Bloch / Avodat Hakodesh; Bach / Cantata BWV 140

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
Sacred Service (Avodath Hakodesh)
To Gerald Warburg
 
1. Part I
Meditation (Prelude) – Ma tovu – Borechu –
Shema Isroel – Ve'ohavto – Mi Chomocho –
Tzur Isroel
2. Part II
Kedusha (Sanctification)
3. Part III
Silent Devotion (Prelude) and Response –
Yiy'yu Lerotzon – Se'u She'orim –
Taking the Scroll from the Ark (Interlude) –
Toroh Tzivoh – Shema Isroel – Lechoh Adoshem
4. Part IV
Returning the Scroll from the Ark – Gad'lu Ladoshem
– Hodu Al eretz – Toras Adoshem – Eitz Chayim (Peace Song)
5. Part V
MVa'anachnu (Adoration) – Bayom Hahu – Tzur Yisroel – Kaddish (Memorial Service) – Adon Olam
Yevorechechoh Adoshem (Benediction)
 
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Raphael Frieder, Narrator
 
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
"Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" BWV 140
6. Chorale: "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"
7. Recitative: "Er kommt, er kommt"
8. Duet: "Wenn Kommst du, mein heil"
9. Chorale: "Zion hort die Wachter singen"
10. Recitative: "So geh herein zu mir"
11. Duet: "Mein Freund ist mein"
12. Chorale: "Gloria sei dir gesungen"
 
Total Time: 74:53
 
Talia Or, soprano
Douglas Purcell, tenor
Klaus Hager, baritone
Ilya Konovalov, Violin
Dudu Carmel, Oboe
Israel Kastoriano, Continuo organ
 
The Collegiate Chorale, dir. Robert Bass
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta