Arranger(s): Russ, Patrick
Conductor(s): Schwarz, Gerard
Label: Naxos
Series: Milken Archive of American Jewish Music
Genre: Orchestral
Period: 20th Century; Contemporary
Catalogue No: 8.559442
Barcode: 0636943944226
Release Date: 09/2004

GENESIS SUITE (1945)

The Genesis Suite depicts the earliest Bible stories, including the Creation, Adam and Eve, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel, narrated by distinguished actors accompanied by full orchestra and chorus. This unique collaboration of seven famous composers, most of them European exiles living in Hollywood during World War II, was performed only once, in 1945, before much of the music was lost in a fire. FULLY RESTORED from recently discovered original manuscripts, the Genesis Suite is now presented in its first modern recording.

Tracklist

Milhaud, Darius
Schoenberg, Arnold
Toch, Ernst
Shilkret, Nathaniel
Stravinsky, Igor
Tansman, Alexandre
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario
Russ, Patrick - Arranger
1 Genesis Suite: I. Prelude 05:53
2 Genesis Suite: II. Creation (recon. P. Russ) 11:07
3 Genesis Suite: III. Adam and Eve (recon. P. Russ) 11:32
Margulies, David (narrator)
Weaver, Fritz (narrator)
Sheffer, Isaiah (narrator)
Brauns, Sigurd (choirmaster)
Feldshuh, Tovah (narrator)
Feldon, Barbara (narrator)
Ernst Senff Choir (Choir)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin) (Orchestra)
Schwarz, Gerard (Conductor)
4 Genesis Suite: IV. Cain and Abel 04:46
Margulies, David (narrator)
Weaver, Fritz (narrator)
Sheffer, Isaiah (narrator)
Brauns, Sigurd (choirmaster)
Feldshuh, Tovah (narrator)
Feldon, Barbara (narrator)
Ernst Senff Choir (Choir)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin) (Orchestra)
Schwarz, Gerard (Conductor)
5 Genesis Suite: V. The Flood 11:03
6 Genesis Suite: VI. The Covenant (The Rainbow) (recon. P. Russ) 05:36
7 Genesis Suite: VII. Babel 05:37

Total Playing Time: 55:34