Nigun - Jewish Choral Music

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Label
SWR
Release Date
October 3, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Gil Aldema, Tzvi Avni, Yehezkel Braun, Dov Carmel, Aharon Harlap, Pinchas Minkowski, Odon Partos, Sh
    • PERFORMER
      SWR Vokalensemble
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 03, 2025
    • UPC
      747313916382
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SWR19163CD
    • LABEL
      SWR
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Akeidat Yitzchak (The Binding of Isaac)

      Composer: Aharon Harlap

      Ensemble: SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

      Performer: Aya Gigandet, Johanna Zimmer, Steffen Kruse, Florian Kontschak

      Conductor: Yuval Weinberg

    2. Hamawdil (Sabbat Song)

      Composer: Ödön Pártos

      Ensemble: SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

      Conductor: Yuval Weinberg

    3. Vayimalet Kayin (Thus Fled Cain)

      Composer: Yehezkel Braun

      Ensemble: SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

      Performer: Christopher Kaplan

      Conductor: Yuval Weinberg

    4. D'ror Yikra (He Will Proclaim Freedom)

      Composer: Yehezkel Braun

      Ensemble: SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

      Performer: Julius Pfeifer

      Conductor: Yuval Weinberg

    5. Chidot (Riddle)

      Composer: Shiri Riseman

      Ensemble: SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

      Performer: Judith Hilger, Christopher Kaplan

      Conductor: Yuval Weinberg

    6. No. 1. Psalm 47

      Composer: Tzvi Avni

      Ensemble: SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

      Conductor: Yuval Weinberg

    7. No. 2. Psalm 48

      Composer: Tzvi Avni

      Ensemble: SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

      Conductor: Yuval Weinberg

    8. No. 3. Psalm 150

      Composer: Tzvi Avni

      Ensemble: SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

      Conductor: Yuval Weinberg

    9. Shir Hashirim (Song of Solomon 3)

      Composer: Yehezkel Braun

      Ensemble: SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

      Performer: Wakako Nakaso

      Conductor: Yuval Weinberg

    10. Uri Tsafon (Awake, North Wind!) (arr. Y. Braun for choir)

      Composer: Dov Carmel

      Ensemble: SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

      Conductor: Yuval Weinberg

    11. Tsur mishelo achalnu (The Lord is my Rock)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

      Performer: Pauline Stöhr

      Conductor: Yuval Weinberg

    12. Tsur mishelo achalnu (The Lord is my Rock)

      Composer: Gil Aldema

      Ensemble: SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

      Conductor: Yuval Weinberg

    13. No. 1. In Chuter (In the Hut)

      Composer: Menachem Wiesenberg

      Ensemble: SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

      Conductor: Yuval Weinberg

    14. No. 2. A Wogen Schich (A Wagon of Shoes)

      Composer: Menachem Wiesenberg

      Ensemble: SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

      Performer: Kirsten Drope, Judith Hilger, Rüdiger Linn, Torsten Müller

      Conductor: Yuval Weinberg

    15. Shabbat Hamalka (Shabbat the Queen) (arr. S. Shoham for choir)

      Composer: Pinchas Minkowski

      Ensemble: SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

      Conductor: Yuval Weinberg


In 1955, the conductor Gary Bertini founded the Rinat Choir and thus established professional choral music in Israel. The founding of the Rinat had a significant influence on the development of the Israeli choral scene; the choir was finally named the national choir in 1972. Psalms, verses and hymns were set to music for the Rinat Choir by the country's leading composers and transformed into extensive Hebrew motets and oratorios. The founding generation of Israeli music consisted of outstanding professional musicians who were born in Europe around the turn of the century. Although these composers came predominantly from Germany, Eastern Europe and Russia, their sources of inspiration can by no means be reduced to the music of their respective countries of origin. On the contrary: what united many of these composers was their fascination with the traditional music of the Jews, especially of Sephardic, Persian and Yemenite origin, and with the music of the Arabs they encountered in Palestine. The next generation of Israeli composers were not necessarily born in Israel either, but were strongly influenced musically by this country from the very beginning. In the 1960s and 70s, this generation disseminated their inspirational sources and borrowed from contemporary styles that they had become familiar with during their studies in Europe and the USA. While some representatives of this generation carried on the tradition of the founding generation, other composers introduced current developments in the musical world into the Israeli art music of their time. The pool of influences was also expanded to include American composers such as Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, John Cage and Lukas Foss.