Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario
Title |
Time |
Play |
| Naomi & Ruth | 10:56 | ▼ |
| Naomi & Ruth | 10:56 | |
| Sacred Service for Sabbath Eve | 42:33 | ▼ |
| I. Ma tovu | 03:58 | |
| II. L'kha dodi | 05:06 | |
| III. Tov l'hodot | 06:36 | |
| IV. Bar'khu | 01:17 | |
| V. Sh'ma yisra'el | 01:05 | |
| VI. Mi khamokha | 01:49 | |
| VII. Hashkivenu | 05:11 | |
| VIII. V'sham'ru | 02:34 | |
| IX. May the Words | 01:59 | |
| X. Kiddush | 03:25 | |
| XI. Let Us Adore | 01:53 | |
| XII. Va'anaḥnu | 02:09 | |
| XIII. On That Day | 00:57 | |
| XIV. Benediction | 01:40 | |
| XV. Adon olam | 03:03 | |
| Prayers My Grandfather Wrote | 08:12 | ▼ |
| I. Tema | 01:52 | |
| II. Hashkivenu | 03:48 | |
| III. Lecho dodi | 03:16 | |
| IV. Vaani s'filosi | 04:51 | |
| V. Ra'u banim | 02:32 | |
| VI. Hashkivenu 2 | 06:22 | |
| Memorial Service for the Departed | 08:15 | ▼ |
| I. Adonai ma adam | 02:27 | |
| III. Yoshev b'seter | 01:39 | |
| IV. Shiviti | 03:19 |
Naomi & Ruth - Sacred Service
"This is one of the purest and most touching compositions you have ever written," wrote fellow émigré composer Ernst Toch to his friend Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco after hearing his cantata Naomi and Ruth. For Castelnuovo-Tedesco, America offered new opportunities to deepen and develop his Italian musical heritage and his Jewish spirituality. He dreamed that he might hear his Sacred Service "once in the synagogues of Florence," but instead this major work was premiered at New York’s Park Avenue Synagogue, establishing a long tradition of contemporary sacred Jewish music commissioned from leading composers.
Reviews and Recognitions:
"If you're a sacred music fan - Jewish or not- it is well worth your attention." —Lindsay Koob, American Record Guide
"Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Sacred Service for the Sabbath Eve from 1943 might well be considered a hitherto unknown masterpiece." —The Forward
"Neville Marriner, Ana María Martínez, and the Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields do an outstanding job on Naomi and Ruth–clear attacks, beautiful tone from soloist, choir, and orchestra, and diction so good you don't need the text in front of you." —Classical CD Review.com.