from KZ MUSIK
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSIC COMPOSED IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS (1933–1945)
24 CDs + INTRODUCTION
Francesco Lotoro, Author of the EncyclopediaMUSIKSTRASSE ROMA
Via Romeo Romei 15 Roma
www.musikstrasse.it

1. Anonym of Regina Coeli, Roma
Stella del Porto
male singer
Lyrics by unknown
Regina Coeli, Roma 1943
Sources: Cesare Sonnino&Ester Pace Sonnino, Roma
Male singer Daniele Pellegrini

2. Henry William (Harry) Berry (1916–2004)
Ijo Arimasen (from Songs from FEPOW Shows 1942–1945)
male singers & malechoir & orchestra
Lyrics by Henry William Berry, Daniel Goldberg
Ōmori 1944
Sources: Linda Berry West, London
Male singer Nico Sette
Consort Vocale Diapente, Roma conducted by Lucio Ivaldi
Orchestra Musica Concentrationaria conducted by Francesco Lotoro

3. Henry William (Harry) Berry (1916–2004)
My Song without words (from Songs from FEPOW Shows 1942–1945)
male singer & male choir & orchestra
Taiwan 1943
Sources: Linda Berry West, London
Male singer Angelo De Leonardis
Consort Vocale Diapente, Roma conducted by Lucio Ivaldi
Orchestra Musica Concentrationaria conducted by Francesco Lotoro

4. Arturo Coppola (1913–1998)
Attesa (from La Favola di Natale, reconstruction of the original text and score by P. Candido and F. Lotoro)
tenor & orchestra
Text by Giovannino Guareschi
Oflag XB Sandbostel 20.12.1944
Sources: Giancarlo Coppola, Treviso & Archivio Guareschi, Roncole Verdi
tenor Ugo Tarquini
Orchestra Musica Concentrationaria conducted by Paolo Candido

5. Arturo Coppola (1913–1998)
Le tre cornacchie (from La Favola di Natale, reconstruction of the original text and score by P. Candido and F. Lotoro)
male singer & orchestra
Text by Giovannino Guareschi
Oflag XB Sandbostel 20.12.1944
Sources: Giancarlo Coppola, Treviso & Archivio Guareschi, Roncole Verdi
Male singer Gabriele Giorgi
Orchestra Musica Concentrationaria conducted by Paolo Candido

6. Arturo Coppola (1913–1998)
Magri ma sani
male singer & male choir & orchestra
Lyrics by Giovannino Guareschi
Benjaminow 1944
Sources: Giancarlo Coppola, Treviso & Archivio Guareschi, Roncole Verdi
Baritone Angelo De Leonardis
Consort Vocale Diapente, Roma conducted by Lucio Ivaldi
Orchestra Musica Concentrationaria conducted by Francesco Lotoro

7. Emile Goué (1904–1946)
Noël Languedocien (from Trois pièces faciles)
string quartet
Oflag XB Nienburg am Weser 1941
Sources: Bernard Goué, Paris
Strings Giovanni Zonno (violin I), Camilla Zonno (violin II), Valeria Perrone (viola), Luciano Tarantino (cello)
 
8. Johnny&Jones (1918–1945 & 1916–1945)
“Floep” zei de stamper (instr. reconstruction by P. Candido&F. Lotoro)
2 male singers & guitar
Lyrics by Nol van Wesel, Max Kannewasser
Westerbork 1944
Sources: Herinneringscentrum Kamp, Westerbork
Male singers Paolo Candido, Angelo De Leonardis
Guitar Nando Di Modugno

9. Johnny&Jones (1918–1945 & 1916–1945)
Wij sloopen met muziek (instr. reconstruction by P. Candido&F. Lotoro)
2 male singers & guitar
Lyrics by Nol van Wesel, Max Kannewasser
Westerbork 1944
Sources: Herinneringscentrum Kamp, Westerbork
Male singers Paolo Candido, Angelo De Leonardis
Guitar Nando Di Modugno

10. Rudolf Karel (1880–1945)
Allegro con fuoco (from Nonet op.43, reconstrution of the original piano score by F. Lotoro)
piano
Vazební věznice Praha–Pankrác 16.1–5.2.1945
Sources: Ivan Karel, Prague & Terezín Memorial
Piano Francesco Lotoro

11. Józef Kropiński (1913–1970)
Noche de Plegaria (instr. reconstruction by F. Lotoro)
piano
Buchenwald ?.12.1944.
Sources: Kulisiewicz Collection – U.S.H.M.M., Washington D.C.
Piano Francesco Lotoro

12. Slovak Roma
1. E mašina maj piskinel
male singer & female singer & instruments
Sources: Jana Belišová. Recording sources in Slovakia: Markušovce–Jareček, 2001&Anna Michaliková, Bardejov–Poštárka, 2001
Male singer Milan Godla
Female singer Lucia Diaferio Azzellino
Orchestra Musica Concentrationaria conducted by Paolo Candido

13. Slovak Roma
Merav, dale, merav
male singer & instruments
Sources: Jana Belišová. Recording sources in Slovakia: Helena Červeňaková, Vechec, 2002&Eva Gáborová, Varhaňovce, 2001
Male singer Milan Godla
Orchestra Musica Concentrationaria conducted by Paolo Candido

14. Ervin Schulhoff (1894–1942)
Finale. Allegro molto con fuoco–Tempo di marcia trionfale (from VIII. Symphonie WV141 op. 99, piano score) male choir & piano
Lyrics by Ervin Schulhoff
Wülzburg 3–5.
Sources: České muzeum hudby Praha
Piano Francesco Lotoro

15. Ervin Schulhoff (1894–1942)
Finale. Tempo di marcia trionfale [completed by Francesco Lotoro] (from VIII. Symphonie WV141 op. 99, piano score) male choir & piano
Lyrics by Ervin Schulhoff
Wülzburg 3–5.1942
Sources: České muzeum hudby Praha
Piano Francesco Lotoro