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Czech composer Hans Krása wrote Brundibár, a half hour children's opera, for performance at a Prague orphanage, but he was deported to Terezín before its premiere. A copy of the vocal score found its way to Terezín, and Krása reorchestrated it in 1943. The opera received over 50 performances by children in the camp before the composer was transported to Auschwitz and killed.
Koch's recording of Brundibár is notable for its use of Tony Kushner's engaging translation of Adolf Hoffmeister's libretto. The opera is performed here with adults in all the principal roles, with the Seattle Northwest Boychoir, and Gerard Schwarz conducting the Music of Remembrance orchestra. The singers approach their roles with disarming simplicity, with none of the mugging and garish sentimentality that can mar performances whose target audience is children. The result is an appealing and direct performance that's both musically and dramatically satisfying. The CD is filled out with Krása's lighthearted Overture for Small Orchestra, written while he was a prisoner at Terezín, and Lori Laitman's 1996 song cycle I Never Saw Another Butterfly. Laitman's touching and restrained setting of six poems written by children imprisoned at Terezín is a poignant tribute to the dignity of the children in the camp. Soprano Maureen McKay and clarinetist Laura DeLuca perform the songs with subtlety and intensity.
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Brundibar (Bumble-bee) (Sung in English) (Hans Krása)
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Hans Krása, Composer - Morgan Smith, Performer - Northwest Boychoir, Choir - Music of Remembrance, Ensemble - Ross Hauck, Performer - Maureen McKay, Performer - Jesse Parce, Performer - Evan Woltz, Performer - Jadd Davis, Performer - Michael Drumheller, Performer - Holly Boaz, Performer - David Korn, Performer - Auston James, Performer - Adolf Hoffmeister, Lyricist
2007 Naxos
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Hans Krása, Composer - Morgan Smith, Performer - Northwest Boychoir, Choir - Music of Remembrance, Ensemble - Ross Hauck, Performer - Maureen McKay, Performer - Jesse Parce, Performer - Evan Woltz, Performer - Jadd Davis, Performer - Michael Drumheller, Performer - Holly Boaz, Performer - David Korn, Performer - Auston James, Performer - Adolf Hoffmeister, Lyricist
2007 Naxos
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Hans Krása, Composer - Morgan Smith, Performer - Northwest Boychoir, Choir - Music of Remembrance, Ensemble - Ross Hauck, Performer - Maureen McKay, Performer - Jesse Parce, Performer - Evan Woltz, Performer - Jadd Davis, Performer - Michael Drumheller, Performer - Holly Boaz, Performer - David Korn, Performer - Auston James, Performer - Adolf Hoffmeister, Lyricist
2007 Naxos
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Hans Krása, Composer - Morgan Smith, Performer - Northwest Boychoir, Choir - Music of Remembrance, Ensemble - Ross Hauck, Performer - Maureen McKay, Performer - Jesse Parce, Performer - Evan Woltz, Performer - Jadd Davis, Performer - Michael Drumheller, Performer - Holly Boaz, Performer - David Korn, Performer - Auston James, Performer - Adolf Hoffmeister, Lyricist
2007 Naxos
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Hans Krása, Composer - Morgan Smith, Performer - Northwest Boychoir, Choir - Music of Remembrance, Ensemble - Ross Hauck, Performer - Maureen McKay, Performer - Jesse Parce, Performer - Evan Woltz, Performer - Jadd Davis, Performer - Michael Drumheller, Performer - Holly Boaz, Performer - David Korn, Performer - Auston James, Performer - Adolf Hoffmeister, Lyricist
2007 Naxos
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Hans Krása, Composer - Morgan Smith, Performer - Northwest Boychoir, Choir - Music of Remembrance, Ensemble - Ross Hauck, Performer - Maureen McKay, Performer - Jesse Parce, Performer - Evan Woltz, Performer - Jadd Davis, Performer - Michael Drumheller, Performer - Holly Boaz, Performer - David Korn, Performer - Auston James, Performer - Adolf Hoffmeister, Lyricist
