Utwory na płycie:

• Rheinberger: Psalm 2 Warum toben die Heiden
• Rheinberger: Psalm 20 Der Herr erhöre dich
• Schubert: Der 92. Psalm (in hebräischer Sprache) D 953
• Lewandowski: Psalm 16 Lochen ssomach libbi

Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901):
3 Psalmen op. 40:
1 Psalm 114 Ich liebe, weil erhöret der Herr 3:21
2 Psalm 2 Warum toben die Heiden 3:00
3 Psalm 20 Der Herr erhöre dich 2:37
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
4 Der 92. Psalm (in hebräischer Sprache) D 953 5:42

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
5 Psalm 22 Mein Gott, warum hast Du mich verlassen op. 78, 3 7:45

Louis Lewandowski (1821-1894):
6 Psalm 21 Adônoj, be oscho jissmach melech 6:40
7 Psalm 130 Aus den Tiefen ruf ich Dich, o Ew’ger 3:56

Alfred Rose (1855-1919):
8 Psalm 92 Tôw l‘ hôdôs 5:30

Louis Lewandowski:
9 Psalm 103 Ennôsch k’chozir jomow 3:27
10 Psalm 16 Lochen ssomach libbi 2:35

Gilead Mishory (*1960):
Wasserpsalm 2014 22:54
11 Majim ad nafesch
12 Mej menuchot
13 Kol mischbarecha we galecha
Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951)
14 De profundis, op. 50b (Psalm 130) 5:21

In the 60th year of diplomatic relations between Germany and the State of Israel, the Deutscher Kammerchor (German Chamber Choir) presents psalm settings of the 19th and 20th centuries from Christian and Jewish traditions and the area of tension between them. Psalms by Josef Rheinberger from Catholic Munich are contrasted with Hebrew and German settings by Louis Lewandowski and Alfred Rose. Between them stand Felix Mendelssohn, who originally hailed from a Jewish family but was baptised in the Protestant faith, and the Catholic Franz Schubert, who set a psalm in the Hebrew language for the Jewish synagogue in Vienna. Schönberg's late confrontation with his Jewish faith and the founding of the State of Israel led to his setting of the 130th Psalm. Extremely fascinating, too, is the "Water Psalm" by Gilead Mishory, a Jewish composer living in Germany, composed in response to a commission from the German Chamber Choir.

The works on this CD were not composed out of the situation of Christians and Jews merely existing side by side, but reveal strong mutual cultural influences. The fact that the recording also meets the highest musical standards makes this CD a wonderful ambassador of Christian-Jewish cultural encounters.

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Recording: 22 - 25 September 2014, Evang. Kirche Gönningen (Germany)