Yizkor Requiem
by Thomas Beveridge
Naxos 8.559074
Christine Goerke, soprano
Susanna Poretsky, mezzo-soprano
Alberto Mizrahi, tenor
Norman Scribner, conductor
World Premier Recording
Here is the premiere recording of Thomas Beveridge's remarkable composition that combines historical and musical elements of the Jewish Yizkor service and the Christian Requiem Mass. The Washington Post called the Requiem "...high drama, synthesizing a complex array of distinct religious and musical traditions."
Listen to a selection from the recording (coming soon)
(download the free Quicktime player)
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