The Recording

The San José Chamber Orchestra and Chorus recorded Choose Life, Uvacharta Bachayim on the Scoring Stage at Skywalker Sound in 2011.

Cast

• Layna Chianakas, mezzo-soprano – Adonai

• Stephen Guggenheim, tenor – Lazar

• Allison Charney, soprano – Franziska

• Kevin Nakatani, bass – Dives

• Jordan Bluth, tenor – Adam

• Michael Riskin, soprano – Jacob

• SJCO Chorus – Hebrew Chorus

• St. Benedict’s Schola and Members of The Choral Project – Angel Choir

• The Choral Project – Repentant Nations

• Isabell Monk O’Connor – Rivka

Production

• Ken Lee – Mastering Engineer
  

• Myron Dove – Mix Engineer, Editor
  

• Barbara Day Turner – Executive Producer
  

• Mona Lyn Reese – Executive Producer
  

• Barbara Christmann – Producer
  

• Thomas Hassing – Photography
  

• Gabriela Martínez, Texto – Art Direction
  

• Marie Olofsdotter – Cover illustration Choose Life
  

• Recorded by Leslie Ann Jones on The Scoring Stage at Skywalker Sound, assisted by Dann Thompson and Robert Gatley.
  

• Schola recorded by Rockhouse Productions, St. Joseph, MN.

Artistic

• Mona Lyn Reese – Composer
  

• Delores Dufner, OSB – Librettist

• Barbara Day Turner – Conductor

• Daniel Hughes – Conductor

• Teri Larson – Chorus Master

• Daniel Hughes – Chorus Master

• Keiko Kagawa-Hamilton – Choral Preparation

• Christine Manderfeld, OSB – Schola Conductor

• The San José Chamber Orchestra – Orchestra

• Choristers from The Choral Project, Choral Cosmo, and Prince of Peace Lutheran Church – Choir

• Michael Touchi – Accompanist