IDAGIO | Glanzberg: In Memoriam – Lieder & Chamber Music 4039767000851

Featuring

Heinrich Martin
Markus Bellheim
Jakob Johannes Koch
Norbert Glanzberg

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Recording & Production

The recording of the Lieder cycle In memoriam and the Suite Yiddish was made in a single morning, without editing, under Glanzberg's direction.

Cultural Impact

Norbert Glanzberg's Suite Yiddish aims to evoke the feeling of 'hearing' a painting by Marc Chagall, keeping alive the memory of a world lost through violence.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Glanzberg's Lieder cycle In memoriam allowed him to process his traumatic experiences as a Holocaust survivor, a subject he had avoided in his music for decades.

Compositional Technique

In his In memoriam cycle, Glanzberg revitalized the late Romantic-era piano Lieder style, using 'tonic euphony' in stark contrast to the distressing poetry lyrics as a beacon of hope.

Recording & Production

This album features the very last recording of Norbert Glanzberg's works personally authorized by the composer, with master tapes believed lost for many years.

Historical Context

Glanzberg's Suite Yiddish for two pianos was influenced by stories his mother told him during his childhood in Würzburg and by Nobel Prize-winning author Isaac B. Singer.

Composer Biography

Norbert Glanzberg, a music star of the 'Roaring Twenties' in Berlin, composed international hits for stars like Edith Piaf, Yves Montand, and Petula Clark.