dramatic. This album is well worth owning!
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