Release Date: 28 April 2023
Label: DUX Recording Producers
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5902547018898
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Composer/Series: Their Voices
Description
This new release from DUX presents a collection of recordings commemorating Jewish composers active mainly before World War II. Their music represents various stylistic trends of their era and was inspired by numerous ideas.
The Hebrew Melody for violin and piano, Op. 33 by Joseph Achron (1886–1943) resulted from his fascination with the religious music of Ashkenazi Jews, while the Sonata for violin and piano by Joachim Mendelson (1887–1943), the recording of which is also the Polish recording premiere, reveals neoclassical interests of its author, which is also the case of the Sonata for cello and piano by Szymon Laks (1901–1983).The Capriccio by Józef Koffler (1896–1944) is an avant-garde composition through and through, using the dodecaphonic technique combined with a neoclassical form.
The recording culminates in a contemporary piece written specifically for a concert commemorating Jewish musicians murdered during the war, which took place at the Washington Holocaust Museum. It is the Piano Trio "Silent Voices" by Benjamin Lees (1924–2010).
On the album the pieces are performed by the Art Chamber Ensemble composed of Julita Przybylska-Nowak (piano), Agnieszka Kolodziej (cello) and Jaroslaw Pietrzak (violin).
"Their grippingly powerful interpretations […] reveal above all the sonic novelties in the works. Technically on safe ground, the players give voice to works that otherwise receive less attention." – Pizzicato
"The Art Chamber Ensemble plays with admirable assurance throughout, either collectively or in the sonatas […] the programme is finely recorded, very decently documented, and warmly played." – MusicWeb International
Tracklisting
Massimo Mazzeo, Orchestra and CHoir of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic
Lukasz Borowicz, Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra
Dominika Falger, Lublin Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Pawel Kos-Nowicki
Adam Banaszak, Krzysztof Kusiel-Moroz, Warsaw Chamber Opera Choir and Orchestra, Dorota Szczepanska
Radoslaw Sobczak
Chor "Astrolabium", Tomasz Drozdek T.ETNO, Kinga Litowska
Monika Plachta, Chor Mieszany Katedry Wawelskiej, Andrzej Korzeniowski, Pawel Wajrak, Katarzyna Luk
Roberta Mameli, Adam Kruzel, Polski Chor Kameralny, Sinfonia Varsovia, Jan Lukaszewski
L'Archicembalo
Jarred Dunn; Anna Gorecka
Canadian Guitar Quartet
Zefiro Torna
Trio Xenakis
Trio Lirico; Josu de Solaun
The Hermes Experiment
Tana Quartet; Jean-Paul Dessy
