{"product_id":"kenneth-kiesler-gimpel-the-fool","title":"Kenneth Kiesler: Gimpel the Fool - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eGimpel the Fool\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eKenneth Kiesler\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eNaxos American\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e730099691024\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2007-05-29\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         After finishing the work in 1980, Schiff rescued some of the music in a purely instrumental score Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool (1982), one of the great post-war chamber pieces, which is how I first heard it (available, incidentally, on Delos 3058; however, Delos has had such trouble in recent years, you'd better grab it while you can). Nevertheless, the opera is just as wonderful. There's not a dull scene in it. The singers are ideal for the piece. The ensemble is sharp (a fiendishly close canon on the words \"Mazel tov\" to a klezmer riff made my jaw drop). Above all, the performance involves a listener in the drama. The CD case proclaims this as part of the \"American Opera Classics\" series. From the Naxos marketing department, to God's ear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Act 1. Overture \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Act 1. Elka's Death-Bed Scene \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Act 1. Gimpel's Monologue \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Act 1. the People of Frampol \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Act 1. the Rabbi's Advice \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Act 1. the Rabbi's Daughter \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Act 1. Little March \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Act 1. Gimpel Courts Elka \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Act 1. Little March Reprise \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Act 1. the Wedding Canopy \u003cbr\u003e1.11 Act 1. Badkhen's Song \u003cbr\u003e1.12 Act 1. the Wedding Contract \u003cbr\u003e1.13 Act 1. the Wedding Song \u003cbr\u003e1.14 Act 1. Breaking the Glass \u003cbr\u003e1.15 Act 1. a Black Moment \u003cbr\u003e1.16 Act 1. Mazel Tov \u003cbr\u003e1.17 Act 1. After the Wedding \u003cbr\u003e2.1 Act 2. Lullaby \u003cbr\u003e2.2 Act 2. Pantomime \u003cbr\u003e2.3 Act 2. Bread Song \u003cbr\u003e2.4 Act 2. Night Music \u003cbr\u003e2.5 Act 2. Gimpel and the Goat \u003cbr\u003e2.6 Act 2. Elka's Gevalt \u003cbr\u003e2.7 Act 2. the Divorce \u003cbr\u003e2.8 Act 2. Gimpel's Second Monologue \u003cbr\u003e2.9 Act 2. Little March Reprise \u003cbr\u003e2.10 Act 2. Pantomime Continued \u003cbr\u003e2.11 Act 2. the Evil One \u003cbr\u003e2.12 Act 2. Finale Part 1 \u003cbr\u003e2.13 Act 2. Finale Part 2\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kenneth Kiesler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39503514239047,"sku":"12243341","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/1075738.jpg?v=1747335101","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/kenneth-kiesler-gimpel-the-fool","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}