Silenced - Unsung Voices of the 20th Century

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Label
Cedille
Release Date
September 6, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Vitezslava Kapralova, Franz Schreker, Viktor Ullmann, Alexander von Zemlinsky
    • PERFORMER
      Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 06, 2024
    • UPC
      735131923125
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CDR 231
    • LABEL
      Cedille
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 2. Unendliche Liebe

      Composer: Franz Schreker

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    2. No. 1. Fruhling

      Composer: Franz Schreker

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    3. No. 3. Wohl fuhl' ich, wie das Leben rinnt

      Composer: Franz Schreker

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    4. No. 1. Jitro (Morning)

      Composer: Vítězslava Kaprálová

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    5. No. 2. Osiřelý (Orphaned)

      Composer: Vítězslava Kaprálová

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    6. No. 1. Schnitterlied (Harvester's song)

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    7. No. 2. Säerspruch (The sower's message)

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    8. No. 3. Die Schweizer (The Swiss Guard)

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    9. No. 1. Pisen na vrbovou pistalku (Song on a Willow Fife)

      Composer: Vítězslava Kaprálová

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    10. No. 2. Ukolebavka (Lullaby)

      Composer: Vítězslava Kaprálová

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    11. No. 3. Bezvetri (Calm)

      Composer: Vítězslava Kaprálová

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    12. No. 4. Jarni pout (Spring Fair)

      Composer: Vítězslava Kaprálová

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    13. No. 1. Turmwachterlied

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    14. No. 2. Und hat der Tag all seine Qual

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    15. No. 3. Mit Trommeln und Pfeifen

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    16. No. 4. Tod in Ahren

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    17. Herbsten

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    18. Élégien, Op. 8: No. 2. Schwer ist's, das Schöne zu lassen

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    19. No. 1. Navždy

      Composer: Vítězslava Kaprálová

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    20. No. 2. Čím je můj žal

      Composer: Vítězslava Kaprálová

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    21. No. 3. Ruce

      Composer: Vítězslava Kaprálová

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    22. No. 1. Sonnenuntergang (Sunset)

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    23. No. 2. Der Frühling (Spring)

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    24. No. 3. Abendphantasie (Evening Fantasy)

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore

    25. Sbohem a šáteček (Waving Farewell), Op. 14 (version for voice and piano)

      Composer: Vítězslava Kaprálová

      Performer: Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore


Silenced - Unsung Voices of the 20th Century, featuring tenor Ian Koziara and pianist Bradley Moore, shines a light on art songs by composers Franz Schreker, Vitezslava Kapralova, Viktor Ullmann, and Alexander von Zemlinsky, whose musical achievements were overshadowed by the oppression of the Third Reich. This recording marks the first time many of these art songs, traditionally performed by sopranos, are being recorded in the tenor voice.

Described as "an exciting Wagner tenor" (New York Times) and "a wonderful artist" (Washington Post), Chicago native Ian Koziara has performed at leading venues worldwide, including the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, Glimmerglass, Teatro La Fenice, and Opera National du Capitole, among others. He sings regularly at Oper Frankfurt, where he recently starred in Franz Schreker's Der ferne Klang.

Bradley Moore has served as associate Music Director at the Houston Grand Opera and assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera and Salzburg Festival. He has performed as a piano soloist with orchestras including the National Symphony Orchestra and Buffalo Philharmonic, and has collaborated in recital with artists such as Renée Fleming and Susan Graham.

This recording explores the operatic and chromatically rich German harmonies of early 20th-century composers Franz Schreker (1878-1934) and Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942), alongside the esoteric textures of Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944), who wrote his Holderlin-Lieder and Drei Lieder, Op. 37 during his internment at the Terezin concentration camp. Vitezslava Kapralova (1915-1940), the least known and shortest-lived composer on the program, was a trailblazer as the first Czech woman to become a professional conductor and the first woman ever to conduct the Czech Philharmonic. Kapralova possessed extraordinary talent and technical virtuosity, and her passion for song and poetry are reflected on this program in sets such as Dve pisne, Op. 4 and Jablko s klina, Op. 10. Tragically, Kapralova's career was cut short by her untimely death at age 25.