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Spiritual Resistance - Music from Theresienstadt

Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) & Russell Ryan (piano)

Spiritual Resistance - Music from Theresienstadt
The performances capture the contrasting moods of each song beautifully. Wolfgang Holzmair is closely miked but not too much to the detriment of his highly sensitive partner and technically...

MusicWeb International, November 2009

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Spiritual Resistance - Music from Theresienstadt

Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) & Russell Ryan (piano)

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The performances capture the contrasting moods of each song beautifully. Wolfgang Holzmair is closely miked but not too much to the detriment of his highly sensitive partner and technically...

MusicWeb International, November 2009

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This latest disc on Bridge presents music from Theresienstadt, located in what is now the Czech Republic, once a Nazi Germany concentration camp to sequester the country’s Jewish population in 1941. Two generations of composers are represented in this remarkable collection - those that came of age after World War I and those who were just finishing their studies when Germany invaded their home land.

The superb Austrian baritone, Wolfgang Holzmair performs in both Czech and German. Wolfgang Holzmair and Russell Ryan can also be heard on “Songs of Franz Schreker” (BRIDGE9259).

  • Release date: 29th Jun 2009
  • Label: Bridge
  • Catalogue number: BRIDGE9280
  • Length: 74 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Haas, P: 4 Písně na slova čínské poezie
Work length14:07
No. 1, Zaslech jsem divoké husy
Track length3:02
No. 2, V bambusovém háji
Track length2:12
No. 3, Daleko měsíc je domova
Track length5:07
No. 4, Probděná noc
Track length3:46
Berman: Reminiscences (Excerpts)
Work length3:01
  • Russell Ryan
II. Family, Home
Track length3:01
Krasa: 5 Lieder, Op. 4
Work length4:57
No. 1, Ihr Mädchen seid wie die Gärten
Track length0:59
No. 2, An die Brüder
Track length0:51
No. 3, Mach, dass etwas uns geschieht
Track length1:04
No. 4, Die Liebe
Track length0:56
No. 5, Vice versa
Track length1:07
Berman: Reminiscences (Excerpts)
Work length4:58
  • Russell Ryan
III. March 15, 1939, Occupation
Track length4:58
Ullmann, V: Der Mensch und sein Tag, Op. 47
Work length14:19
No. 1, Gang in den Morgen
Track length0:57
No. 2, Gesang
Track length0:59
No. 3, Heimat
Track length1:07
No. 4, Der Liebsten
Track length0:51
No. 5, Blüten
Track length0:43
No. 6, In der Stube
Track length1:43
No. 7, Der Nachbar
Track length0:48
No. 8, Gebete
Track length1:18
No. 9, Im Walde
Track length1:14
No. 10, Verdämmern
Track length1:39
No. 11, Nacht
Track length1:32
No. 12, Stille
Track length1:28
Berman: Reminiscences (Excerpts)
Work length1:14
  • Russell Ryan
IV. Factory, Germany
Track length1:14
Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt
Work length0:59
Schul: Die Nischt-Gewesenen, Op. 9b No. 1
Work length1:32
Ullmann, V: Chinesische Lieder
Work length3:25
No. 2, Der müde Soldat
Track length3:25
Berman: Reminiscences (Excerpts)
Work length2:32
  • Russell Ryan
V. Auschwitz, Corpse Factory
Track length2:32
Klein, Gideon: 3 Songs, Op. 1
Work length10:05
No. 1, Vodotrysk
Track length2:13
No. 2, Polivina života
Track length2:54
No. 3, Soumrak
Track length4:58
Berman: Reminiscences (Excerpts)
Work length1:25
  • Russell Ryan
VI. Typhus in the Kauffering Concentration Camp
Track length1:25
Ullmann, V: 3 Lieder, Op. 37
Work length6:30
No. 1, Schnitterlied
Track length1:33
No. 2, Säerspruch
Track length1:45
No. 3, Die Schweizer
Track length3:12
Berman: Reminiscences (Excerpts)
Work length3:49
  • Russell Ryan
VIII. New Life
Track length3:49
Klein, Gideon: Ukolébavka
Work length1:56

Awards and reviews

November 2009

The performances capture the contrasting moods of each song beautifully. Wolfgang Holzmair is closely miked but not too much to the detriment of his highly sensitive partner and technically superb Russell Ryan whose role one could easily overlook as the accompaniments are not necessarily virtuosic.
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