Ethel Merhaut & Bela Koreny - Out of Sight (2018)

The beautiful “old Austrian” German and Yiddish and the natural mixing of the two languages in everyday life on many streets and quarters of the erstwhile imperial capital city of Vienna was the origin of an unmatched abundance of cultural goods, which suffered a sudden disruption through the Nazi terror regime. “Out of Sight”, the upcoming album of Viennese soprano Ethel Merhaut is dedicated to discovering long forgotten Viennese songs by Jewish composers (Egon Neumann, Fritz Spielmann, Walter Jurmann, Hermann Leopoldi) and evergreens of Yiddish popular music in the United States, disclosing the close ties between these genres. Internationally acclaimed musicians like Bela Koreny, piano, Julian Rachlin, Roby and Robert Lakatos, violins, Sarah McElravy, viola, Boris Adrianov, cello, Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet and Herwig Gradischnig, saxophone provide for unforgettable moments rife of emotion and musical enthusiasm.

TRACKLIST

01. Oy mame, bin ikh farlibt - Ethel Merhaut
02. Wien wird tausendmal schöner - Ethel Merhaut
03. Abi gezunt - Ethel Merhaut
04. Alles, weil es einmal zu schön war - Ethel Merhaut
05. Oygn - Ethel Merhaut
06. Bisserl Liebe, bisserl Wein - Ethel Merhaut
07. Tif vi di Nakht - Andreas Ottensamer
08. Pour Martha - RoLakatos
09. Out of Sight - Ethel Merhaut
10. Tsipke: A bisl libe un a bisl glik - Andreas Ottensamer
11. Wien ist wieder Wien - Ethel Merhaut
12. Die Gedanken sind frei - Ethel Merhaut
13. Ich hob dich zufi l lib - Ethel Merhaut
14. Out of Sight (Version for Tenor Saxophone & Piano) - Herwig Gradischnig