Nigun: Jewish Choral Music

EDITORIAL REVIEWS
In 1955, the conductor Gary Bertini founded the Rinat Choir and thus established professional choral music in Israel. The founding of the Rinat had a significant influence on the development of the Israeli choral scene; the choir was finally named the national choir in 1972. Psalms, verses and hymns were set to music for the Rinat Choir by the country's leading composers and transformed into extensive Hebrew motets and oratorios.The founding generation of Israeli music consisted of outstanding professional musicians who were born in Europe around the turn of the century. Although these composers came predominantly from Germany, Eastern Europe and Russia, their sources of inspiration can by no means be reduced to the music of their respective countries of origin. On the contrary: what united many of these composers was their fascination with the traditional music of the Jews, especially of Sephardic, Persian and Yemenite origin, and with the music of the Arabs they encountered in Palestine.The next generation of Israeli composers were not necessarily born in Israel either, but were strongly influenced musically by this country from the very beginning. In the 1960s and 70s, this generation disseminated their inspirational sources and borrowed from contemporary styles that they had become familiar with during their studies in Europe and the USA. While some representatives of this generation carried on the tradition of the founding generation, other composers introduced current developments in the musical world into the Israeli art music of their time. The pool of influences was also expanded to include American composers such as Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, John Cage and Lukas Foss.

1: Akeidat Yitzchak
2: Hamawdil
3: Vayimalet Kayin
4: D'ror Yikra
5: Chidot
6: Psalm 47
7: Psalm 48
8: Psalm 150
9: Shir Hashirim
10: Uri Tsafon
11: Tsur Mishelo Achalnu
12: Tsur Mishelo Achalnu
13: In Chuter
14: A Wogen Schich
15: Shabbat Hamalka

Composer: Aharon Harlap, Odon Partos, Tzvi Avni, Menachem Wiesenberg, Gil Aldema, Shiri Riseman, Pinchas Minkovsky, Yehezkel Braun, Dov Carmel

Conductor: Yuval Weinberg

Number of Discs: 1

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