Hila Plitmann, Soprano

Bible - New Testament & Old Testament; Richard Danielpour, Lyricists

 JoAnn Falletta, Conductor

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra

Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus; University of California, Los Angeles Chamber Singers, Choir

James K. Bass; J'Nai Bridges; Timothy Fallow; Kenneth Overton; Hila Plitmann, Matthew Worth, Artists

Naxos 8.559885-86 

"...lustrous expressivity by the soprano Hila Plitmann..." - Gramophone

2021 GRAMMY AWARD WINNER

BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE 

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2021 GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATED

BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE

BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL

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AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

Critic's Choice

Richard Danielpour’s dramatic oratorio The Passion of Yeshua—a work which has evolved over the last 25 years—is an intensely personal telling of the final hours of Christ on Earth. It incorporates texts from the Hebrew Scriptures and the Christian Gospels inspiring extraordinarily beautiful music that stresses the need for human compassion and forgiveness. Danielpour returns to the scale and majesty of Bach in this oratorio, creating choruses that are intense and powerful, and giving both Mary the mother of Jesus and Mary Magdalene a central place in a work of glowing spirituality. Conductor JoAnn Falletta considers The Passion of Yeshua to be “a classic for all time.”