Jewish Vienna
ONYX4253 (Onyx Classics, CD)
FIRST RELEASE (25 April 2025)
Playing time: 56'45"
Tracks: 16
© 2025 Onyx Classics
Sent to a reviewer on 12 March 2025
Chen Reiss, soprano
Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich
Daniel Grossmann, conductor
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.