Three examples of Leonard Berstine's vocal art can be heard in this recording. His Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish" shuns traditional symphonic ideas in favor of an eclectic theatrical and oratorio-like form with a prominent role for speaker. For this recording Marin Alsop has returned to the work's original narrative text, heard before the 1977 revision. The Lark - heard in a concert version with added narration - derives from Lillian Hellman's adaptation of L'Alouette on the life of Joan of Arc, and it was this music that Bernstein reworked into his Missa Brevis many years later.
Tracks: 1.1 Kyrie 1.2 Gloria 1.3 Sanctus 1.4 Benedictus 1.5 Agnus Dei 1.6 Dona Nobis Pacem 1.7 Invocation 1.8 Kaddish 1 1.9 Din Torah 1.10 Kaddish 2 1.11 Scherzo 1.12 Kaddish 3 1.13 Finale 1.14 Fugue 1.15 The Lark
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