Ernest Bloch: Sacred Service

Louis Berkman (Performer), Ernest Bloch (Composer), Anthony Saunders (Conductor), Geoffrey Simon (Conductor), London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Jacqueline Bransom-Jones (Performer), Graham Godfrey (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Louis Berkman, Jacqueline Bransom-Jones, Graham Godfrey
• Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Anthony Saunders, Geoffrey Simon
• Composer: Ernest Bloch
• Audio CD (October 28, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Chandos
• ASIN: B000000ADN
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #481,393 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service), for baritone, chorus & orchestra (or piano or organ): Part 1. Meditation (Prelude) - Ma tovu - Bor

2. Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service), for baritone, chorus & orchestra (or piano or organ): Part 2. Kedusha (Sanctification)

3. Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service), for baritone, chorus & orchestra (or piano or organ): Part 3. Silent Devotion (Prelude) - Response

4. Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service), for baritone, chorus & orchestra (or piano or organ): Part 4. Returning the Scroll to the Ark - Ga

5. Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service), for baritone, chorus & orchestra (or piano or organ): Part 5. Va'anachnu - Bayom Hahu - Tzur Yisro

6. Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service), for baritone, chorus & orchestra (or piano or organ): Yevorechechoh Adoshem (Benediction)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ernest Bloch "Sacred Service", October 20, 2001

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Daniel A. Frachey (Rochester, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ernest Bloch: Sacred Service (Audio CD)

Moving! The Baritone soloist sings with great power and charisma.
There is so much happening over the span of this piece. The meditation evolks reverie and solemnity while the other more Fortissimo segments stir the soul to ardor! Bloch's music here is reminicent of Mahler's great choral works but with a whole different spirit. Another individual used the word "sublime" to describe this piece, and I agree 100%. Check this one out!

16 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful performance of wonderful music., April 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Ernest Bloch: Sacred Service (Audio CD)

I sang the Sacred Service as a freshman at Smith College, along with the Rutgers University Glee Club. Each and every time I listen to this recording, I am taken back to that time. It is a wonderful CD of amazing music by a very talented composer. The recording really shows the listener the awesome power that is created by Bloch's combination of orchestra and voice. Truly sublime!