Composer: Dana Barak, Béla Bartók, Roglit Ishay, Igor Stravinsky, Jörg Widmann
Performer: Nitzan Bartana, Dana Barak, Roglit Ishay
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hänssler
Catalogue: HC21017
Release: 2021
Size: 539 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat: Concert Suite
01. I. Marche du soldat
02. II. Le violon du soldat
03. III. Petit concert
04. IV. Tango-valse-rag
05. V. La danse du diable
06. Ishay: Poema
07. Widmann: Tränen der Musen
Barak: Suita Zeira
08. I. When the Leaves Fall
09. II. Two Roses
10. III. There Were Nights
Bartók: Contrasts for violin, clarinet & piano, BB 116, Sz. 111
11. No. 1, Verbunkos
12. No. 2, Pihenő
13. No. 3, Sebes
Stravinsky suffered from the First World War and its consequences for Europe; Bartok spoke out before and during the Second World War against the nationalist mood in twentieth-century Europe; Bartok’s friend and colleague, the Hungarian violinist Joseph Szigeti, to whom he dedicated his Contrasts trio, had to flee Hungary for the USA in 1939 on account of the dangerous antisemitic climate in the country. Mordechai Zeira and Yaakov Orland suffered from the violence and antisemitic attacks in Imperial Russia at the start of the 20th century; they had to emigrate and found a new homeland in what is now Israel. The German composer Jörg Widmann addresses the political question: “Do the Muses have the right to remain silent when the weapons speak?”. And finally there is the Poema trio by Roglit Ishay. It is dedicated to the people of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France), who risked their lives to save strangers from their Nazi persecutors. Music in spite of all – that is the principle common to our whole musical program.