The Songs They Sang
The Songs They Sang presents 12 songs written in the Vilna Ghetto, Lithuania during the Holocaust. Ten of these are arranged / recomposed by Australian composer Joseph Giovinazzo and preserve the original Yiddish dialect. The majority of the tracks are performed by Australian musicians: Deborah Kayser (soprano), Michael Kieran Harvey (piano), Caerwen Martin (cello) and Aaron Barnden (violin).
New Music Coming Soon — 10/20/2013 Released 2013
The Songs They Sang

Album tracks

  • 1
    4:50
    It's One, Two, Three (Tsu Eyns, Tsvey, Dray) (clip)
    Deborah Kayser, Michael Kieran Harvey, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
  • 2
    3:11
    Never Say (Zog Nit Keyn Mol) (clip)
    Deborah Kayser & Aaron Barnden
  • 3
    1:20
    Mrs Zuben (clip)
    Michael Kieran Harvey & Caerwen Martin
  • 4
    0:45
    Never Say (Reprise) (clip)
    Aaron Barnden
  • 5
    4:59
    Quiet, Quiet (Shtiler, Shtiler) (clip)
    Deborah Kayser, Michael Kieran Harvey, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
  • 6
    1:21
    The Expanse (clip)
    Michael Kieran Harvey
  • 7
    3:22
    Does It Have to Be This Way? (Tsi Darf Es Azoy Zayn?) (clip)
    Deborah Kayser, Michael Kieran Harvey & Caerwen Martin
  • 8
    0:36
    As They Brush Past (clip)
    Michael Kieran Harvey, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
  • 9
    5:24
    Song of an Unknown Partisan (Lid Fun Umbakantn Partizan) (clip)
    Deborah Kayser, Michael Kieran Harvey, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
  • 10
    1:57
    Mournful Voice (clip)
    Deborah Kayser & Caerwen Martin
  • 11
    3:12
    Drowsing Birds (Dremlen Feygl Af Di Tsvaygn) (clip)
    Deborah Kayser & Michael Kieran Harvey
  • 12
    2:17
    Motif from Vayser Shtern (clip)
    Michael Kieran Harvey
  • 13
    4:43
    Ghetto (Geto) (clip)
    Deborah Kayser, Michael Kieran Harvey, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
  • 14
    0:59
    Why? (clip)
    Caerwen Martin
  • 15
    5:30
    Hymn of Youth (Yugnt–Himen) (clip)
    Deborah Kayser, Michael Kieran Harvey, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
  • 16
    1:06
    The Sorrows Will Melt (clip)
    Deborah Kayser, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
  • 17
    1:12
    While We Waltz (clip)
    Deborah Kayser & Michael Kieran Harvey
  • 18
    2:35
    The Vilna Laments (clip)
    Deborah Kayser, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
  • 19
    2:08
    Under Your Starry Heaven, Pt. 1 (Unter Dayne Vayse Shtern 1) (clip)
    Cantor Robert Abelson & Mimi Stern-Wolfe
  • 20
    3:50
    Vayser Shtern Fantasy (clip)
    Deborah Kayser, Michael Kieran Harvey, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
  • 21
    0:46
    The Wake (clip)
    Caerwen Martin
  • 22
    3:38
    Mother (A Mame) (clip)
    Pauline Sher
  • 23
    2:51
    The Ponar Forest (clip)
    Deborah Kayser, Michael Kieran Harvey, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
  • 24
    4:25
    Under Your Starry Heaven, Pt. 2 (Unter Dayne Vayse Shtern 2) (clip)
    Deborah Kayser
  • 25
    4:55
    I Long for My Home (Ikh Benk Aheym) (clip)
    Deborah Kayser, Michael Kieran Harvey, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
  • 26
    3:33
    Springtime (Friling) (clip)
    Shmerke Kaczerginski
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