Music on Hebrew Themes

DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH

Song Cycle from Jewish Folk Poetry

24:50

1

The Lament for the Dead Child

02:34

(Plach ob umershem mladentse)

2

The Thoughtful Mother and Aunt

01:53

(Zabotlivye mama I tyotya)

3

Lullaby (Kolybal'naya)

02:54

4

Before a Long Parting (Pered dolgoy razlukoy)

02:39

5

A Warning (Predosterezheniye)

01:24

6

The Abandoned Father (Broshenniy otets)

01:55

7

The Song of Misery (Pesnya o nuzhde)

01:23

8

Winter (Zima)

03:13

9

A Good Life (Khoroshaya zhisn')

01:40

10

The Young Girl's Song (Pesnya devushki)

03:13

11

Happiness (Schastye)

01:37

ERNEST BLOCH

12

Prayer

4:41

13

Nigun

6:58

14

Jewish Song

2:39

15

Supplication

3:05

16

Méditation Hebraique

6:15

SERGEI PROKOFIEV

17

Jewish Overture Op.34

9:29

Nadia Pelle soprano

Mary Ann Hart mezzo-soprano

Rodney Nolan tenor

Yuli Turovsky cello

Yuli Turovsky

31 May & 1 June 1989