Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore - Silenced - Unsung Voices of the 20th Century (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Silenced – Unsung Voices of the 20th Century, featuring tenor Ian Koziara and pianist Bradley Moore, shines a light on art songs by Franz Schreker, Vítězslava Kaprálová, Viktor Ullmann, and Alexander von Zemlinsky, whose musical achievements were overshadowed by the oppression of the Third Reich. This album marks the first tenor-voice recording for almost all of these rare songs.

Described as “an exciting Wagner tenor” (New York Times) and “a wonderful artist” (Washington Post), Chicago native Ian Koziara has performed at leading venues including the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, Glimmerglass, Teatro La Fenice, and Opéra 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 Hölderlin-Lieder and Drei Lieder, Op. 37 during his internment at the Terezin concentration camp.

Vítězslava Káprálová (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. Káprálová possessed extraordinary talent and technical virtuosity, and her passion for song and poetry are reflected on this program in sets such as Dvě písně, Op. 4 and Jablko s klína, Op. 10. Tragically, Káprálová’s career was cut short by her untimely death at age 25.

Tracklist:
01. I. Unendliche Liebe
02. II. Frühling
03. III. Wohl fühl ich wie das Leben rinnt
04. I. Jitro
05. II. Osiřelý
06. I. Schnitterlied
07. II. Säerspruch
08. III. Die Schweizer
09. I. Píseň na vrbovou píšťalku
10. II. Ukolébavka
11. III. Bezvětří
12. IV. Jarní pouť
13. I. Turmwächterlied
14. II. Und hat der Tag all seine Qual
15. III. Mit Trommeln und Pfeifen
16. IV. Tod in Aehren
17. Zemlinsky- Herbsten
18. Schwer ist’s, das Schöne zu lassen
19. I. Navždy
20. II. Čím je můj žal
21. III. Ruce
22. I. Sonnenuntergang
23. II. Der Frühling
24. III. Abendphantasie
25. Sbohem a šáteček Op. 14


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