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1 online resource (1 audio file) |
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On the shores of Utopia. Die koschere mischpoche! = The kosher family / Viennese broadside (2:24) ; Maz'l = Good fortune / Abraham Ellstein, Molly Picon (2:45) ; Dos pintele yid = The quintessential Jew / Arnold Perlmutter, Herman Wohl, Louis Gilrod (2:29) -- Dreams from yesterday and tomorrow. From Die Herzogin von Chicago = The duchess of Chicago : 1928. Wir Ladies aus Amerika = We ladies from America / Emmerich Kálman ; libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald (3:02) ; from The constant nymph : 1943. Tomorrow / Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Margaret Kennedy (4:20) ; from Die Blume von Hawai'i : 1931. Kann nicht küssen ohne Liebe = Without love there are no kisses / Paul Abraham, Alfred Grünwald, Fritz Löhner-Beda (3:22) -- Dreamworlds. Die Novaks aus Prag = The Novaks from Prague / Hermann Leopoldi, Kurt Robitschek (3:56) ; Composers' revolution in heaven / Hermann Leopoldi, Robert Gilbert (4:44) ; Money macht froh! = Money makes you happy! / Hermann Leopoldi, Theodor Waldau (3:59) -- Between Traum and trauma. Theresienstadt potpourri : Aus der Familie der Sträusse = From the Strauss family / Leo Strauss, piano concept by Ilya Levinson (5:55) ; from Solo-cantata. Immer inmitten... = Forever on the way... (2:34) ; Vor der Ewigkeit = Before eternity (4:21) / Viktor Ullmann ; poems by Hans Günter Adler -- |
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Rauschtraum. Café Brasil = Café Brazil / Hermann Leopoldi, Peter Herz, Erwin Spahn ; English lyrics by Stewart Figa (2:54) ; I bin a stiller Zecher = I'm a quiet boozer / Hermann Leopoldi, Salpeter (4:15) ; Wenn der Ungar lustig ist...! = If the Hungarian is happy...! / Hermann Leopoldi, Salpeter (Karl Pollach), Berndt-Hofer (4:56) -- Viennese Träumerei. In einem kleinen Café in Hernals = In a little café in Hernals (3:06) ; Wo der Teufel gute Nacht sagt = Where the devil says good night (3:49) / Hermann Leopoldi, Peter Herz -- Dreams of stardom. A brivele der mam'n = A letter from Mother / Solomon Shmulowitz (2:39) ; from Bar mitzvah : 1935. Erlekh zayn = Be virtuous / Boris Thomashefsky, Philip Laskowsy (3:11) -- Hollywood elegy. Five elegies from the Hollywooder Liederbuch = Hollywood songbook : 1942-43. Unter den grünen Pfefferbäumen = Under the green pepper trees ; Die Stadt ist nach den Engeln genannt = The city is named after the angels ; Jeden Morgen, mein Brot zu verdienen = In order to earn my daily bread each morning ; Diese Stadt hat mich belehrt = This city taught me. In den Hügeln wird Gold gefunden = Gold is found in the hills / Hanns Eisler, Bertolt Brecht (5:39) ; from the Hollywood songbook. L'automne californien = Autumn in California / Hanns Eisler, Berthold Viertel (2:42) -- Future dreams. Friling = Springtime / Avrom Brudno, Shmerke Kaczerginski (3:45) ; from the film, Mamele : 1938. Ikh zing = I sing / Abraham Ellstein, Molly Picon (3:25) -- From the ruins of dystopia. From Billy Wilder's A foreign affair : 1948. Black market (4:13) ; Illusions (3:37) ; The ruins of Berlin (2:34) / Friedrich Holländer |
| Credits |
Jim Ginsburg, producer |
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New Budapest Orpheum Society (Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano ; Philip Bohlman, artistic director, narrator ; Stewart Figa, baritone ; Danny Howard, percussion ; Iordanka Kissiova, violin ; Mark Sonksen, bass ; Don Stille, accordion ; Ilya Levinson, music director, arranger, piano) |
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Recorded 2014 March 10, 11, 13, 14 Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio, WFMT Chicago |
| Notes |
Sung in German, Yiddish, English, and Viennese dialect |
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Hard copy version record |
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Jews -- Music.
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Musicals -- Excerpts
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Popular music.
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Motion picture music -- Excerpts.
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Songs with piano.
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Jews
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Motion picture music -- Excerpts
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Musicals -- Excerpts
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Popular music
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Songs with piano
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Streaming audio
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excerpts.
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Music
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Excerpts
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Music.
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Excerpts.
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Musique.
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Extraits.
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Streaming audio
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Levinson, Ilya, arranger of music, conductor, instrumentalist
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Container of (work): Ellstein, Abraham, 1907-1963.
Songs. Selections.
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Container of (work): Perlmutter, Arnold, 1859-1953.
Pintele Yid
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Container of (work): Kálmán, Emmerich, 1882-1953.
Herzogin von Chicago. Wir Ladies aus Amerika
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Container of (work): Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957.
Constant nymph. Tomorrow
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Container of (work): Abraham, Paul, 1892-1960.
Blume von Hawaii. Kann nicht küssen ohne Liebe.
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Container of (work): Leopoldi, Hermann, 1888-1959.
Songs. Selections
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Container of (work): Ullmann, Viktor.
Immer inmitten.
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Container of (work): Small, Solomon, 1868-1943.
Briṿele der mamen.
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Container of (work): Eisler, Hanns, 1898-1962.
Songs. Selections.
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Container of (work): Brudno, Avrom, -1943.
Friling
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Container of (work): Hollaender, Friedrich.
Foreign affair. Selections
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New Budapest Orpheum Society (Musical group), performer.
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