Cantor Benzion Miller ; Schola Hebraeica (The First S'liḥot) ; London Synagogue Singers (Additional celebrated cantorial pieces from throughout the year) ; Neil Levin, conductor
Part of the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music
Recorded July 2000 and July 2001 (1st work), and Nov. 1998 (remainder), New West End Synagogue, London, UK.
Sung in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Aramaic.
S'liḥot for the first day. Ashrei yoshvei veitekha / Leib Glantz (as sung by Moshe Koussevitzky) ; Einei khol (arr. R. Goldstein) ; Va'anaḥnu / Joshua Lind ; Ḥatzi Kaddish (based on settings by Todros Greenberg and Abraham Kalechnik) ; --ata ritzatzta (cantorial improvisation) ; L'khu n'rann'na--hann'shama lakh / Isaac Kaminsky ; --kama yisartanu--ki ata el raḥum--ta'avor al pesha--adonai, adonai--s'laḥ lanu--s'laḥ na (cantor's recitation) ; Hattei / Israel Schorr (arr. I. Heilmann) ; --shimkha elohim--el melekh yoshev--adonai, adonai--s'laḥ na (cantor's recitation) ; El melekh yoshev / Zavel Zilberts ; B'motza'ei m'nuḥa (arr. A. Miller) ; Et y'min / Isaac Kaminsky (refrain (lishmo'a): Joshua Lind) ; D'rosh na (cantorial improvisation; refrain: Joshua Lind) ; Zoḥalim (duet: Cantor Simon Spiro and Julian Jacobs) / Joshua Lind ; Yotzer ata (cantorial improvisation) ; Marom im atzmu / Herman Zalis ; P'ne na (bass solo: Cantor Ira Bigeleisen) / Ira Bigeleisen ; R'tze atiratam / Meyer Machtenberg ; --z'khor raḥamekha--himmatze lanu--(cantor's recitation and improvisation) ; T'vi'enu (havi'enu) / Joshua Lind ; Sh'ma kolenu / Joseph Rumshinsky (and cantorial improvisation) ; Al ta'azvenu--tavo l'fanekha (cantor's recitation) ; Ashamnu / trad. (as sung by Moshe Koussevitzky) (arr. N. Levin) ; --hirshanu--anenu--mi she'ana l'avraham (cantor's recitation) ; Rahamana / Joshua Lind ; Maḥei umasei--makhnisei raḥamim-- (cantor's recitation) ; Maran d'vishmayya / Dan (David) Frohman ; Shomer Yisra'el / Yossele (Joseph) Rosenblatt (arr. R. Goldstein) ; Avinu malkenu / trad. ; Kaddish shalem (Hassidic Kaddish) / Jacob Gottlieb -- Additional celebrated cantorial pieces. Mar'eh kohen / Pierre Pinchik (Pinchas Segal) ; Yir'u eineinu / Sholom Secunda ; R'tze / Meyer Machtenberg ; Untanne tokef (as sung by Moshe Koussevitzky)