Terezín - Theresienstadt Explained

Terezín / Theresienstadt
Type:	studio
Artist:	Anne Sofie von Otter
Cover:	Terezín - Theresienstadt (Anne Sofie von Otter album).jpg
Released:	August 13, 2007
Genre:	Classical music
Length:	01:11:30
Label:	Deutsche Grammophon
Producer:	Sid McLauchlan
Prev Title:	Noël
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	Love Songs
Next Year:	2010

Terezín – Theresienstadt is a 2007 recital album by mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, her regular pianist Bengt Forsberg and guests.^{[1] [2]} Von Otter is accompanied by baritone Christian Gerhaher in some of the songs and Daniel Hope concludes the disc with Erwin Schulhoff's sonata for solo violin.^{[3] [4]}

Overview

The album starts with Theresienstadt cabaret songs by Ilse Weber, Karel Švenk and Martin Roman (one of the very few who survived the camps), as well as classical composers Hans Krása, Viktor Ullmann, Pavel Haas, and Erwin Schulhoff.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Diapason 2007 – issues 548–553 – p. 123 ""
2. BBC Music Magazine – Volume 16, issues 7–12, p. 7, 2008 " ... notes and song lyrics is frustrating in the case of recitals such as Anne Sofie Von Otter's Terezin/Theresienstadt."
3. The Gramophone 2007 – Volume 85, issues 1020–1023 – p. 142 "Terezin / Theresienstadt Anne Sofie von Otter and friends DG As Patrick O'Connor suggests, this is an album that transcends criticism and must be heard. The tale of Theresienstadt is as ..."
4. Opernwelt – Volume 49 – 2008 – p. 131 ""
5. http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/terez%C3%ADn-music-from-theresienstadt-mr0002675825 Allmusic com review
6. 2007 International Record Review – Volume 8, issue 1 – p. 75 "Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo); Christian Gerhaher (baritone); Hausmann (clarinet); Daniel Hope (violin) ... Theresienstadt or Terezin was the concentration camp some kilometres from Prague to which the Nazis deported the Jewish community of that ... Anne Sofie von Otter has the pianist Bengt Forsberg for the lullabv Wiegala and its hint of Schubert is almost unendurable."