Terezín : Theresienstadt.
This album is a program of music, mostly cabaret and art songs, written within the confines of the camp. The liner note explains in brief the situation and fate of each composer. These scant details effectively compound the tragic ironies but definitely leave us wanting to hear more of the fascinati...
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| Format: | CD Audio |
| Language: | Czech French German Yiddish |
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Hamburg :
Deutsche Grammophon,
[2007]
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| Summary: | This album is a program of music, mostly cabaret and art songs, written within the confines of the camp. The liner note explains in brief the situation and fate of each composer. These scant details effectively compound the tragic ironies but definitely leave us wanting to hear more of the fascinating and horrible collective tale. But the sparseness works on the music's behalf, for it sends us back to the songs themselves to learn more. |
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| Item Description: | Music written by composers imprisoned in the Theresienstadt concentration camp; includes lieder, cabaret songs, lullabies, and a sonata for solo violin. The 7th work is a contrafactum of the song Komm mit nach Varasdin from the operetta Gräfin Maritza by Emmerich Kálmán. Principally for voice and piano; the 1st-3rd works also with accordion; the 5th work also with double bass; the 11th work also with clarinet; the 9th work for voice and guitar; the 10th work for voice and clarinet, viola, and violoncello. Compact disc. Program notes by Ulrike Migdal in German with English and French translations, and texts with English, French, and German translations (55 pages : ports.) inserted in container. Sound recording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Production Credits: | Executive Producers: Valérie Gross, Dr. Marion Theim. Recording producer: Sid McLauchlan. |