Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich, Daniel Grossmann, Shachar Lavi - Jewish East (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Hadibuk, Op. 35: No. 1, Mipnej mah? M’schir haschirim
02. Hadibuk, Op. 35: No. 2, M’choloth hakabzanim
03. Hadibuk, Op. 35: No. 3, Marsch chatunah
04. Jewish Folk Songs (Arr. for Orchestra by Josef Piras): No. 2, Sait gesunter-heit
05. Jewish Folk Songs (Arr. for Orchestra by Josef Piras): No. 3, Ach, nit gut
06. Jewish Folk Songs (Arr. for Orchestra by Josef Piras): No. 4, Spazieren sainen mir
07. Jewish Folk Songs (Arr. for Orchestra by Josef Piras): No. 6, Main Harz zugeiht in mir
08. Ukrainian Sketches, Op. 27 (Arr. for Orchestra by Nicholas Hersh): No. 1, Allegretto moderato
09. Ukrainian Sketches, Op. 27 (Arr. for Orchestra by Nicholas Hersh): No. 2, Andante tranquillo
10. Ukrainian Sketches, Op. 27 (Arr. for Orchestra by Nicholas Hersh): No. 3, Allegro scherzando
11. Ukrainian Sketches, Op. 27 (Arr. for Orchestra by Nicholas Hersh): No. 4, Allegro moderato
12. Ukrainian Sketches, Op. 27 (Arr. for Orchestra by Nicholas Hersh): No. 5, Largo
13. Ukrainian Sketches, Op. 27 (Arr. for Orchestra by Nicholas Hersh): No. 6, Allegro
14. Jewish Songs, Op. 13 (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Weniamin Basner): No. 1, Introduction
15. Jewish Songs, Op. 13 (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Weniamin Basner): No. 2, Breytele
16. Jewish Songs, Op. 13 (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Weniamin Basner): No. 3, Viglid
17. Jewish Songs, Op. 13 (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Weniamin Basner): No. 4, Der yeger
18. Jewish Songs, Op. 13 (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Weniamin Basner): No. 5, Oyfn grinem bergele
19. Jewish Songs, Op. 13 (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Weniamin Basner): No. 6, Der yesoymes brivele
20. Sinfonietta ossia Trio, Op. 10 (Arr. for Orchestra by Nicholas Hersh): I. Allegro molto moderato – Capriccioso
21. Sinfonietta ossia Trio, Op. 10 (Arr. for Orchestra by Nicholas Hersh): II. Andante, molto cantabile
22. Sinfonietta ossia Trio, Op. 10 (Arr. for Orchestra by Nicholas Hersh): III. Allegro molto vivace

After the critical acclaim of their last album ‘Jewish Vienna’ (ONYX4253), the Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich and conductor Daniel Grossmann turn to repertoire from two composers who have all but vanished from history, one of them, Jozef Koffler, a Polish Jew who was captured with his wife and young son by German troops in the city of Lwów in 1944, deported to the ghetto in Wieliczka and murdered by one of the German Einsatzgruppen near Krosno where he and his family had been hiding after the liquidation of the ghetto.

Engel was born in Ukraine and moved to Palestine in 1924. He found it difficult to adapt to life there, and his health declined, he died in 1927.He did much to keep the traditions of European Jewish music alive and moved (whilst in Germany) in circles that included Heifetz, Godowsky and Piatigorsky. Weinberg was persecuted throughout his life by the Soviet authorities, and it is only of late that he is recognised as one of the major composers of the mid-20th century. He was supported by Shostakovich, but this could not save him from arrest and in 1953 he was arrested and sent to the Lubyanka. Shostakovich was instrumental in obtaining his release a few months later.

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