Paul Hofmann
Hashoah Lamentations
MHR Records CD-06/07
“Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O LORD. ( from Psalm 130)
Paul Hofmann, piano
Total Time : 2:02:40
Produced by Paul Hofmann
Recorded : December 9-10, 1996 and July 18-20, 1995
Soundtrek Studio I, Kansas City, Missouri
DISC ONE : 60:03
NEVER AGAIN (long version) 8:48

SUITE: “REMEMBRANCES” 51:07
  1. PROLOGUE (6:36)
  2. THE OBLIGATION TO REMEMBER (3:09)
  3. THE FEAR OF DISCOVERY (7:38)
  4. A CRY FOR THE CHILDREN (1:42)
  5. THOSE WHOSE BLOOD CRIES OUT FROM THE GROUND (12:18)
  6. WHY? (4:15)
  7. PSALM 130 (4:14)
  8. TEARDROPS AND ANGUISH (8:13)
  9. EPILOGUE (2:40)
 
DISC TWO : 62:37
NEVER AGAIN (short version) 4:10

SUITE: “REFLECTIONS ON THE ALMIGHTY” (from the Psalms) 14:25
 
1. FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING (4:04)
  2. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD (1:25)
  3. THE LORD IS RIGHTEOUS (1:25)
  4. THY FAITHFULNESS AND TEADFAST LOVE (2:33)
  5. HE WHO KEEPS YISRA’EL (1:27)
  6. THE LORD TAKES PLEASURE IN HIS PEOPLE (1:26)
  7. THOU, LORD, ART GOOD, AND READY TO FORGIVE (1:56)

REFLECTIONS ON FORGIVENESS 9:43

THE LOVE THAT LASTS 3:18

SUITE: “THREE SPIRITUAL SONGS” 3:40
 
1. MORNING HYMN (1:00)
  2. AFTERNOON PSALM (1:14)
  3. EVENING PRAYER (1:26)

IN BLESSED MEMORY OF ALBERT KAUFMANN
3:57

SUITE: “HASHOAH LAMENTATIONS” 22:20

1. JABOTINSKY’S WARNING (3:51)
2. ISOLATION (4:06)
3. FOR THE VICTIMS (7:14)
4. FOR THE SURVIVORS (7:06)

BENEDICTION (0:49)