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
1Part 1: Ma Tovu03:32
2Part 1: Bar'khu and Sh'ma03:25
3Part 1: V'ahavta01:59
4Part 1: Mi Khamokha (I)01:54
5Part 1: Tzur Yisrael02:02
6Part 1: Eternal is Thy power03:05
7Part 1: K'dusha03:38
8Part 2: Prayer and Response04:51
9Part 2: Silent Prayer and Yihyu L'ratzon01:49
10Part 3: S'u Sh'arim01:50
11Part 3: Taking the Scroll from the Ark05:25
12Part 3: Returning the Scroll to the Ark02:16
13Part 3: The Law of the Lord is Perfect01:20
14Part 3: Etz Hayyim01:45
15Part 4: Adoration01:02
16Part 4: Va'anahnu01:00
17Part 4: Universal Prayer02:56
18Part 4: Spoken Kaddish02:38
19Part 4: Sung Kaddish03:46
20Part 4: Adon Olam01:55
21Part 4: Benediction02:17
22Friday Evening: L'kha Dodi01:48
23Friday Evening: Mi Khamokha (II)01:53
24Friday Evening: V'sham'ru01:32
25Friday Evening: Eloheinu Velohei Avoteinu R'tze02:46
26Friday Evening: Yism'hu01:15

Total Playing Time: 01:03:39