Eisnacht (Ice Night)
Songs by Jewish Composers
backPia Viola Buchert Mezzo-soprano
Tonmeister: Johannes Endl
Recording: Mendelssohn-Saal, Gewandhaus Leipzig, 2025
GEN 26948 EAN 4260036259483
Release 6.2.2026EUR 18,90
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This new GENUIN release brings a forgotten chapter of music history back into focus: songs by Jewish composers born between 1890 and 1924, whose lives were profoundly altered by persecution and exile. Mezzo-soprano Pia Viola Buchert and pianist Tatjana Dravenau perform works by Walter Arlen, Ursula Mamlok, Hans Gál, Ruth Schonthal, Felix Wolfes, and Viktor Ullmann – six musical voices whose creativity continued to resonate despite oppression and loss. The recording unites deep emotional intensity with refined expression and remarkable stylistic variety. It spans a broad arc—from cultural vitality and inquisitive modernity to pain, silencing, and remembrance—allowing this music to sound at once newly rediscovered and timeless.
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13.04.2026: Officially qualified for OPUS KLASSIK 2026
07.04.2026: Nominated for the German Record Critics Award, Longlist 2/2026
BBC Radio 3
The album was featured on March 7, 2026, on the “Record Review” program hosted by Andrew McGregor and Kitty Whately.
radio klassik Stephansdom
The album was featured as CD of the day on the Pressfrisch program on February 27, 2026.
Klassik begeistert
“Mezzo-soprano Pia Viola Buchert, together with pianist Tatjana Dravenau, has rediscovered this forgotten repertoire and interprets it with her full, expressive mezzo-soprano voice in a stylish and engaging manner. [...] an important contribution to research into these persecuted artists.” Review by Peter Sommeregger, February 13, 2026
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"Dravenau and Buchert compose the memorable musical themes sensitively, gently, and sometimes wistfully. [...] Focusing on the music is what Eisnacht is all about [...] beauty and pain, narrative power and contrast. This record is an experience!" Review by Stefan Pillhofer, February 10, 2026
WDR3 Tonart
On the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Tatjana Dravenau will speak on January 27, 2026, on the Tonart program on January 27, 2026, about her program “Eisnacht” (Ice Night), which is dedicated to ostracized composers.
Pia Viola Buchert Mezzo-soprano
Tonmeister: Johannes Endl
Recording: Mendelssohn-Saal, Gewandhaus Leipzig, 2025
This new GENUIN release brings a forgotten chapter of music history back into focus: songs by Jewish composers born between 1890 and 1924, whose lives were profoundly altered by persecution and exile. Mezzo-soprano Pia Viola Buchert and pianist Tatjana Dravenau perform works by Walter Arlen, Ursula Mamlok, Hans Gál, Ruth Schonthal, Felix Wolfes, and Viktor Ullmann – six musical voices whose creativity continued to resonate despite oppression and loss. The recording unites deep emotional intensity with refined expression and remarkable stylistic variety. It spans a broad arc—from cultural vitality and inquisitive modernity to pain, silencing, and remembrance—allowing this music to sound at once newly rediscovered and timeless.
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13.04.2026: Officially qualified for OPUS KLASSIK 2026
07.04.2026: Nominated for the German Record Critics Award, Longlist 2/2026
BBC Radio 3
The album was featured on March 7, 2026, on the “Record Review” program hosted by Andrew McGregor and Kitty Whately.
radio klassik Stephansdom
The album was featured as CD of the day on the Pressfrisch program on February 27, 2026.
Klassik begeistert
“Mezzo-soprano Pia Viola Buchert, together with pianist Tatjana Dravenau, has rediscovered this forgotten repertoire and interprets it with her full, expressive mezzo-soprano voice in a stylish and engaging manner. [...] an important contribution to research into these persecuted artists.” Review by Peter Sommeregger, February 13, 2026
Orchestergraben
"Dravenau and Buchert compose the memorable musical themes sensitively, gently, and sometimes wistfully. [...] Focusing on the music is what Eisnacht is all about [...] beauty and pain, narrative power and contrast. This record is an experience!" Review by Stefan Pillhofer, February 10, 2026
WDR3 Tonart
On the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Tatjana Dravenau will speak on January 27, 2026, on the Tonart program on January 27, 2026, about her program “Eisnacht” (Ice Night), which is dedicated to ostracized composers.
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Tracklist
- Walter Arlen (1920–2023)
Five Songs of Love and Yearning
I. O Living Flame of Love - II. Shepherds, You Who Wander
- III. Upon a Night of Darkness
- Ursula Mamlok (1923–2016)
Four German Songs
Über die Felder - September
- Schmetterling
- Nachtgefühl
- Hans Gál (1890–1987)
Fünf Melodien, Op. 33
No. 1: Vergängliches - No. 2: Der Wiesenbach
- No. 3: Vöglein Schwermut
- No. 4: Drei Prinzessinnen
- No. 5: Abend auf dem Fluß
- Ruth Schonthal (1924–2006)
Wildunger Liederzyklus Bd. I: Ingrids Lieder
No. 1: Eine rote Rose - No. 2: Von einer weißen Rose
- No. 6: Manchmal
- Felix Wolfes (1892–1971)
Eisnacht - Felix Wolfes
Gelbe Rose - Felix Wolfes
Vergiß, vergiß - Viktor Ullmann (1898–1944)
Drei jiddische Lieder, Op. 53
No. 1: Berjoskele - No. 2: Margaritkelech
- No. 3: A Mejdel in die Johren
This new GENUIN release brings a forgotten chapter of music history back into focus: songs by Jewish composers born between 1890 and 1924, whose lives were profoundly altered by persecution and exile. Mezzo-soprano Pia Viola Buchert and pianist Tatjana Dravenau perform works by Walter Arlen, Ursula Mamlok, Hans Gál, Ruth Schonthal, Felix Wolfes, and Viktor Ullmann – six musical voices whose creativity continued to resonate despite oppression and loss. The recording unites deep emotional intensity with refined expression and remarkable stylistic variety. It spans a broad arc—from cultural vitality and inquisitive modernity to pain, silencing, and remembrance—allowing this music to sound at once newly rediscovered and timeless.
Show YouTube Video
By clicking, you agree to the transfer of user data to YouTube.Show YouTube Video
By clicking, you agree to the transfer of user data to YouTube.For more information, please refer to our
privacy policy.
13.04.2026: Officially qualified for OPUS KLASSIK 2026
07.04.2026: Nominated for the German Record Critics Award, Longlist 2/2026
BBC Radio 3
The album was featured on March 7, 2026, on the “Record Review” program hosted by Andrew McGregor and Kitty Whately.
radio klassik Stephansdom
The album was featured as CD of the day on the Pressfrisch program on February 27, 2026.
Klassik begeistert
“Mezzo-soprano Pia Viola Buchert, together with pianist Tatjana Dravenau, has rediscovered this forgotten repertoire and interprets it with her full, expressive mezzo-soprano voice in a stylish and engaging manner. [...] an important contribution to research into these persecuted artists.” Review by Peter Sommeregger, February 13, 2026
Orchestergraben
"Dravenau and Buchert compose the memorable musical themes sensitively, gently, and sometimes wistfully. [...] Focusing on the music is what Eisnacht is all about [...] beauty and pain, narrative power and contrast. This record is an experience!" Review by Stefan Pillhofer, February 10, 2026
WDR3 Tonart
On the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Tatjana Dravenau will speak on January 27, 2026, on the Tonart program on January 27, 2026, about her program “Eisnacht” (Ice Night), which is dedicated to ostracized composers.
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