Black Oak Ensemble - Silenced Voices

An album of intriguing works by six promising, early 20th century Jewish composers. Silenced Voices includes the world premiere recording of wartime survivor G�za Frid�s early Trio � cordes, Op. 1, an inventive work infused with Hungarian folk music influences. Composer-cellist Paul Hermann�s Strijktrio, a forward-looking, cosmopolitan work from the early 1920s, shares its melodies among all three instruments. Dick Kattenburg�s youthful Trio � cordes was praised in a 1938 concert review for its �remarkable mastery and a very personal style.� Gideon Klein�s Trio for violin, viola and cello is notable for its treatment of a Moravian folk song that serves as the theme of its middle movement. Hans Kr�sa�s T�nec (�Dance�) is a five-minute whirl of dancelike episodes framed by the sonic evocation of trains. His Passagalia is more somber, with its own train motifs, while its companion Fuga bears shades of Germanic and Czech influences and occasional grotesque touches. S�ndor Kuti�s Serenade for String Trio brims with Hungarian folk music and piquant chord clusters.