Berstein / Baltiimore Sym Orch / Bloom / Alsop Symphony No. 3 Kaddish CD

Three examples of Leonard Berstine's vocal art can be heard in this recording. His Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish" shuns traditional symphonic ideas in favor of an eclectic theatrical and oratorio-like form with a prominent role for speaker. For this recording Marin Alsop has returned to the work's original narrative text, heard before the 1977 revision. The Lark - heard in a concert version with added narration - derives from Lillian Hellman's adaptation of L'Alouette on the life of Joan of Arc, and it was this music that Bernstein reworked into his Missa Brevis many years later.

1. Kyrie 2. Gloria 3. Sanctus 4. Benedictus 5. Agnus Dei 6. Dona Nobis Pacem 7. Invocation 8. Kaddish 1 9. Din Torah 10. Kaddish 2 11. Scherzo 12. Kaddish 3 13. Finale 14. Fugue 15. The Lark