Composers of the Holocaust: Ghetto Songs & Instrumental Works [Single]

Leonarda Records | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 11, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Leonarda Productions
• ASIN: B00006BNAO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #284,883 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Es Brent (baritone, piano) (Mordekhai Gebirtig; piano arr. by Lazar Weiner)

2. Terezin Hymn (Downtown Chamber Singers) (chamber singers) (Karel Svenk; piano arr. by Stern-Wolfe)

3. Tsigaynerlid (mezzo-soprano, baritone, piano) (David Beigelman; piano arr. by Stern-Wolfe)

4. Sonata for Violin & Piano: Allegro impetuoso (Erwin Schulhoff)

5. Sonata for Violin & Piano: Andante (Schulhoff)

6. Sonata for Violin & Piano: Burlesca: Allegretto (Schulhoff)

7. Sonata for Violin & Piano: Allegro risoluto (Schulhoff)

8. Tsen Brider (baritone, piano) (Martin Rosenberg; piano arr. by Sheinkman)

9. Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshternt (mezzo-soprano, piano). Words by Hirsh Glik to old folk song

10. Zog Nit Keynmol (words by Hirsh Glik; piano arr. by Stern-Wolfe)

11. Wiegenlied (mezzo-soprano, piano) (arr. by Gideon Klein)

12. Suite for Oboe and Piano: Furioso (Pavel Haas)

13. Suite for Oboe and Piano: Con fuoco (Haas)

14. Suite for Oboe and Piano: Moderato (Haas)

15. Yisrolik (baritone voice, piano) (Misha Veksler; piano arr. by Sheinkman)

16. Wiegala (mezzo-soprano, piano) (Ilse Weber; piano arr. by Stern-Wolfe

17. Ein Jadisches Kind (mezzo-soprano, piano) (Carlo S. Taube)

Editorial Reviews

Moses, American Record Guide

The voices are just right--eloquent but not operatic. I unhesitatingly recommend this

Product Description

Music by composers who died in the Holocaust: Ghetto Songs from Warsaw, Vilna, and Terezin and instrumental works by Schulhoff and Haas. Piano arrangements by Mimi Stern-Wolfe (Beigelman, Weber, "Shtil"), Mordechai Sheinkman (Rosenberg, Veksler) and Lazar Weiner (Gebirtig). Total Time: 65:56. DDD. Musical producer, editing, mastering and graphic design by Marnie Hall. Cover drawing by Jennifer Ross. David Hancock recorded Mr. Abelson, the Schulhoff and the group pieces at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in New York City. Marnie Hall recorded Ms. Ganz and Mr. Lucarelli at SUNY Purchase (State University of New York). This recording is made possible with public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Additional funding provided by The Jack and Belle Alpern Foundation and numerous individuals. © Leonarda Productions, Inc. 2000. All rights reserved. CDs made in the U.S.A.