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

Schoenberg, Arnold
Toch, Ernst
Shilkret, Nathaniel
Stravinsky, Igor
Tansman, Alexandre
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario
Milhaud, Darius
Russ, Patrick - Arranger
1Genesis Suite: I. Prelude05:53
2Genesis Suite: II. Creation (recon. P. Russ)11:07
3Genesis 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)
4Genesis Suite: IV. Cain and Abel04:46
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)
5Genesis Suite: V. The Flood11:03
6Genesis Suite: VI. The Covenant (The Rainbow) (recon. P. Russ)05:36
7Genesis Suite: VII. Babel05:37

Total Playing Time: 55:34