Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua / Falletta, UCLA Chamber Singers, Buffalo Philharmonic

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
March 13, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DANIELPOUR, RICHARD
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
    • PERFORMER
      Falletta, Los Angeles Chamber Singers U
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 13, 2020
    • UPC
      636943988527
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8559885-86
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Part I Scene 1: Prologue: Mi he'emin lishmuatenu (Who has believed what we have heard?) (Chorus)

      Composer: Richard Danielpour

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, Los Angeles Chamber Singers University of California, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    2. Part I Scene 2: Pesach: Now before the Feast of Pesach (Narrator, Yeshua, Chorus)

      Composer: Richard Danielpour

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, Los Angeles Chamber Singers University of California, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Matthew Worth, Kenneth Overton

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    3. Part I Scene 3: Ritual/Duet: Mah Nishtanah ha laylah … (Why is this night different…) (Miryam Magdala, Miryam, Chorus)

      Composer: Richard Danielpour

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, Los Angeles Chamber Singers University of California, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hila Plitmann, J'Nai Bridges

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    4. Part I Scene 4: Betrayal: When Yeshua had spoken (Narrator, Yeshua)

      Composer: Richard Danielpour

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Matthew Worth, Kenneth Overton

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    5. Part I: Intermezzo - Scene 5: In the Valley of the Shadow of Death: Gam ki eilech (Yes, though I walk) (Chorus, Yeshua, Kefa)

      Composer: Richard Danielpour

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, Los Angeles Chamber Singers University of California, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Kenneth Overton, Timothy Fallon

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    6. Part I Scene 6: Gethsemane: Bekha Adonai khasiti (In you Lord I take refuge) (Miryam, Narrator, Yeshua)

      Composer: Richard Danielpour

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: J'Nai Bridges, Matthew Worth, Kenneth Overton

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    7. Part I Scene 7: Interlude: Ve kulanu catzon ta'inu (And all we like sheep) (Chorus)

      Composer: Richard Danielpour

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, Los Angeles Chamber Singers University of California, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    8. Part II Scene 8: In the Palace of the High Priest: They who had seized Yeshua led him to Kayafa (Narrator, Kayafa, Chorus, Yeshua)

      Composer: Richard Danielpour

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, Los Angeles Chamber Singers University of California, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Matthew Worth, James K. Bass, Kenneth Overton

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    9. Part II Scene 9: Kefa's Denial: Ki Sha'ma'ti dibat rabim … (All I hear is whispering) (Miryam, Narrator, Chorus, Kefa)

      Composer: Richard Danielpour

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, Los Angeles Chamber Singers University of California, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: J'Nai Bridges, Matthew Worth, Timothy Fallon

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    10. Part II Scene 10: Yeshua Before Pilate: Ashira na Li'y'di'-di (Let me sing for my beloved) (Miryam Magdala, Narrator, Pilate, Chorus, Yeshua)

      Composer: Richard Danielpour

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, Los Angeles Chamber Singers University of California, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hila Plitmann, Matthew Worth, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    11. Part II Scene 11: Behold the Man: Pilate went outside again (Narrator, Pilate, Chorus, Miryam Magdala, Miryam)

      Composer: Richard Danielpour

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, Los Angeles Chamber Singers University of California, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Matthew Worth, Timothy Fallon, Hila Plitmann, J'Nai Bridges

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    12. Part II Scene 12: Via Dolorosa: Nigas vehu na'aneh … (He was oppressed) (Miryam Magdala, Narrator, Yeshua, Miryam, Chorus)

      Composer: Richard Danielpour

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, Los Angeles Chamber Singers University of California, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hila Plitmann, Matthew Worth, Kenneth Overton, J'Nai Bridges

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    13. Part II Scene 13: Darkness over the Land: He saved others (Chorus, Narrator, Yeshua)

      Composer: Richard Danielpour

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, Los Angeles Chamber Singers University of California, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Matthew Worth, Kenneth Overton

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    14. Part II Scene 14: Epilogue: Hen avdi et moch-bo (Behold my servant whom I uphold) (Chorus)

      Composer: Richard Danielpour

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, Los Angeles Chamber Singers University of California, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta


Winner of the 2020 GRAMMY award for Best Choral Performance and a nominee for Best Contemporary Classical Composition!

Richard Danielpour’s dramatic oratorio The Passion of Yeshua- a work which has evolved over the last 25 years- is an intensely personal telling of the final hours of Christ on Earth. It incorporates texts from the Hebrew Scriptures and the Christian gospels inspiring extraordinarily beautiful music that stresses the need for human compassion and forgiveness. Danielpour returns to the scale and majesty of Bach in the oratorio, creating choruses that are intense and powerful, and giving both Mary the mother of Jesus and Mary Magdalene a central place in a work of glowing spirituality. Conductor JoAnn Falletta considers The Passion of Yeshua to be “a classic for all time.”

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REVIEW:

Naxos’ world première recording of The Passion of Yeshua (2017) does full justice to Danielpour’s vision, thanks to the strong involvement and fine vocal talents of half a dozen soloists and the highly committed, knowing and knowledgeable conducting with which JoAnn Falletta shapes the performances of the UCLA Chamber Singers and the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra.

– Infodad.com