RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss (R.): Orchestral Songs / Tod und Verklärung Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Kurt Masur / Royal Concergebouw Orchestra Bernard Haitink [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2005 ] Lovers of Richard Strauss' music have long considered the Jerusalem disc of orchestral songs a 'must-have' in their collection. They are sheerly glorious - as is the 'heldentenor' of Siegfried Jerusalem. They are now reissued with Haitink's searing... |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Gurrelieder Siegfried Jerusalem, Sharon Sweet, Marjana Lipovšek, Philip Langridge / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] The reception at the first performance was overwhelming: the ovation lasted fifteen minutes; the composer's denigrators were silenced, and many members of the audience wept. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral' Carol Vaness, Janice Taylor, Siegfried Jerusalem, Robert Lloyd / Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2003 ] "This is a wonderful performance. The first movement truly moves. It is overwhelming, which is what it should be...As for the great Ode, chorus and soloists-conductor and orchestra-all are magnificent." -High Performance Review |
MAHLER
Das Lied von der Erde Cornelia Kallisch / Siegfried Jerusalem / SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg / Michael Gielen [ Hanssler / CD - released 17/Aug/2011 ] "..this is ultimately Gielen's 'performance', and those familiar with his Mahler will encounter the expected combination of formal precision and expressive spontaneity here." (International Record Review July 2011) |
SCHOENBERG
Gurrelieder / Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 / Chamber Symphony Siegfried Jerusalem, Susan Dunn, Brigitte Fassbaender, Hermann Becht, Peter Haage / Royal Concertgebouw, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Riccard [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 7/Apr/2003 ] "Brigitte Fassbaender reigns supreme [as Waldtaube]...Susan Dunn is a vivdly drawn Tove...Best of all, there's finally a Waldemar who measures up to his part: Siegfried Jerusalem, who can sing the role as well as the notes." (Gramophone) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: The Ring Des Nibelungen (highlights) James Morris, Eva Marton, Cheryl Studer, Siegfried Jerusalem / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ EMI Studio / CD - released 23/Mar/1988 ] Highlights from the classic EMI recording |
Jerusalem
Escalator [ Mausoleum / CD ] |
Jerusalem In My Heart
Daqa'iq Tudaiq [ Constellation / CD - released 19/Oct/2018 ] Jerusalem In My Heart (JIMH) returns with Daqa'iq Tudaiq, the third full-length album from the Montréal-Beirut contemporary Arabic audio-visual duo, following the acclaimed 2015 release If He Dies, If If If If If If. Featuring voice, electronics,... |
Jerusalem In My Heart
If He Dies, If If If If If If [ Constellation Records / CD - released 18/Feb/2016 ] Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, alongside fellow Montreal artist Charles-André Coderre, returns with If He Dies, If If If If If If, a second full-length album from his acclaimed Jerusalem In My Heart (JIMH) project, conceived and recorded in his dual homes of... |
Jerusalem In My Heart
Mo7it Al Mo7it [ Constellation Records / CD - released 18/Mar/2013 ] |
BELA BARTOK
Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 2, 4, 6 Jerusalem Quartet [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] "To judge from the first disc of its new recorded Bartók set, with the even-numbered quartets, the group's account will not displace the Takács but promises to be in its league." Washington Post |
JOSEF HAYDN
String Quartets Op 64/5 'Lark', Op 76/2 'Fifths', Op 77/1 'Lobkowitz' Jerusalem Quartet [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 24/Nov/2008 ] "Excellent performances by the Jerusalem Quartet, who must give us more Haydn recordings." The Sunday Times ***(Excellent) |
DVORAK
String Quartet No 12 American / Piano Quintet Op 81 Jerusalem Quartet [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] The Jerusalem Quartet was founded in 1993, and began its training in Jerusalem, under the direction of the violinist Avi Abramovitch. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: String Quartets K157, K458 & K589 Jerusalem Quartet [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "The Jerusalem Quartet's approach, balancing full-blooded tone with exemplary contrapuntal clarity and a sure sense of structural direction, brings even greater musical dividends in the two mature quartets." BBC Music Awards 2012 - Chamber WINNER |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: String Quartets No. 1, 4, 6, 8, 9 & 11 Jerusalem Quartet [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] BBC AWARD WINNER 2008 - Best Chamber recording - 'This is challenging, unpredictable Shostakovich which always convinces even when the approach is new. The Jerusalem Quartet's tonal range is daunting too.' (BBC) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE- Shostakovich: String Quartets No.1, 4 & 9 Jerusalem Quartet [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 6/Apr/2005 ] The Jerusalem Quartet was founded in 1993, and began its training in Jerusalem, under the direction of the violinist Avi Abramovitch. |
KORNGOLD / SCHULHOFF / DESYATNIKOV
The Yiddish Cabaret Jerusalem Quartet [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 17/May/2019 ] "Whatever one makes of the title, 'The Yiddish Cabaret' is an enjoyable if rather lopsided concept, with the main work opening the programme…Those investing will find standards of both playing and recording on a par with the ensemble's previous relea |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: String Quintet Op 97 / String Sextet Op 48 Jerusalem Quartet, with Veronika Hagen (viola) & Gary Hoffman (cello) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Jan/2018 ] "It's a comparable masterpiece [to the New World Symphony], played with depth of tone and feeling in the larghetto variations and tremendous dash in the outer sections of the allegro vivo and finale." Sunday Times |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 'Death and the Maiden' / String Quartet No. 12 'Quartettsatz' Jerusalem String Quartet [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 21/Jul/2017 ] "The Jerusalem find all the drama. Another fine, compelling release from the Jerusalem Quartet." (Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine July 2008) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 'Death and the Maiden' / String Quartet No. 12 Quartettsatz' Jerusalem String Quartet [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] "Another fine, compelling release from the Jerusalem Quartet. Goodness knows, there's enough competiton out there for Deaths and Maidens and I'm still in awe of the intensity of the recent Takács version on Hyperion. But this performance takes a... |