Schiff, David - Gimpel the Fool (2 CD) - Kiesler, Kenneth

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Gimpel the Fool is a setting of the story by Polish-born American Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991). In the words of the composer, also of Polish descent, “it turned out to be world full of spirits and demons, as well as a world inseparable from Judaism”. The opera was given its first performance in November 1975 at Hebrew Union College in New York as a version for singers and piano. It was subsequently orchestrated and the full version is heard on this recording. David Schiff was born in New York City in 1945. He studied composition with Ursula Mamlok at the Manhattan School of Music and with Elliott Carter at the Juilliard School, and is the author of books on the music of Elliott Carter and George Gershwin. Since 1980 Schiff has taught at Reed College, Portland, Oregon.

Megan Besley, soprano
D' Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Glenn, tenor
Bryan Hunt, boy soprano
Alissa Mercurio, soprano
Tyler Oliphant, baritone
Vale Rideout, tenor
Judith Schiff, soprano
Kevin Walsh, baritone
Richard Zeller, baritone
Third Angle Ensemble/Kenneth Kiesler
David Schiff
Gimpel the Fool