Hungarian Radio Choir, Andor Izsak – Lewandowski: 18 Liturgical Psalms (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:21:18 minutes | 1,35 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
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.
Tracklist:
01. Lúcia Megyesi Schwartz – Psalm 23 “Der Herr ist mein Hirte” (03:55)
02. Lúcia Megyesi Schwartz – Psalm 25 “Deine Wege, Ewiger, mache mir kund” (06:03)
03. Lúcia Megyesi Schwartz – Psalm 36 “Ewiger, an den Himmel reicht deine Huld” (04:08)
04. Marton Levente Horvath – Psalm 37 “Befiehl dem Ewigen deinen Weg” (01:38)
05. Marton Levente Horvath – Psalm 39 “Mache mir kund, Ewiger” (01:29)
06. Lúcia Megyesi Schwartz – Psalm 42/43 “Wie ein Hirsch lechzet nach frischem Wasser” (05:33)
07. Marton Levente Horvath – Psalm 46 “Gott ist uns Zuflucht und Veste” (02:42)
08. Marton Levente Horvath – Psalm 51 “Ein reines Herz erschaffe mir” (01:19)
09. Rózsa Kiss – Psalm 62 “Ganz in Gott ergeben, ist meine Seele” (02:48)
10. Lúcia Megyesi Schwartz – Psalm 65 “Dir gebühret Lobgesang” (05:45)
11. Lúcia Megyesi Schwartz – Psalm 67 “Gott sei uns gnädig und segne uns” (02:56)
12. Lúcia Megyesi Schwartz – Psalm 84 “Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Ewiger Zebaoth!” (12:36)
13. Lúcia Megyesi Schwartz – Psalm 85 “Lass mich schauen, Ewiger” (04:36)
14. Rózsa Kiss – Psalm 90 “Unsere Tage zählen, lehr’ uns denn!” (02:42)
15. Marton Levente Horvath – Psalm 100 “Jubelt dem Ewigen” (03:24)
16. Rózsa Kiss – Psalm 103 “Preise, meine Seele, den Ewigen, mein Innerstes seinen heiligen Namen!” (14:25)
17. Marton Levente Horvath – Psalm 121 “Ich erhebe meine Augen zu den Bergen” (02:54)
18. Marton Levente Horvath – Psalm 134 “Wohl an, wohl an, preiset den Ewigen” (02:16)
