Music on Hebrew Themes
Chandos 8800 

October 1992
I Musici de Montreal
Yuri Turovsky
Mary Ann Hart, mezzo-soprano *
Rodney Nolan, ténor *
Nadia Pelle, soprano *
1-11. Dmitry Shostakovich
From Jewish Folk Poetry, song cycle for soloists & piano, Op. 79 (orchestrated as Op 79a) *
  1. The Lament for the Dead Child
  2. The Thoughtful Mother and Aunt
  3. Lullaby
  4. Before a Long Parting
  5. A Warning
  6. The Abandoned Father
  7. The Song of Misery
  8. Winter
  9. A Good Life
  10. The Young Girl's Song
  11. Happiness
12-14. Ernest Bloch
From Jewish Life, 3 sketches for cello & orchestra
  1. Prayer (Arr. Antonioni)
  2. Supplication (Arr. Purich)
  3. Jewish Song (Arr. Purich)
15. Ernest Bloch
Baal Shem for cello & orchestra No 02, Nigun (Arr. Purich)

16. Ernest Bloch
Meditation Hébraïque for cello & orchestra (Arr. Purich)

17. Sergey Prokofiev
Overture on Hebrew Themes, for clarinet, string quartet, & piano, Op. 34