Name: Krasa: Brundibar / Laitman: I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Gerard Schwarz
Brand: Gerard Schwarz
SKU: 747313011971
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Overture for Small Orchestra - Hans Krása
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Overture for Small Orchestra

Craig Sheppard

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I Never Saw Another Butterfly - Lori Laitman
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No. 1. The Butterfly

Maureen Mckay

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No. 2. Yes, That's the Way Things Are

Maureen Mckay

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No. 3. Birdsong

Maureen Mckay

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No. 4. The Garden

Maureen Mckay

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No. 5. Man Proposes, God Disposes

Maureen Mckay

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No. 6. The Old House

Maureen Mckay

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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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Krasa: Brundibar / Laitman: I Never Saw Another Butterfly

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Volume 1

1. Brundibar (Bumble-bee) (Sung in English): Act I Scene 1: Down our street a little band (Windows, Pepicek, Aninku)

2. Brundibar (Bumble-bee) (Sung in English): Act I Scene 2: My ice-cream's so cold it burns! (Ice-Cream Seller)

3. Brundibar (Bumble-bee) (Sung in English): Act I Scene 3: Gather round the ice-cream seller (Windows, Baker, Milkman)

4. Brundibar (Bumble-bee) (Sung in English): Act I Scene 4: Hey milkman ring your bell (Windows, Pepicek, Aninku, Milkman)

5. Brundibar (Bumble-bee) (Sung in English): Act I Scene 5: Everything in life costs money (Policeman, Aninku, Pepicek)

6. Brundibar (Bumble-bee) (Sung in English): Act I Scene 6: Look at the people (Aninku, Pepicek, Policeman)

7. Brundibar (Bumble-bee) (Sung in English): Act I Scene 7: When the winter wind came blowing (Aninku, Pepicek, Milkman, Ice-Cream Seller, Baker, Brundibar, Policeman)

8. Brundibar (Bumble-bee) (Sung in English): Act I Scene 8: Little Children, how I hate 'em (Brundibar, Aninku, Pepicek, Sparrow, Cat, Dog)

9. Brundibar (Bumble-bee) (Sung in English): Serenade

10. Brundibar (Bumble-bee) (Sung in English): Act II Scene 1: One of my tricks (Sparrow, Cat, Dog, Pepicek, Aninku)

11. Brundibar (Bumble-bee) (Sung in English): Act II Scene 2: Rooster crows cock-a-doo (Aninku, Pepicek, Dog, Cat, Sparrow)

12. Brundibar (Bumble-bee) (Sung in English): Act II Scene 3: Marty flings the curtains wide (Windows)

13. Brundibar (Bumble-bee) (Sung in English): Act II Scene 4, "The March of the Schoolchildren": Children Stop (Dog, Cat, Sparrow, Schoolchildren)

14. Brundibar (Bumble-bee) (Sung in English): Act II Scene 5: Morning, people, here's a bargain (Brundibar, Dog, Cat, Aninku, Pepicek, Sparrow)

15. Brundibar (Bumble-bee) (Sung in English): Act II Scene 6: In the basement, down below (Aninku, Pepicek, Schoolchildren, Milkman, Brundibar)

16. Brundibar (Bumble-bee) (Sung in English): Act II Scene 7: Trombone and kettle drum! (All)

Volume 2

1. Overture for Small Orchestra

Volume 3

1. I Never Saw Another Butterfly: No. 1. The Butterfly

2. I Never Saw Another Butterfly: No. 2. Yes, That's the Way Things Are

3. I Never Saw Another Butterfly: No. 3. Birdsong

4. I Never Saw Another Butterfly: No. 4. The Garden

5. I Never Saw Another Butterfly: No. 5. Man Proposes, God Disposes

6. I Never Saw Another Butterfly: No. 6. The Old House

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