Chen Reiss, Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich, Daniel Grossmann - Jewish Vienna (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Walzer-Gesänge nach toskanischen Volksliedern Op. 6: No. 1, Liebe Schwalbe (Arr. for Soprano and Orchestra by Tal-Haim Samnon)
02. Walzer-Gesänge nach toskanischen Volksliedern Op. 6: No. 3, Fensterlein, nachts bist du zu (Arr. for Soprano and Orchestra by Tal-Haim Samnon)
03. Walzer-Gesänge nach toskanischen Volksliedern Op. 6: No. 5, Blaues Sternlein (Arr. for Soprano and Orchestra by Tal-Haim Samnon)
04. Walzer-Gesänge nach toskanischen Volksliedern Op. 6: No. 6, Briefchen schrieb ich (Arr. for Soprano and Orchestra by Tal-Haim Samnon)
05. Im Buchenwald (Arr. for Soprano and Orchestra by Tal-Haim Samnon)
06. 4 Lieder nach Shakespeare, Op. 31 (Arr. for Soprano and Orchestra by Tal-Haim Samnon): No. 1, Desdemona’s Song "The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree"
07. 4 Lieder nach Shakespeare, Op. 31 (Arr. for Soprano and Orchestra by Tal-Haim Samnon): No. 2, Under the Greenwood tree
08. 4 Lieder nach Shakespeare, Op. 31 (Arr. for Soprano and Orchestra by Tal-Haim Samnon): No. 3, Blow, blow, thou winter wind
09. 4 Lieder nach Shakespeare, Op. 31 (Arr. for Soprano and Orchestra by Tal-Haim Samnon): No. 4, When birds do sing
10. Symphony No. 10 in F-Sharp Minor: I. Adagio (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by Cliff Colnot)
11. Songs of the Clown Op. 29 (Arr. for Soprano and Orchestra by Tal-Haim Samnon): No. 1, Come away, death
12. Songs of the Clown Op. 29 (Arr. for Soprano and Orchestra by Tal-Haim Samnon): No. 2, O mistress mine
13. Songs of the Clown Op. 29 (Arr. for Soprano and Orchestra by Tal-Haim Samnon): No. 3, Adieu, Good man devil
14. Songs of the Clown Op. 29 (Arr. for Soprano and Orchestra by Tal-Haim Samnon): No. 4, Hey, Robin
15. Songs of the Clown Op. 29 (Arr. for Soprano and Orchestra by Tal-Haim Samnon): No. 5, For the rain, it raineth every day

Vienna at the turn of the 20th century was at the cutting edge of artistic and musical creativity. The Vienna Secessionist movement, led by Gustav Klimt had, in equal measure, shocked and fascinated the art world. Composers such as Schoenberg, Berg and Webern (the Second Viennese School) had burnished their romantic credentials, and launched a brave new 12 tone musical world that confounded and perplexed the public. This was a city with a sizeable and flourishing Jewish artistic community. Not just Schoenberg, but Mahler and Zemlinsky, and of course the wunderkind that was Eric Wolfgang Korngold. The transition from the late romantic world to modernism in Vienna created some extraordinary art and music, and the composers on this album were at the centre of this extraordinary firmament.

This album brings 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 Symphony No. 10 in an arrangement for chamber orchestra forms the centrepiece of this delightful orchestral lieder recital.

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