Berlinski, Herman
Title |
Time |
Play |
| Avodat shabbat | 71:51 | ▼ |
| Part I - Kabbalat shabbat - Orchestral Prelude | 02:25 | |
| Part I - Kabbalat shabbat - Ma tovu | 03:39 | |
| Part I - Kabbalat shabbat - L'kha dodi | 03:26 | |
| Part I - Kabbalat shabbat - Tov l'hodot (Psalm 92) | 04:13 | |
| Part II - Arvit l'shabbat - Orchestral Prelude | 01:06 | |
| Part II - Arvit l'shabbat - The 23rd Psalm | 06:24 | |
| Part II - Arvit l'shabbat - Bar'khu | 01:14 | |
| Part II - Arvit l'shabbat - Ahavat olam | 02:50 | |
| Part II - Arvit l'shabbat - Sh'ma yisra'el | 01:44 | |
| Part II - Arvit l'shabbat - V'ahavta | 03:40 | |
| Part II - Arvit l'shabbat - Mi khamokha | 04:40 | |
| Part II - Arvit l'shabbat - Orchestal Interlude | 01:29 | |
| Part II - Arvit l'shabbat - V'sham'ru | 03:29 | |
| Part II - Arvit l'shabbat - Hashkivenu | 05:14 | |
| Part II - Arvit l'shabbat - Orchestral Interlude | 00:50 | |
| Part II - Arvit l'shabbat - Yih'yu l'ratzon | 01:56 | |
| Part II - Arvit l'shabbat - Kiddush | 03:34 | |
| Part III - Close of Service - Adoration | 01:46 | |
| Part III - Close of Service - Va'anahnu | 01:57 | |
| Part III - Close of Service - Orchestral Interlude | 01:47 | |
| Part III - Reader's Kaddish/Adon Olam | 08:52 | |
| Part III- Grant Us Peace/Benediction | 05:46 |
Avodat Shabbat
"I don't think I can write a piece of music, no matter what I do and what I will try, that does not have the stamp of my Jewish existence," said Herman Berlinski during the recording session for his masterpiece Avodat Shabbat, one of only three complete Sabbath services ever written for soloists, chorus, and large orchestra. The eighty-nine-year-old Berlinski returned to his native Germany to attend the world-premiere recording of this major 20th-century sacred work, which he created during the course of many years in America.
-Reviews and Recognitions:
"It is music that speaks with dignity, never virtuosity. The cantorial voice chants, cantillates, declaims but rarely soars. There are many passages of sincere beauty, filled with lovely touches; the soprano voices as solo and duets, the ominous drums underlying prayers of faith and suggesting the tragic." —Max Stern, Jerusalem Post
"Very lyrical, with dashes of modalism here and there, expert orchestration, everything adding up to a most accessible and satisfying 72 minutes of music." —Raymond Jones, Newport News Daily Press (Virginia)
"One of the truly great moments in the work is the setting of Hashkiveinu, one of the most intensely moving portions of the evening liturgy. This is a prayer for peace, but Berlinski's setting captures all the trouble of spirit that underlies the supplication." —William J. Gatens, American Record Guide