Lewandowski: 18 Liturgical Psalms Hungarian Radio Choir & Andor Izsák

• Louis Lewandowski (1821 - 1894): 18 Liturgical Psalms:
• 118 Liturgical Psalms: Psalm 23 "Der Herr ist mein Hirte"03:56
• 218 Liturgical Psalms: Psalm 25 "Deine Wege, Ewiger, mache mir kund"06:04
• 318 Liturgical Psalms: Psalm 36 "Ewiger, an den Himmel reicht deine Huld"04:09
• 418 Liturgical Psalms: Psalm 37 "Befiehl dem Ewigen deinen Weg"01:38
• 518 Liturgical Psalms: Psalm 39 "Mache mir kund, Ewiger"01:30
• 618 Liturgical Psalms: Psalm 42/43 "Wie ein Hirsch lechzet nach frischem Wasser"05:34
• 718 Liturgical Psalms: Psalm 46 "Gott ist uns Zuflucht und Veste"02:42
• 818 Liturgical Psalms: Psalm 51 "Ein reines Herz erschaffe mir"01:19
• 918 Liturgical Psalms: Psalm 62 "Ganz in Gott ergeben, ist meine Seele"02:49
• 1018 Liturgical Psalms: Psalm 65 "Dir gebühret Lobgesang"05:46
• 1118 Liturgical Psalms: Psalm 67 "Gott sei uns gnädig und segne uns"02:56
• 1218 Liturgical Psalms: Psalm 84 "Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Ewiger Zebaoth!"12:37
• 1318 Liturgical Psalms: Psalm 85 "Lass mich schauen, Ewiger"04:37
• 1418 Liturgical Psalms: Psalm 90 "Unsere Tage zählen, lehr' uns denn!"02:43
• 1518 Liturgical Psalms: Psalm 100 "Jubelt dem Ewigen"03:24
• 1618 Liturgical Psalms: Psalm 103 "Preise, meine Seele, den Ewigen, mein Innerstes seinen heiligen Namen!"14:26
• 1718 Liturgical Psalms: Psalm 121 "Ich erhebe meine Augen zu den Bergen"02:56
• 1818 Liturgical Psalms: Psalm 134 "Wohl an, wohl an, preiset den Ewigen"02:18
• Total Runtime01:21:24

Info for Lewandowski: 18 Liturgical Psalms

Louis Lewandowski, conductor, choral director and organist at Berlin’s Oranienburger Strasse synagogue, was a pioneer of modern Jewish liturgical music, whose reforms led to the creation of a new liturgy for Jewish synagogue services, a liturgy that combined classical Western music with traditional synagogue singing and restored an important role to organ music introducing a Romantic style influenced by Mendelssohn, whose family fostered Lewandowski’s career.

This first complete recording of his 1879 masterwork is conducted by Andor Izsák, who encountered the historic psalm-singing tradition in his youth as organist at Budapest’s Great Synagogue in the Dohány-utca. The performance uses Izsák’s 1994 edition, based on the long-lost original manuscript.

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to present this world premiere recording and wishes to thank the Hungarian Government and Hungarian Radio Art Groups for their generous support.

Lúcia Megyesi Schwartz, mezzo-soprano
Rózsa Kiss, soprano
Márton Levente Horváth, organ
Szabolcs Hámori, bass
Gábor Pivarcsi, tenor
Viola Thurnay, alto
Hungarian Radio Choir
Zoltán Pad, chorus master
Csaba Tóth, assistant conductor
Andor Izsák, conductor

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