Hungarian Radio Choir, Andor Izsak - Lewandowski: 18 Liturgical Psalms (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

LOUIS LEWANDOWSKI, conductor, choral director and organist at Berlin’s Oranienburger Strasse synagogue, was a pioneer of modern Jewish liturgical music, whose reforms led to the creation of a new liturgy for Jewish synagogue services, a liturgy that combined classical Western music with traditional synagogue singing and restored an important role to organ music introducing a Romantic style influenced by Mendelssohn, whose family fostered Lewandowski’s career.

This first complete recording of his 1879 masterwork is conducted by Andor Izsák, who encountered the historic psalm-singing tradition in his youth as organist at Budapest’s Great Synagogue in the Dohány-utca. The performance uses Izsák’s 1994 edition, based on the long-lost original manuscript.

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to present this world premiere recording and wishes to thank the Hungarian Government and Hungarian Radio Art Groups for their generous support.

Tracklist:
1. 18 Liturgical Psalms : Psalm 23 "Der Herr ist mein Hirte" (4:00)
2. 18 Liturgical Psalms : Psalm 25 "Deine Wege, Ewiger, mache mir kund" (6:09)
3. 18 Liturgical Psalms : Psalm 36 "Ewiger, an den Himmel reicht deine Huld" (4:13)
4. 18 Liturgical Psalms : Psalm 37 "Befiehl dem Ewigen deinen Weg" (1:43)
5. 18 Liturgical Psalms : Psalm 39 "Mache mir kund, Ewiger" (1:35)
6. 18 Liturgical Psalms : Psalm 42/43 "Wie ein Hirsch lechzet nach frischem Wasser" (5:39)
7. 18 Liturgical Psalms : Psalm 46 "Gott ist uns Zuflucht und Veste" (2:47)
8. 18 Liturgical Psalms : Psalm 51 "Ein reines Herz erschaffe mir" (1:24)
9. 18 Liturgical Psalms : Psalm 62 "Ganz in Gott ergeben, ist meine Seele" (2:54)
10. 18 Liturgical Psalms : Psalm 65 "Dir gebühret Lobgesang" (5:50)
11. 18 Liturgical Psalms : Psalm 67 "Gott sei uns gnädig und segne uns" (3:02)
12. 18 Liturgical Psalms : Psalm 84 "Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Ewiger Zebaoth!" (12:42)
13. 18 Liturgical Psalms : Psalm 85 "Lass mich schauen, Ewiger" (4:42)
14. 18 Liturgical Psalms : Psalm 90 "Unsere Tage zählen, lehr' uns denn!" (2:47)
15. 18 Liturgical Psalms : Psalm 100 "Jubelt dem Ewigen" (3:29)
16. 18 Liturgical Psalms : Psalm 103 "Preise, meine Seele, den Ewigen, mein Innerstes seinen heiligen Namen!" (14:30)
17. 18 Liturgical Psalms : Psalm 121 "Ich erhebe meine Augen zu den Bergen" (3:00)
18. 18 Liturgical Psalms : Psalm 134 "Wohl an, wohl an, preiset den Ewigen" (2:18)