Hanukkah & Jewish Traditional Hebrew Music

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HANUKKAH & Jewish HOLIDAY MUSIC

The holiday commemorates the rededication of the holy Temple in Jerusalem after the Jews' 165 B.C.E. victory over the Hellenist Syrians. Antiochus, the Greek King of Syria, outlawed Jewish rituals and ordered the Jews to worship Greek gods. ...more.
Naxos has several new Jewish-theme releases, some Hanukkah-specific and others more general, such as Mihaud's Sacred Service (including his add-on for Friday evening prayers), a klezmer encores CD, and ones from Bernstein and Weill.

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1. The Four Seasons (Il quattro stagione), 4 concertos for violin, strings, & continuo ("Il cimento" Nos. 1-4) , Op. 8/1 - 4 Allegro
2. Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
   
3. Symphony No. 6 in D major ("Le Matin"), H. 1/6 Adagio-Allegro
   Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
   
4. The Lark Ascending, romance for violin & orchestra
   Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
   
5. Symphony No. 7 in C major ("Le midi"), H. 1/7 Finale: Allegro
   Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
   
6. Symphony No. 83 in G minor ("The Hen"), H. 1/83 Menuet: Allegretto
   Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
   
7. Ballad of Brotherhood
   Composed by Joseph Franz Wagner
   
8. Hymn and Prayer for Peace
   Composed by Don Gillis
   
9. Recessional
   Composed by Reginald De Koven
   
10. A Dirge for Two Veterans, for male chorus, brass & percussion, H. 121 Composed by Gustav Holst
    
11. God of Our Fathers
    Composed by George William Warren
    
12. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Act 3, "Beglückt Darf Nun Dich" ("Pilgrims Chorus")
    Composed by Richard Wagner
    
13. 
    The Pilgrims Progress composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
    
14. Eternal Father, Strong to Save
    Composed by Sir John Dykes Bower
    
15. Masonic Ritual Music, for male voices, piano & organ, Op. 113 Onward, Ye Peoples
    Composed by Jean Sibelius
    
16. A Song of Thanksgiving for soprano, speaker, chorus, & orchestra
    Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams [It was thanks for the ending of WWII not American holiday]
    
17. God of Our Fathers
    Composed by George William Warren
    
18. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Act 3, "Beglückt Darf Nun Dich" Pilgrim
    Composed by Richard Wagner
    
19. O Brother man
    Composed by Leroy Robertson
    
20. Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur ("Himmel ruhmen des ewigen Ehre"), song for voice & piano, Op. 48/4
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    
21. Thanks Be To God
    Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
    
22. Good It Is to Thank Jehovah
    Composed by Franz Schubert
    
23. Now Thank We All Our God
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    
24. Prayer of Thanksgiving for chorus & orchestra, Anonymous
    
25. Let the Mountains Shout for Joy
    Composed by Evan Stephens
    
26. Armenian Canticle of Thanksgiving, Traditional
    
27. All People That on Earth Do Dwell
    Composed by Louis Bourgeois
    
28. Rainbow ("Tis by thy strength the mountains stand")
    Composed by Timothy Swan
    
29. Colchester ("O 'twas a joyful sound to hear")
    Composed by William Tans'ur
    
30. Trumpet of Peace, Shaker Traditional
    
31. Voice of the Angels of Mercy, Shaker Traditional
    
32. O Zion Arise, Shaker Traditional
    
33. Joyful Praises, Shaker Traditional
    
34. Rights of Conscience
    Composed by Issachar Bates
    
35. The Blessings of Peace, Shaker Traditional
    
36. Holy Habitation, Shaker Traditional
    
37. Thanksgiving,
    Shaker Traditional
    
38. Old American Songs, for voice & piano,
    Composed by Aaron Copland
    
39. In the Beginning, for mezzo soprano
    
40. Poems (12) of Emily Dickinson - for soprano & chorus
    Composed by Aaron Copland
    
41. Lark, for baritone & chorus
    Composed by Aaron Copland
    
42. The Tender Land, opera
    Composed by Aaron Copland
    
43. A Symphony: New England Holidays (Holidays Symphony), for orchestra, S. 5 (K. 1A4) Thanksgiving and Forefathers' Day
    Composed by Charles Ives
    
