LA MUSIQUE DE LA BIBLE REVELEE (VOLUME 3)
Alienor CD AL 1051 (originally Foundation Roi David 803-C)

This recording was originally released as a cassette by Mme. Haïk-Vantoura's Foundation Roi David. In time, it was picked up by the Alienor label and published as a CD.

Volume 3 and Cantique des cantiques de Salomon were recorded at the same time and place: just before or after they were premiered publicly in a sacred music concert series in Paris (1986). It was at the time of their premiere that Mme. Haïk-Vantoura's work was featured on National Public Radio's Morning Edition (Tape #861029, "Song of Songs", taken from the October 29, 1986 broadcast).

Unquestionably, Volume 3 and Cantique des cantiques de Salomon are the best-produced of those recordings directly supervised by Mme. Haïk-Vantoura. This recording compares in variety with Volume 1 and in sensitivity with Volume 2. Indeed, the vocal quality here is even more "historically informed" than that of Volume 2 (vibrant, but without vibrato, following the testimony of early sources regarding the nature of the Levitical chant).

A brief excerpt from this recording has recently been featured in the film
The Gospel of John by Visual Bible International (2003). The opening verses of Psalm 121 immediately follow the narrative of Jesus' healing of the cripple at the pool (John 5:19ff).

N.B.: This recording is now available via online order from the Official Web Site of Esther Lamandier (e-mail) or via postal order. The cost is 22 euros including postage (see the Web site for ordering details). It is also available online from Jewish Music - JMD in the UK (see search results: "Vantoura" and "Esther Lamandier"). This recording is NOT currently available from Alapage.com in France, but may become so in the future (scroll down the following pages for lists of Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura's and Esther Lamandier's recordings).

Several new CDs and CD-ROMs, plus Latinized Hebrew-English booklets for some of the original recordings, are available from King David's Harp, Inc. (e-mail). You may download and print this order form in order to obtain these recordings and CD-ROMs (see this page). You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to read and print these files (click on the button on the above left).


LIST OF TRACKS:

Psalm 100 ("Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all the earth...")

Psalm 52 ("Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?...")

Psalm 1 ("Blessed is the man who does not walk...")

Psalm 13 ("How long, O LORD, will you forget me forever?...")

Psalm 67 ("God be merciful to us and bless us...")

Ecclesiastes 1:1-9 ("Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher...")

Isaiah 60:1-5 ("Arise, shine, for your light has come...")

Psalm 148 ("Halleluyah! Praise the LORD from the heavens...")

Genesis 22:1-14 (The Binding of Isaac)

Psalm 113 ("Halleluyah! Praise, O servants of the LORD...")

Psalm 98 ("Sing to the LORD a new song...")

Psalm 121 ("I lift up my eyes to the hills...")

Amos 1:1-9 ("Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions...")

Psalm 62 ("Truly my soul waits upon God...)"

Updated November 05, 2008