Name:
Halevy, Jacques Fromental
Born:
1799 (Paris, France)
Died:
1893 (Nice, France)
Note:
Originally born "Elias Levy"

Songs written or composed

Rachel Quand Du Seigneur

Also known as:
Aria "Rachel"
Author:
Halevy, Jacques Fromental
Genre:
Classical/Operatic/Lament/Tragedy
Subject:
Identity/Persecuation/Sentence/Death/Irony

Recordings

On album:
B-056(a) (Jacob Barkin with orchestra A Concert of Jewish Music)
Track ID:
12571
Vocal:
Barkin, Cantor Jacob — באַרקין, חזן יעקבֿ
Artist:
National Symphony Orch
Conductor:
Mitchell, Howard, cond
First line:
Rachel, quand du Seigneur la grâce tutélaire. A mes tremblantes…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From La Juive, Style like Jussi Björling, Yiddish-influenced pronounciations.
Language:
French
Style:
Concert
On album:
B-056(b) (Halevi Choral Society/Orch Hall Concert Jacob Barkin, Tenor)
Track ID:
12572
Vocal:
Barkin, Cantor Jacob — באַרקין, חזן יעקבֿ
Vocal:
Halevi Choral Society
Conductor:
Reznick, Hyman, cond
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From La Juive
Language:
French
Style:
Concert
On album:
C-040(a) (Cantors In Yiddish/Arias, Opereta, Folk Songs & Chassidic... — חזנים זינגען אױף ייִדיש)
Track ID:
27481
Vocal:
Koussevitzky, Cantor Moyshe — קאָוסעװיצקי, חזן משה
First line:
Du bist mayn treyst geshikt tsu mir fun himl,
First line (Yiddish):
דו ביסט מײַן טרײסט געשיקט צו מיר פֿון הימל,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
C-040(a) (Cantors In Yiddish/Arias, Opereta, Folk Songs & Chassidic... — חזנים זינגען אױף ייִדיש)
Track ID:
27571
Vocalist:
Shlisky, Khazn Joseph — שליסקי, חזן יוסף
First line:
Rukhl, der got hot mikh...mir gegeben, un zog mayn harts...
First line (Yiddish):
רחל, דער גאָט האָט מיך...מיר געגעבן, און זאָג מײַן האַרץ...
Track comment:
Text different from that sung by Koussevitsky
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
D-004(q) (Arias and Songs of Love/Louis Danto, Tenor/ With the Prague State Opera Orchestra)
Track ID:
33254
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Artist:
Prague State Opera Orchestra
Conductor:
Philippe, Michael
Audio:
Judaica Sound Archives at FAU Libraries
Language:
French
Style:
Concert
Length:
5:21