Principally for narrator with orchestra acc.; the last work for chorus and narrator with orchestra acc.; "fully restored from recently discovered original manuscripts" by Patrick Russ--Container verso. Text from Genesis. Tovah Feldshuh, Barbara Feldon, David Margulies, Fritz Weaver, Isaiah Sheffer, narrator ; Ernst Senff Choir (last work) ; Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin ; Gerard Schwarz, conductor. "Milken Archive, American Jewish music." Recorded in Berlin, German, Jesus-Christus Kirche, Dec. 2000 (music) and in New York City, Clinton Studios, Apr. 2003 (narration). Eds. recorded: Belmont Music (1st work); N. Shilkret Music Co. (2nd-5th works); L. Weschler (6th work); Schott (7th work). Compact disc. Program notes in English (25 pages : ports.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Prelude / Arnold Schoenberg (5:53) -- Creation / Nathaniel Shilkret (11:07) -- Adam and Eve / Aleksander Tansman (11:32) -- Cain and Abel / Darius Milhaud (4:46) -- The flood / Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (11:03) -- The covenant / Ernst Toch (5:36) -- Babel / Igor Stravinsky (5:37).
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