A Hanukka Celebration [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music]

Editorial Reviews
Town & Village
"The performances are first-rate by a variety of ensembles..." "...you don't have to be Jewish to enjoy the CD."

Los Angeles Daily News
"For classical and choral music lovers, 'A Hanukka Celebration' is a must-have for your record collection."

Album Description
Hanukka, the Festival of Dedication, is celebrated by Jews everywhere to commemorate the heroic Maccabean victory in 165 B.C.E. over the Greco-Syrians in the fight for religious freedom. It marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem and the legend of the miraculous eight-day endurance of the light in the candelabrum. Traditional Hanukka songs from many parts of the world, along with music composed in America, enrich the experience of this beloved holiday. This recording brings old favorites and new discoveries together for a unique American Hanukka celebration.

A Hanukka Celebration [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music]

A Hanukka Celebration [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music], Music, Hugo Chaim Adler, Samuel Adler, Solomon Ancis, Herbert Fromm, Raymond Goldstein, Michael Isaacson, Leo Low, Aaron Miller, Alexander Olshanetsky, Judith Shatin, Zavel Zilberts, Neil W. Levin, Rodney Winther, Ronald Corp, Samuel Adler, Tim Koch, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wi, Abba Bogin, Zhou Jin, Benzion Miller, Moshe Haschel, Simon Spiro, Band, Band Music, Chamber Music & Recitals, Choral, Choral Music, Christmas / Chanukkah, Classical, Classical Collections-Composer Desc., V/A Compilations, Vocal, Vocal Music, World Music

A Hanukka Celebration [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music]
Average customer rating:

A strangely mixed bag, excellent craft

A great collection of things unrecorded

Jewish holiday music between the cracks.

A Hanukka Celebration [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music]

Manufacturer: Milken Archive
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000TSQLQ
Release Date: 2003-11-18

Tracks:

B'rakhot L'hanukka - Raymond Goldstein
Hannerot Hallalu - Hugo Adler
Ma' Oz Tzur - Aaron Miller
To Celebrate A Miracle - Samuel Dler
Likhtelekh - Leo Low
Di Khanike Likht - Zavel Zilberts
Hanukka Madrigal (Mi Y'Mallel?) - Herbert Fromm
The Flames Of Freedom: O Rock Of My Salvation - Samuel Adler
The Flames Of Freedom: The Lights We Have Kindled - Samuel Adler
The Flames Of Freedom: For The Miracles - Samuel Adler
The Flames Of Freedom: Who Kindled These Lights? - Samuel Adler
The Flames Of Freedom: Into The Temple Judah Came - Samuel Adler
The Flames Of Freedom: Who Can Retell? - Samuel Adler
The Flames Of Freedom: Candles In The Night - Samuel Adler
The Flames Of Freedom: Rock Of Ages - Samuel Adler
Mizmor Shir Hannukkat Habbayit - Solomon Ancis
Nun, Gimel, Hei, Shin - Judith Shatin
Adonai Z'kharanu - Alexander Olshanetsky
Aspects Of A Great Miracle: Light The Legend - Michael Isaacson
Aspects Of A Great Miracle: A Hanukka Dreidl - Michael Isaacson
Aspects Of A Great Miracle: Light - Michael Isaacson
Aspects Of A Great Miracle: Psalm 150 - Michael Isaacson

Album Description

Hanukka, the Festival of Dedication, is celebrated by Jews everywhere to commemorate the heroic Maccabean victory in 165 B.C.E. over the Greco-Syrians in the fight for religious freedom. It marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem and the legend of the miraculous eight-day endurance of the light in the candelabrum. Traditional Hanukka songs from many parts of the world, along with music composed in America, enrich the experience of this beloved holiday. This recording brings old favorites and new discoveries together for a unique American Hanukka celebration.

Customer Reviews:

A strangely mixed bag, excellent craft.......2004-02-05

This album comprises a very disparate collection of Chanukah music. The selections include settings of liturgical texts, settings of non-liturgical holiday poems, skillful arrangements of popular holiday songs, and original holiday pops. The program notes are comprehensive but somewhat challenging to read. They are divided into 4 sections, dealing with Chanukah, the composers, the compositions, and the performers. Some diligence is required to make the correct connections, but if you take the time you'll be rewarded by some insights into how arrangers re-hear familiar material while musicologists discover the original essence that we recognize.
Samuel Adler's "To Celebrate a Miracle" is a brilliantly orchestrated suite of well-known tunes. With interesting and unexpected harmonies, counter melodies, bridge material, and a stunning command of wind sonorities, it is a ear-opening treat if you already know the songs, and stands alone as a concert work if you don't. "The Flames of Freedom," also by Adler, mixes original material, liturgical texts and popular melodies in a deliberate homage to Britten's Ceremony of Carols.
Michael Isaacson's "Aspects of a Great Miracle" strikes me as a rather slick pops piece. The speaking chorus in the 2nd movement owes more to Meredith Willson's Music Man than Ernst Toch's Geographical Fugue.
Leo Low and and Zavel Zilberts provide alternate settings of the same Yiddish poem, and Herbert Fromm presents a brilliant madrigal based on Mi y'mallel. I would love to hear the other 5 madrigals in the set.
Liturgical music is represented by Goldstein's lovely setting of the Chanuka candle-lighting blessings, Adler's Hanerot Hallelu, Miller's refreshingly up-beat Ma'oz Tzur, a Hallel piece by Olshanetsky, and a work for the Shabbat that falls within Chanuka in the best men's choir tradition by Ancis.
The performances range from quite good to excellent. There's a lot to learn and enjoy here.

A great collection of things unrecorded.......2004-01-31

I have been nothing but impressed by not only the sheer volume of things recorded by the Milken foundation, but the quality of their recordings. This collection of Hanukkah music is no exception. Dr. Adler brings the best out of his choirs, the performances are all very solid, and the recording quality is something rarely heard in the Jewish world. It is a pleasure to hear an arrangement by the very talented Raymond Goldstein, who should have his work recorded more often, imho. I don't think this album was intended to be a resource as much as a collection of works that deserved to be brought to the public's attention. Oh, and Isaacson's works are so much better when orchestrated!

Jewish holiday music between the cracks........2004-01-12

The Milken Archive series is quite remarkable, but this album is misbegotten. The research is extensive and impressive, but it matters little to even the learned listener. The disc has 22 cues in 73 minutes, but that information is nowhere found in the plethora of microprint. As a rabbi familiar with the material, I was unable to match the selections with titles or the other data, in various columns that are not co-ordinated. The TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS have only the latter; no Semitic originals. There is no indication of Israeli or the dominant European (Ashkenazi) pronunciation. To add insult to injury, the town near the infamous death camp known as Auschwitz is also written in Polish (p. 11) but the diacritics are wrong so the name is misspelled.
The real problem is that the music falls between the cracks. The florid arrangements and the poor information booklet make it useless as a family or Hebrew school resource, and the material does not warrant consideration as classical music.

Home for the Holidays: A Multi-Cultural Celebration of Christmas, Kwan,Zaa, and Hanukka

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Home for the Holidays: A Multi-Cultural Celebration of Christmas, Kwan,Zaa, and Hanukka
Various Artists
Manufacturer: The Orchard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00003TKJB
Release Date: 2000-04-06

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