Breaking the Silence

[Machine Translation] The works on this album are by composers who in the 1930s were branded by Nazi Germany as "degenerate music" because they were considered "harmful or decadent. The music on this album seems to reflect the cries of those who lost their lives in concentration camps, such as Schulhoff and Ullmann, and those who were successful in exile, such as Korngold, but were unable to forget their homeland. The last piece by Zahavi is based on a poem by Hanna Senesh, a female poet who also lost her life in a concentration camp. Even though there is no poem, the sadness and sadness of the poet can be felt in this piece. The Clarion Quartet is an ensemble of musicians from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. They gave a concert of these pieces at the Terezin concentration camp in 2016 and impressed people.

Note: This is an import edition (manufactured outside of Japan).

このアルバムに収録されたのは1930年代にナチス・ドイツが"有害、または退廃的である"とみなし、"退廃音楽"の烙印を押した作曲家の作品群。シュルホフやウルマンのように強制収容所に送られ命を落とした人や、コルンゴルトのように亡命し、その地で成功したものの、故郷を忘れることができなかった人たちの心の叫びが反映されたかのような曲が収録されている。最後に収録されたザハヴィの曲は、やはり強制収容所で命を落とした女性詩人、ハンナ・セネシュの詩を元に書かれた作品。詩はなくともその悲しみ、やるせなさが伝わる。クラリオン四重奏団は、ピッツバーグ交響楽団の楽員によるアンサンブル。彼らは2016年にテレジン強制収容所でこれらの曲のコンサートを行い、人々に感銘を与えた。