44. A Suite of Five Dance Tunes,
    Shaker Traditional
    
45. Solemn Song of the Ancients,
    Shaker Traditional
    
46. Mother Ann's Song (Shaker Hymn)
    Composed by Ann Lee
    
47. The Apple Tree
    Composed by Jeremiah Ingalls
    
48. O Quanta Qualia
    Composed by Peter Abelard
    with Alan Bennett, Paul Elliott
    
49. Schenectady ("From all that dwell below the skies")
    Composed by Nehemiah Shumway
    
50. O Praise the Lord of Heaven, for chorus
    Composed by William Billings
    
51. Brigg Fair
    Traditional
    
52. Audivi vocem, motet for 4 voices, P. 90
    Composed by Thomas Tallis
    
53. Song Books Volumes I & II (Solos for Voice 3-92), for solo voice
    Composed by John Cage
    with Paul Hillier
    
54. Benedicamus Domino
    Italian Anonymous
    
55. Jordan, for chorus
    Composed by William Billings
    
56. Worchester ("How beateous are their feet")
    Composed by Abraham Wood
    
57. Benedictus, for 4 voices
    Composed by Thomas Tallis
    
58. Epithalamica
    Composed by Peter Abelard
    
59. It was summer now
    Composed by Paul Hillier
    with Paul Hillier
    
60. The Keel Row II
    Composed by Howard Skempton
    with Andrew Lawrence-King
    
61. Give good gifts one to another
    Composed by Anonymous
    
62. Chester, hymn
    Composed by William Billings
    
63. Evening Hymn ("The day is past and gone")
    Composed by Elisha West
    
64. Work(s) Thanks Be To God
    Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
    
65. Work(s) Good It Is to Thank Jehovah
    Composed by Franz Schubert
    
66. Work(s) Now Thank We All Our God
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    
67. O Clap Your Hands, motet for chorus, brass, & organ (Psalm 47)
    Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
    
68. Elias (Elijah), oratorio, Op. 70 Thanks Be To God
    Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
    
69. Song of Thanks
    Composed by Nino Marcelli
    
70. Prayer of Thanksgiving
    Composed by Kremser
    
71. Prayer of Thanksgiving
    Composed by Adriaen Valerius
    
72. Let the Mountains Shout for Joy
    Composed by Evan Stephens
    
73. Armenian Canticle of Thanksgiving
    Composed by Traditional
    
74. Concerto alla rustica, for strings & continuo in G major, RV 151 Presto
    Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
    
75. Alexander's Feast, ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 75 Allegro
    Composed by George Frideric Handel
    
76. Deep River, Spiritual Traditional
    
77. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40 Largo (Adaptation of Ombra mai fu)
    Composed by George Frideric Handel
    
78. Hänsel und Gretel, opera Evening Prayer
    Composed by Engelbert Humperdinck
    
79. Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    
80. Vocalise, song for voice & piano, Op. 34/14 Vocalise Op.34 No.14
    Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
    
81. Doxology--Old Hundredth, Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
    - Anonymous
    
82. Pilgrims' Hymn from opera The Three Hermits
    Composed by Stephen Paulus
    
83. Pastoral Sketches, for orchestra A Legend
    Composed by Billy Mayerl
    
84. Pastoral Sketches, for orchestra A Village Festival
    Composed by Billy Mayerl
    
85. FRostiana composed by Randall Thomson
    
86. Te Deum by John Rutter's Chorus
    
87. We Gather Together by Dale Warland Singers
    
88. Paul Hillier's Home to Thanksgiving
    
89. Lovefeast of Thanksgiving Telarc CD 80482 by Boston Baroque.
    
90. Billings Thanksgiving hymn by Eastman Wind Ensemble
    
91. Ashokan Waltz
    
92. Appalachian Waltz
    
93. Peace collection sung by the Handel
    and Haydn Society Chorus under Grant Llewellyn AVIE 0039
    
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