2007 Naxos
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Hans Krása, Composer - Morgan Smith, Performer - Northwest Boychoir, Choir - Music of Remembrance, Ensemble - Ross Hauck, Performer - Maureen McKay, Performer - Jesse Parce, Performer - Evan Woltz, Performer - Jadd Davis, Performer - Michael Drumheller, Performer - Holly Boaz, Performer - David Korn, Performer - Auston James, Performer - Adolf Hoffmeister, Lyricist
2007 Naxos
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Hans Krása, Composer - Morgan Smith, Performer - Northwest Boychoir, Choir - Music of Remembrance, Ensemble - Ross Hauck, Performer - Maureen McKay, Performer - Jesse Parce, Performer - Evan Woltz, Performer - Jadd Davis, Performer - Michael Drumheller, Performer - Holly Boaz, Performer - David Korn, Performer - Auston James, Performer - Adolf Hoffmeister, Lyricist
2007 Naxos
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Hans Krása, Composer - Morgan Smith, Performer - Northwest Boychoir, Choir - Music of Remembrance, Ensemble - Ross Hauck, Performer - Maureen McKay, Performer - Jesse Parce, Performer - Evan Woltz, Performer - Jadd Davis, Performer - Michael Drumheller, Performer - Holly Boaz, Performer - David Korn, Performer - Auston James, Performer - Adolf Hoffmeister, Lyricist
2007 Naxos
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Hans Krása, Composer - Morgan Smith, Performer - Northwest Boychoir, Choir - Music of Remembrance, Ensemble - Ross Hauck, Performer - Maureen McKay, Performer - Jesse Parce, Performer - Evan Woltz, Performer - Jadd Davis, Performer - Michael Drumheller, Performer - Holly Boaz, Performer - David Korn, Performer - Auston James, Performer - Adolf Hoffmeister, Lyricist
2007 Naxos
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Hans Krása, Composer - Morgan Smith, Performer - Northwest Boychoir, Choir - Music of Remembrance, Ensemble - Ross Hauck, Performer - Maureen McKay, Performer - Jesse Parce, Performer - Evan Woltz, Performer - Jadd Davis, Performer - Michael Drumheller, Performer - Holly Boaz, Performer - David Korn, Performer - Auston James, Performer - Adolf Hoffmeister, Lyricist
2007 Naxos
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Hans Krása, Composer - Morgan Smith, Performer - Northwest Boychoir, Choir - Music of Remembrance, Ensemble - Ross Hauck, Performer - Maureen McKay, Performer - Jesse Parce, Performer - Evan Woltz, Performer - Jadd Davis, Performer - Michael Drumheller, Performer - Holly Boaz, Performer - David Korn, Performer - Auston James, Performer - Adolf Hoffmeister, Lyricist
2007 Naxos
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Hans Krása, Composer - Morgan Smith, Performer - Northwest Boychoir, Choir - Music of Remembrance, Ensemble - Ross Hauck, Performer - Maureen McKay, Performer - Jesse Parce, Performer - Evan Woltz, Performer - Jadd Davis, Performer - Michael Drumheller, Performer - Holly Boaz, Performer - David Korn, Performer - Auston James, Performer - Adolf Hoffmeister, Lyricist
2007 Naxos
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Hans Krása, Composer - Morgan Smith, Performer - Northwest Boychoir, Choir - Music of Remembrance, Ensemble - Ross Hauck, Performer - Maureen McKay, Performer - Jesse Parce, Performer - Evan Woltz, Performer - Jadd Davis, Performer - Michael Drumheller, Performer - Holly Boaz, Performer - David Korn, Performer - Auston James, Performer - Adolf Hoffmeister, Lyricist
2007 Naxos
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Hans Krása, Composer - Morgan Smith, Performer - Northwest Boychoir, Choir - Music of Remembrance, Ensemble - Ross Hauck, Performer - Maureen McKay, Performer - Jesse Parce, Performer - Evan Woltz, Performer - Jadd Davis, Performer - Michael Drumheller, Performer - Holly Boaz, Performer - David Korn, Performer - Auston James, Performer - Adolf Hoffmeister, Lyricist
2007 Naxos
