In 1938, at the Reichsmusiktage in Düsseldorf, the Nazi regime opened an exhibition around music with the theme: 'Entartete Musik'. They collected examples of what they considered degenerate music: jazz or 'Nigger-Musik', the atonal expressions of the Second Viennese School, music by Jewish composers, 'music bolshevism'.
Gustav Mahler, Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler, Mischa Spoliansky; these were just a few names on the long list of depraved composers. Numerous musicians and composers felt the pinch in the early 1930s and promptly emigrated abroad, where they often had to start again from scratch. Others were deported to one of the concentration camps or, if they were more 'lucky', to the model ghetto in Theresienstadt.
While there, music offered a welcome distraction from the harsh conditions and continuous fear. Most of them eventually perished, and all were almost forgotten after the war. Now they sound again…
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TRACKLIST
- Gustav Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn: XII. Urlicht (arr. Clytus Gottwald)
- Mischa Spoliansky Das Lila-Lied 02:51 (arr. Daniel Capelletti)
- Erwin Schulhoff Suite dansante en jazz, WV 98: Fox-Trot
- Kurt Weill Marie Galante: Youkali (arr. Daniel Capelletti)
- Mischa Spoliansky L'heure Bleue (arr. Daniel Capelletti)
- Alma Mahler-Werfel 5 Lieder: I. Die stille Stadt (arr. Clytus Gottwald)
- Ilse Weber Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt (arr. Winfried Radeke)
- Hanns Eisler & Kurt Tucholsky Der Graben (arr. Daniel Capelletti)
- Viktor Ullmann 3 Jiddische Lieder, Op. 53: No. 1, Berjoskele
- Gideon Klein Czech and Russian Folk Songs: Uz Mne Kone Vyvadeji
- Ilse Weber Wiegala (arr. Alain De Ley)
- Carlo Sigmund Taube Ein jüdisches Kind (arr. Daniel Capelletti)
- Gideon Klein Lullaby - Ukolébavka
- Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto, "Im Abendrot" (arr. Clytus Gottwald)
“Perfectly captured in the Malibran Hall of La Monnaie makes the intense and ad-rem interpretation by the Radiokoor all the more compelling, adding depth to the stories behind the tracks.”- de standaard