Eisnacht (Ice Night) — Songs by Jewish Composers

This release

This recital brings together songs by six Jewish composers whose lives were marked by persecution and displacement. Gál’s complete Fünf Melodien, op. 33, forms the centre of a programme spanning English, German and Yiddish song.

Recorded: 2025, Mendelssohn-Saal, Gewandhaus Leipzig. Recording producer: Johannes Endl. Release: 6 February 2026 (label date). Playing time: 50:40.

Gál: Fünf Melodien, op. 33

GENUIN · Qobuz

Programme and timings

Walter Arlen — Five Songs of Love and Yearning, Nos. 1–3

1. O Living Flame of Love (2:16)
2. Shepherds, You Who Wander (2:03)
3. Upon a Night of Darkness (2:33)

Ursula Mamlok — Four German Songs

4. Über die Felder (1:06)
5. September (2:43)
6. Schmetterling (0:37)
7. Nachtgefühl (1:24)

Hans Gál — Fünf Melodien, op. 33

8. Vergängliches (2:01)
9. Der Wiesenbach (1:31)
10. Vöglein Schwermut (3:29)
11. Drei Prinzessinnen (2:31)
12. Abend auf dem Fluß (2:23)

Ruth Schonthal — Wildunger Liederzyklus, Band II: Ingrids Lieder (Auswahl / selection)

13. Eine rote Rose (2:13)
14. Von einer weißen Rose (4:59)
15. Manchmal (4:03)

Felix Wolfes — Lieder

16. Eisnacht (2:40)
17. Gelbe Rose (3:12)
18. Vergiß, vergiß (2:08)

Viktor Ullmann — Drei jiddische Lieder, op. 53

19. Berjoskele (3:53)
20. Margaritkelech (1:22)
21. A Mejdel in die Johren (1:33)

Titelliste / Track listing

What critics said

Peter Sommeregger — klassik-begeistert, 13 February 2026

“stilsicher und engagiert”

“With stylistic assurance and commitment” (our translation). Sommeregger praises Buchert’s expressive mezzo-soprano and the performers’ work in bringing this neglected repertoire back into circulation.

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