Jewish Vienna

Jewish Vienna

ONYX4253 (Onyx Classics, CD)

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FIRST RELEASE (25 April 2025)

Playing time: 56'45"
Tracks: 16
Booklet pages: 18
℗ 2025 Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich & Chen Reiss
© 2025 Onyx Classics
Main country of recording: Germany
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Jewish Vienna published on 6 April 2025

Chen Reiss, soprano
Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich
Daniel Grossmann, conductor

Alexander Zemlinsky:

Walzer-Gesänge nach toskanischen Volksliedern von Ferdinand Gregorovius, Op 6 (excerpts):
1 Liebe Schwalbe
2 Fensterlein, nachts bist du zu
3 Blaues Sternlein
4 Briefchen schrieb ich

Josefine Winter, Edle von Wigmar (1873-1943):

5 Im Buchenwald

Erich Wolfgang Korngold:

Vier Lieder nach Shakespeare (Four Shakespeare Songs) Op 31
6 Desdemona's Song 'The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree'
7 Under the Greenwood Tree
8 Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
9 When Birds Do Sing

Gustav Mahler, arranged by Cliff Colnot:

Symphony No 10 in F sharp
10 Adagio

Erich Wolfgang Korngold:

Songs of the Clown Op 29
11 Come Away, Death
12 O Mistress Mine
13 Adieu, Good Man Devil
14 Hey, Robin
15 For the Rain, It Raineth Every Day

Alfred Grünfeld (1852-1924), arranged by Nicholas Hersh:

16 Kleine Serenade

Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century was at the cutting edge of artistic and musical creativity with a sizeable and flourishing Jewish artistic community. The works on this album bring together some of the composers of this age, including lesser-known names such as Josephine Winter, who was murdered by the Nazis in 1943, and Alfred Grünfeld. The Adagio from Mahler's Symphony No 10, in an arrangement for chamber orchestra, forms the centrepiece of this delightful orchestral lieder recital. Chen Reiss has performed leading roles with the Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera, and the Israeli Opera among many others. Daniel Grossmann founded the Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich in 2005 and has since built the orchestra into an internationally recognised professional ensemble performing at the highest musical level.

All songs arranged by Tal-Haim Samnon.

Recorded 21 and 22 September 2024 (Mahler), 15 and 16 October 2024 (Grünfeld; songs) at Bavaria Studio, Munich, Germany.

 

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