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Table of Contents:
- Disc 1. On the shores of Utopia. Die koschere mischpoche! = The kosher family / Viennese broadside (2:24) ; Maz'l = Good fortune / Abraham Ellstein, Molly Picon (2:45) ; Dos pintele yid = The quintessential Jew / Arnold Perlmutter, Herman Wohl, Louis Gilrod (2:29)
- Dreams from yesterday and tomorrow. From Die Herzogin von Chicago = The duchess of Chicago : 1928. Wir Ladies aus Amerika = We ladies from America / Emmerich Kálman ; libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald (3:02) ; from The constant nymph : 1943. Tomorrow / Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Margaret Kennedy (4:20) ; from Die Blume von Hawai'i : 1931. Kann nicht küssen ohne Liebe = Without love there are no kisses / Paul Abraham, Alfred Grünwald, Fritz Löhner-Beda (3:22)
- Dreamworlds. Die Novaks aus Prag = The Novaks from Prague / Hermann Leopoldi, Kurt Robitschek (3:56) ; Composers' revolution in heaven / Hermann Leopoldi, Robert Gilbert (4:44) ; Money macht froh! = Money makes you happy! / Hermann Leopoldi, Theodor Waldau (3:59)
- Between Traum and trauma. Theresienstadt potpourri : Aus der Familie der Sträusse = From the Strauss family / Leo Strauss, piano concept by Ilya Levinson (5:55) ; from Solo-cantata. Immer inmitten... = Forever on the way... (2:34) ; Vor der Ewigkeit = Before eternity (4:21) / Viktor Ullmann ; poems by Hans Günter Adler
- Disc 2. Rauschtraum. Café Brasil = Café Brazil / Hermann Leopoldi, Peter Herz, Erwin Spahn ; English lyrics by Stewart Figa (2:54) ; I bin a stiller Zecher = I'm a quiet boozer / Hermann Leopoldi, Salpeter (4:15) ; Wenn der Ungar lustig ist...! = If the Hungarian is happy...! / Hermann Leopoldi, Salpeter (Karl Pollach), Berndt-Hofer (4:56)
- Viennese Träumerei. In einem kleinen Café in Hernals = In a little café in Hernals (3:06) ; Wo der Teufel gute Nacht sagt = Where the devil says good night (3:49) / Hermann Leopoldi, Peter Herz
- Dreams of stardom. A brivele der mam'n = A letter from Mother / Solomon Shmulowitz (2:39) ; from Bar mitzvah : 1935. Erlekh zayn = Be virtuous / Boris Thomashefsky, Philip Laskowsy (3:11)
- Hollywood elegy. Five elegies from the Hollywooder Liederbuch = Hollywood songbook : 1942-43. Unter den grünen Pfefferbäumen = Under the green pepper trees ; Die Stadt ist nach den Engeln genannt = The city is named after the angels ; Jeden Morgen, mein Brot zu verdienen = In order to earn my daily bread each morning ; Diese Stadt hat mich belehrt = This city taught me. In den Hügeln wird Gold gefunden = Gold is found in the hills / Hanns Eisler, Bertolt Brecht (5:39) ; from the Hollywood songbook. L'automne californien = Autumn in California / Hanns Eisler, Berthold Viertel (2:42)
- Future dreams. Friling = Springtime / Avrom Brudno, Shmerke Kaczerginski (3:45) ; from the film, Mamele : 1938. Ikh zing = I sing / Abraham Ellstein, Molly Picon (3:25)
- From the ruins of dystopia. From Billy Wilder's A foreign affair : 1948. Black market (4:13) ; Illusions (3:37) ; The ruins of Berlin (2:34) / Friedrich Holländer.
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Language Notes:
- Sung in German, Yiddish, English, and Viennese dialect.
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Performers:
- New Budapest Orpheum Society (Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano ; Stewart Figa, baritone ; Danny Howard, percussion ; Iordanka Kissiova, violin ; Mark Sonksen, bass ; Don Stille, accordion ; Ilya Levinson, music director, arranger, piano ; Philip Bohlman, artistic director, narrator).
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Production Credits:
- Jim Ginsburg, producer.
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General Notes:
- Recorded 2014 March 10, 11, 13, 14 Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio, WFMT Chicago, Illinois.
Title from disc label.
Biographical and program notes in English on container insert.
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Physical Description:
- 2 audio discs (1:36:00) ; 4 3/4 in.
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Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced
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Audio Characteristics:
- digital; stereo
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Digital Characteristics:
- audio file; CD audio
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Call Numbers:
- LPCD 148,703- 148,704
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Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 735131915120
Publisher Number, Cedille: CDR 90000 151
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OCLC Numbers:
- 893675723