Choose Life, Uvacharta Bachayim (album)
# Choose Life, Uvacharta Bachayim (album)

Choose Life, Uvacharta Bachayim is a studio album of the Choose Life, Uvacharta Bachayim dramatic oratorio by composer Mona Lyn Reese and librettist Delores Dufner OSB, released by the San José Chamber Orchestra and Chorus 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
