Composer(s): Milhaud, Darius
Conductor(s): Schwarz, Gerard
Label: Naxos
Series: Milken Archive of American Jewish Music
Genre: Choral - Sacred
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.559409
Barcode: 0636943940921
Release Date: 10/2004

MILHAUD: Service Sacre

“It is a work of love, it is the voice of a creature communicating with his God, and I hear that when I hear the Service Sacré,” declared Madame Madeleine Milhaud, the composer’s widow, when, at age ninety-eight, she was interviewed by the Milken Archive in advance of this first-ever complete recording of Milhaud’s greatest Jewish work. Presented here for the first time with the settings for the Friday evening liturgy, which were composed after the work’s commission and premiere at Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco, the Service Sacré can finally be heard in its entirety as the composer intended.

Tracklist

Milhaud, Darius
1 Part 1: Ma Tovu 03:32
2 Part 1: Bar'khu and Sh'ma 03:25
3 Part 1: V'ahavta 01:59
4 Part 1: Mi Khamokha (I) 01:54
5 Part 1: Tzur Yisrael 02:02
6 Part 1: Eternal is Thy power 03:05
7 Part 1: K'dusha 03:38
8 Part 2: Prayer and Response 04:51
9 Part 2: Silent Prayer and Yihyu L'ratzon 01:49
10 Part 3: S'u Sh'arim 01:50
11 Part 3: Taking the Scroll from the Ark 05:25
12 Part 3: Returning the Scroll to the Ark 02:16
13 Part 3: The Law of the Lord is Perfect 01:20
14 Part 3: Etz Hayyim 01:45
15 Part 4: Adoration 01:02
16 Part 4: Va'anahnu 01:00
17 Part 4: Universal Prayer 02:56
18 Part 4: Spoken Kaddish 02:38
19 Part 4: Sung Kaddish 03:46
20 Part 4: Adon Olam 01:55
21 Part 4: Benediction 02:17
22 Friday Evening: L'kha Dodi 01:48
23 Friday Evening: Mi Khamokha (II) 01:53
24 Friday Evening: V'sham'ru 01:32
25 Friday Evening: Eloheinu Velohei Avoteinu R'tze 02:46
26 Friday Evening: Yism'hu 01:15

Total Playing Time: 01:03:39