Music by composers affected by or inspired by the Holocaust.
Texts to the 1st work by Aleksander Kulisiewicz.
The 1st and 5th works commissioned by Music of Remembrance.
Durations of individual movements of the 1st, 3rd, and 4th works listed on insert.
Program notes in English and texts to 1st work in Polish with English translations on insert.
Camp songs / Paul Schoenfield -- Serenata / Robert Dauber (3:08) -- Five pieces for string quartet / Erwin Schulhoff -- Sonata for flute and piano / Herman Berlinski -- A vanished world / David Stock (12:16).
Erich Parce (1st work), baritone ; Julie Mirel (1st work), mezzo-soprano ; Laura Deluca (1st work), clarinet ; Mikhail Shmidt (1st, 3rd works), Leonid Keylin (2nd, 3rd works), violin ; David Tonkonogui (1st work), Mara Finkelstein (3rd work), violoncello (1st work) ; Jonathan Green, double bass (1st work) ; Paul Schoenfield (1st work), Mina Miller (2nd, 4th works), piano ; Susan Gulkis Asadi (3rd, 5th works), viola ; Jody Schwarz (4th, 5th works), flute ; Valerie Muzzolini (5th work), harp.
Recorded in the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, June 24-26, 2002.
The 1st work in Polish.
Copy 2 acquired as part of Professor David Bloch collection.