Jewish Chamber Music

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Jewish Chamber Music
Tabea Zimmermann (viola) / Jascha Nemtsov (piano)

[ Hanssler / CD ]

Release Date: Sunday 20 April 2008

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Decades before the Yiddish Revival of the 80s (and beyond), the Moscow Society for Jewish Music presented it's first concert in 1929.

For a few short years, while the young Soviet Republic still tolerated independent artistic expression, a group of Jewish composers courageously fought to preserve their musical culture. While not a member of the Moscow group, Swiss composer Ernest Bloch received the Russian premieres of many of his compositions in the Society's concerts. Drawing upon the ancient traditions of Jewish liturgical chant, and the melodies of their home-in-exile, these composers created a vital, moving and deeply emotional tapestry of the Jewish experience. This recording is a profoundly important cultural document in the history of 20th century

Tracks:

Weprik, Alexander:
Rhapsody op. 11

Krejn, Alexander:
Ornaments op. 42

Gnesin, Michall:
Minstrel's Song op. 34

Weprik, Alexander:
Songs of the Dead op. 4
Kaddisch op. 6;

Gamburg, Gigorj:
Two Pieces from "The Song of Songs" op. 5

Weprik, Alexander:
Chant regoureux op. 9

Bloch, Ernest:
Suite for Viola and Piano (1919)