Terezín: Music from Theresienstadt

1	Ich wandre durch Theresie
2	Under an umbrella
3	Anything goes!
4	Ade, Kamerad!
5	Und der Regen rinnt
6	Ich weiss bestimmt, ich w
7	Terezín-Lied
8	Wir reiten auf hölzemen P
9	Wiegala
10	Quatrain
11	Sensation
12	Friends
13	Ein jüdisches Kind
14	Birch tree
15	Six Sonnets, Op. 34: Sonn
16	Six Sonnets, Op. 34: Sonn
17	Six Sonnets, Op. 34: Sonn
18	Songs (4) on Chinese Poet
19	Songs (4) on Chinese Poet
20	Songs (4) on Chinese Poet
21	Songs (4) on Chinese Poet
22	Sonata for Solo Violin: A
23	Sonata for Solo Violin: A
24	Sonata for Solo Violin: S
25	Sonata for Solo Violin: F
Terezín: Music from Theresienstadt
1.	Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt 2:38
	Composed by Ilse Weber
	Performed by Bengt Forsberg, Anne Sofie von Otter and Bebe Risenfors
2.	Pod destnikem (Under an Umbrella) 3:10
	Composed by Karel Svenk
	Performed by Bengt Forsberg, Anne Sofie von Otter and Bebe Risenfors
3.	Vsechno jde! (Anything Goes!) "Terezin March" 2:16
	Composed by Karel Svenk
	Performed by Bengt Forsberg, Anne Sofie von Otter and Bebe Risenfors
4.	Ade, Kamerad! (Farewell, My Friend!) 2:22
	Composed by Ilse Weber
	Performed by Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber
5.	Und der Regen rinnt (And the Rain Runs) 1:47
	Composed by Ilse Weber
	Performed by Bengt Forsberg, Anne Sofie von Otter and Bebe Risenfors
6.	Ich weiß bestimmt, ich werd dich wiedersehn! (I Know for Certain that I Shall See You Again!) 3:19
	Composed by Adolf Strauss
	Performed by Bengt Forsberg and Anne Sofie von Otter
7.	Terezín-Lied (Terezín Song), after the song "Komm mit nach Varassin" from Kélmén's operetta "Gräfin Maritza" 2:55
	Composed by Anonymous
	Performed by Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber
8.	Wir reiten auf hölzernen Pferden 4:12
	Composed by Martin Roman
	Performed by Bengt Forsberg and Anne Sofie von Otter
9.	Wiegala 2:35
	Composed by Ilse Weber
	Performed by Anne Sofie von Otter and Bebe Risenfors
10.	Songs (3) for voice, clarinet, viola & cello: No. 1, Quatrain 1:40
	Composed by Hans Krása
	Performed by Philip Dukes, Ib Hausmann, Christian Gerhaher and Josephine Knight
11.	Songs (3) for voice, clarinet, viola & cello: No. 2, Excitement 2:00
	Composed by Hans Krása
	Performed by Philip Dukes, Ib Hausmann, Christian Gerhaher and Josephine Knight
12.	Songs (3) for voice, clarinet, viola & cello: No. 3, Friends 1:26
	Composed by Hans Krása
	Performed by Philip Dukes, Ib Hausmann, Christian Gerhaher and Josephine Knight
13.	Ein jüdische Kind for 2 voices & piano 2:43
	Composed by Carlo Taube
	Performed by Bengt Forsberg, Anne Sofie von Otter and Ib Hausmann
14.	Yiddish Songs (3): Beryozkele (Birch Tree) 5:21
	Composed by Viktor Ullmann
	Performed by Bengt Forsberg and Anne Sofie von Otter
15.	Clere Venus (Sonnets of Louďze Labé), Op. 34/1 3:36
	Composed by Viktor Ullmann
	Performed by Bengt Forsberg and Anne Sofie von Otter
16.	On voit mourir (Sonnets of Louďze Labé), Op. 34/2 2:38
	Composed by Viktor Ullmann
	Performed by Bengt Forsberg and Anne Sofie von Otter
17.	I vis, ie meurs (Sonnets of Louďze Labé), Op. 34/3 1:31
	Composed by Viktor Ullmann
	Performed by Bengt Forsberg and Anne Sofie von Otter
18.	Songs (4) on Chinese Poetry 13:22
	Composed by Pavel Haas
	Performed by Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber and Bebe Risenfors
19.	Sonata for solo violin 11:59
	Composed by Erwin Schulhoff
	Performed by Daniel Hope

All Music Guide

The idea for this collection of music written by prisoners at Theresienstadt, or Terezín, grew out of Anne Sofie von Otter's performance at the 2000 International Forum on the Holocaust. The music here represents only a small fraction of what was written and performed at the camp, much of which has been lost. Terezín served as the Nazi's model camp, in which artists were allowed to create new works put on display for the international public as a proof of the humane treatment of prisoners. The performances only masked the hard labor and malnutrition the prisoners suffered when they were not on public display, and most of them died there or went to their deaths in other camps. The awareness of the tragedy behind the music heightens its poignancy. Perhaps most moving are the songs that directly address the prisoners' suffering -- Ilse Weber's "I wandre durch Theresienstadt" and "Ade, Kamerad!," Karel Svenk's "Anything goes!," and the bitterly ironic "Terezín Song," set to a merry tune from the operetta "Gräfin Maritza." Weber's songs have the sweet simplicity of Schubert, and her lullaby, "Weigala," which she sang as she joined a group of children being taken to their deaths, is almost unbearably poignant. The works by the best-known Theresienstadt composers -- Hans Krása, Viktor Ullmann, Pavel Haas, and Erwin Schulhoff -- are at an entirely different level of compositional sophistication than the folk-like or cabaret style songs of the others, but they are no less deeply felt. The performances are uniformly of the highest quality. Von Otter and baritone Christian Gerhaher sing with extraordinary purity, tonal radiance, and intensity. Pianist Bengt Forsberg accompanies them with comparable eloquence and sensitivity. Daniel Hope gives an impassioned performance of Schulhoff's "Sonata for solo violin." Deutsche Grammophon's sound is clean, lively, and present, with excellent balance. Stephen Eddins

New York Times

Ms. von Otter and Christian Gerhaher sing with heartfelt simplicity, sensitively accompanied by the pianists Bengt Forsberg and Gerold Huber. Vivien Schweitzer