The 1st work is for soprano with guitar and horn acc.; the 2nd work is a scene from an opera; and the 3rd work is a duet for mezzo-soprano and tenor, with acc. of wind ensemble, piano, harp, and bass, based on Yiddish songs by Holocaust victims. "Milken Archive, American Jewish Music." In the 1st work: Lucy Shelton, soprano ; Eliot Fisk, guitar ; David Jolley, horn. In the 2nd work: Erie Mills, soprano ; Nathaniel Watson, baritone ; Seattle Symphony ; Gerard Schwarz, conductor. In the 3rd work: John Aler, tenor ; Phyllis Pancella, mezzo-soprano ; College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony ; Rodney Winther, conductor. Recorded Jan. 2001, Lefrak Concert Hall, Colden Center for the Arts, Flushing, N.Y. (1st work); May 2000, Batsyr University Chapel, Seattle, Wash. (2nd work); and Jan. 2000, Werner Recital Hall, University of Cincinnati, Ohio. Eds. recorded: Norruth Music. Compact disc. Program and biographical notes in English and either original texts with English translations (1st-2nd works) or English translations of the texts (3rd work) (23 pages : ports.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Ladino songs of love and suffering. Noches, noches ; Avrix mi galanica ; El mi querido ; Camini por altas torres ; La rosa enflorece ; Alta, alta, va la luna (26:00) -- Mikhoels the Wise. Act I, scene 4. A train station in Birobidzhan at midnight (20:49) -- Out of the whirlwind. Es brent ; Mayn mame hot gevolt zayn af mayn khasene ; Treblinka ; Rivkele, di shabesdike ; Shtil di nakht ; Ani ma'amin (29:00).
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