Downtown Music Productions (Isabelle Ganz, Robert Paul Abelson, Marshall Coid, Bert Lucarelli, Downtown Chamber Singers, Mimi Stern-Wolfe, director and piano). Recorded at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, New York City, and at SUNY Purchase (State University of New York). Recording dates not given. Program notes (32 p. : ports) and song texts in Yiddish, Czech, and German, with English translations, inserted in container.
Contents:
Es brent (S'brent, briderlikh) / Mordekhai Gebirtig ; arr. by Lazar Weiner ((3:21) -- Terezínsky hymna = Terezin hymn / Karel Švenk ; piano part provided by Mimi Stern-Wolfe (2:32) -- Tsigaynerlid = Gypsy song / David Beigelman ; piano arr. by Mimi Stern-Wolfe (4:17) -- Sonata for violin and piano / Ervin Schulhoff (17:17) -- Tsen Brider = Ten brothers / Martin Rosenberg ; piano arr. by Mordechai Sheinkman (4:28) -- Shtil, di Nakht iz oysgeshternt = The quiet night is full of stars / Hirsh Glik ; piano arr. by Mimi Stern-Wolfe (3:01) -- Zog nit keynmol = Never say / Hirsh Glik, words, to music adapted from a melody by Pokras ; piano arr., Mimi Stern-Wolfe (2:28) -- Wiegenlied = Lullaby / Shalom Charitonov, melody ; Emanuel Ha-Russi, words ; Gideon Klein, arranger (2:17) -- Suite for oboe and piano / Pavel Haas (14:41) -- Yisrolik / Misha Veksler, music ; Lev Rozenthal, words ; piano improv. by Mimi Stern-Wolfe based on piano arr. by Mordechai Sheinkman (4:34) -- Wiegala = Cradle song / Ilse Weber ; piano improvisation by Mimi Stern-Wolfe (2:20) -- Ein Jüdisches Kind = A Jewish child / music by Carlo Sigmund Taube ; words by Erika Taube (2:12) -- Zog nit keynmol (reprise) (2:28).
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