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Hans Krása, Composer - Morgan Smith, Performer - Northwest Boychoir, Choir - Music of Remembrance, Ensemble - Ross Hauck, Performer - Maureen McKay, Performer - Jesse Parce, Performer - Evan Woltz, Performer - Jadd Davis, Performer - Michael Drumheller, Performer - Holly Boaz, Performer - David Korn, Performer - Auston James, Performer - Adolf Hoffmeister, Lyricist
2007 Naxos
Overture for Small Orchestra (Hans Krása)
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Craig Sheppard, Performer - Hans Krása, Composer - Music of Remembrance, Ensemble
2007 Naxos
I Never Saw Another Butterfly (Lori Laitman)
Lori Laitman, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Laura DeLuca, Performer - Pavel Friedmann, Lyricist - Miroslav Kosek, Lyricist - Hanus Lowy, Lyricist - Bachner, Lyricist - Franta Bass, Lyricist - Maureen McKay, Performer
2007 Naxos
Lori Laitman, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Laura DeLuca, Performer - Pavel Friedmann, Lyricist - Miroslav Kosek, Lyricist - Hanus Lowy, Lyricist - Bachner, Lyricist - Franta Bass, Lyricist - Maureen McKay, Performer
2007 Naxos
Lori Laitman, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Laura DeLuca, Performer - Pavel Friedmann, Lyricist - Miroslav Kosek, Lyricist - Hanus Lowy, Lyricist - Bachner, Lyricist - Franta Bass, Lyricist - Maureen McKay, Performer
2007 Naxos
Lori Laitman, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Laura DeLuca, Performer - Pavel Friedmann, Lyricist - Miroslav Kosek, Lyricist - Hanus Lowy, Lyricist - Bachner, Lyricist - Franta Bass, Lyricist - Maureen McKay, Performer
2007 Naxos
Lori Laitman, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Laura DeLuca, Performer - Pavel Friedmann, Lyricist - Miroslav Kosek, Lyricist - Hanus Lowy, Lyricist - Bachner, Lyricist - Franta Bass, Lyricist - Maureen McKay, Performer
2007 Naxos
Lori Laitman, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Laura DeLuca, Performer - Pavel Friedmann, Lyricist - Miroslav Kosek, Lyricist - Hanus Lowy, Lyricist - Bachner, Lyricist - Franta Bass, Lyricist - Maureen McKay, Performer
2007 Naxos
Album review
Czech composer Hans Krása wrote Brundibár, a half hour children's opera, for performance at a Prague orphanage, but he was deported to Terezín before its premiere. A copy of the vocal score found its way to Terezín, and Krása reorchestrated it in 1943. The opera received over 50 performances by children in the camp before the composer was transported to Auschwitz and killed.
Koch's recording of Brundibár is notable for its use of Tony Kushner's engaging translation of Adolf Hoffmeister's libretto. The opera is performed here with adults in all the principal roles, with the Seattle Northwest Boychoir, and Gerard Schwarz conducting the Music of Remembrance orchestra. The singers approach their roles with disarming simplicity, with none of the mugging and garish sentimentality that can mar performances whose target audience is children. The result is an appealing and direct performance that's both musically and dramatically satisfying. The CD is filled out with Krása's lighthearted Overture for Small Orchestra, written while he was a prisoner at Terezín, and Lori Laitman's 1996 song cycle I Never Saw Another Butterfly. Laitman's touching and restrained setting of six poems written by children imprisoned at Terezín is a poignant tribute to the dignity of the children in the camp. Soprano Maureen McKay and clarinetist Laura DeLuca perform the songs with subtlety and intensity.
© TiVo
Details of original recording : 53:39 - DDD - Enregistré les 15, 8 & 7 mai 2006 à Benaroya Hall, Seattle - Notes et textes chantés en anglais
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 23 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:36
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Gerard Schwarz
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Classical
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