Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore – Silenced – Unsung Voices of the 20th Century (2024) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Ian Koziara, Bradley Moore – Silenced – Unsung Voices of the 20th Century (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:41 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Classical
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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. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – I. Unendliche Liebe (01:55)
02. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – II. Frühling (01:41)
03. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – III. Wohl fühl ich wie das Leben rinnt (03:19)
04. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – I. Jitro (02:03)
05. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – II. Osiřelý (02:32)
06. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – I. Schnitterlied (01:11)
07. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – II. Säerspruch (01:58)
08. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – III. Die Schweizer (02:40)
09. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – I. Píseň na vrbovou píšťalku (01:29)
10. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – II. Ukolébavka (02:04)
11. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – III. Bezvětří (01:52)
12. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – IV. Jarní pouť (02:44)
13. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – I. Turmwächterlied (06:40)
14. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – II. Und hat der Tag all seine Qual (03:56)
15. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – III. Mit Trommeln und Pfeifen (02:02)
16. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – IV. Tod in Aehren (03:33)
17. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – Zemlinsky: Herbsten (01:34)
18. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – Schwer ist’s, das Schöne zu lassen (04:32)
19. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – I. Navždy (02:28)
20. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – II. Čím je můj žal (02:21)
21. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – III. Ruce (01:39)
22. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – I. Sonnenuntergang (01:36)
23. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – II. Der Frühling (01:35)
24. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – III. Abendphantasie (05:18)
25. Ian Koziara & Bradley Moore – Sbohem a šáteček Op. 14 (05:46)

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