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Cantor Azi Schwartz of Park Avenue SynagogueCantor Azi Schwartz is the Senior Cantor of Park Avenue Synagogue in New York, and is a world-renowned vocal performer and recording artist whose music reaches Jewish and interfaith audiences internationally. Azi has performed at Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden; on PBS and on Richard Gere’s movie 'Norman'; and for Pope Francis.He has released nine albums of Jewish liturgical music.Yizkor: Music of Memory and Tribute, released 04 October 20221. Azkara: Lord, What Is Man? (Adonai, Mah Adam?)2. Azkara: The Lord is My Shepherd (Adonai Roi)3. Azkara: Remember How Frail I Am (Z'chor Ani Meh Chaw-led)4. Azkara: I Lift Up My Eyes (Esa Einai)5. Azkara: The Lord Has Given; The Lord Has Taken Away (Adonai Natan; Adonai Lakach)6. Azkara: The Rock Whose Ways are Perfect (Ha-Tsur Ta-mim P'-aw-lo)7. Azkara: God, Full of Compassion (Eil Maleih Rachamim)/Blessed be the True Judge (Baruch Dayan Emet)8. Revival of the Dead: I. Jewish Life in the Diaspora9. Revival of the Dead: II. The Holocaust10. Revival of the Dead: III. Kadish and Yizkar11. Revival of the Dead: IV. Revival and Renaissance12. You Are There13. Hamakom Y’naheim14. Nichum Avelim (Ofer Bashan)15. Adonai Ro’i16. Kaddish17. A Gebet18. Psalm 23 (David Enlow)19. El Maleh Rahamim (Trad./Azi Schwartz)20. Mourner's KaddishIn the Jewish consciousness, we are aware of personal losses on a local scale, and of a collective obligation to remember, to mourn together. Whether thinking of the someone who has departed naturally after a long and full life, or those who perished in a shared tragedy like the Shoah, we turn to music at these times. We harness the powers of music to soothe, to feel grief intensely, and to recall past times and people with lasting affection.This album takes you on a journey through loss and grief, with the traditional Jewish responses of saying Kaddish, the Memorial Prayer, and large-scale musical works exploring the nature of death and mourning, loss and triumph. Whenever you remember, whomever you remember, we hope this music brings you comfort in grief, and joy at what has been.Memory and ComfortThe eminent composer Simon Sargon noted that there had not been a larger-scale Jewish musical work dealing with remembrance, and so, to honor the memory of his friend Cantor Ephraim Biran, he composed “Azkara - A Jewish Requiem”. We offered the world premiere of this work, and the resulting recording and video are now available to you. Contemplating Mysteries of Life and DeathAnother large-scale work is the composition Mechayeh Hametim (The Resurrection fo the Dead) by Noam Sheriff. On an epic scale, scored for symphony orchestra, mixed choir, children’s choir, and soloists, this work was recorded with Cantor Azi Schwartz as the tenor soloist with the Jerusalem Symphony.Traditional Memorial PrayersThis album also includes traditional music that you may have heard many times or will discover now for the first time, from the Memorial Prayer, recited at a funeral, to Cantor Gerald Cohen’s beloved setting of Psalm 23, The Lord is My Shepherd / Adonai Ro’i.

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Country: United States of America (US)

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