Hans Krása (1899-1944, Auschwitz)
 Brundibár, A Children's Opera
Naxos 8.570119
Original Czech libretto: Adolf Hoffmeister
English libretto: Tony Kushner
Music Of Remembrance Production
8-15 Mai 2006
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall
Total Playing Time: 53:30
 
Northwest Boychoir
Chorus Master, Joseph Crnko
Ross Hauck, tenor Pepicek
Maureen McKay, soprano Aninku
Jesse Parce, actor Ice Cream Man / Doctor
Evan Woltz, actor Baker
Jadd Davis, tenor Milkman
Michael Drumheller, baritone Policeman
Morgan Smith, baritone Brundibár
Holly Boaz, soprano Sparrow / Mother
David Korn, soprano Cat
Auston James, tenor Dog

 		 Music of Remembrance Ensemble
Gerard Schwarz
Flute: Scott Goff
Clarinet: Laura DeLuca, Jennifer Nelson
Trumpet: Geoffrey Bergler, David Gordon
Guitar: Steven Novacek
Percussion: Matt Kocmieroski
Piano: Mina Miller
Violin: Mikhail Shmidt, Jeannie Wells Yablonsky, Leonid Keylin, Mariel Bailey
Viola: Susan Gulkis Assadi, Arie Schachter
Cello: Mara Finkelstein, Julian Schwarz
Double Bass: Jonathan Green
Accordion: Diane Schmidt
Act I
  1. Scene 1: Down our street a little band (Windows, Pepicek, Aninku) 01:52
  2. Scene 2: My ice - cream's so cold it burns! (Ice - Cream Seller) 00:56
  3. Scene 3: Gather round the ice - cream seller (Windows, Baker, Milkman) 00:58
  4. Scene 4: Hey milkman ring your bell (Windows, Pepicek, Aninku, Milkman) 01:23
  5. Scene 5: Everything in life costs money (Policeman, Aninku, Pepicek) 00:46
  6. Scene 6: Look at the people (Aninku, Pepicek, Policeman) 01:34
  7. Scene 7: When the winter wind came blowing (Aninku, Pepicek, Milkman, Ice - Cream Seller, Baker, Brundibar, Policeman) 03:58
  8. Scene 8: Little Children, how I hate 'em (Brundibar, Aninku, Pepicek, Sparrow, Cat, Dog) 06:33
  9. Serenade 01:10

Act II

  1. Scene 1: One of my tricks (Sparrow, Cat, Dog, Pepicek, Aninku) 01:45
  2. Scene 2: Rooster crows cock - a - doo (Aninku, Pepicek, Dog, Cat, Sparrow) 00:33
  3. Scene 3: Marty flings the curtains wide (Windows) 00:27
  4. Scene 4, "The March of the Schoolchildren": Children Stop (Dog, Cat, Sparrow, Schoolchildren) 01:48
  5. Scene 5: Morning, people, here's a bargain (Brundibar, Dog, Cat, Aninku, Pepicek, Sparrow) 01:28
  6. Scene 6: In the basement, down below (Aninku, Pepicek, Schoolchildren, Milkman, Brundibar) 03:31
  7. Scene 7: Trombone and kettle drum! (All) 02:33
Hans Krása
  1. Overture for Small Orchestra 05:29

Craig Sheppard, piano
Laura DeLuca, Clarinet
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz
Lori Laitman
I Never Saw Another Butterfly
Laura DeLuca, clarinet
Maureen McKay, soprano
  1. No. 1. The Butterfly 05:17
  2. No. 2. Yes, That's the Way Things Are 01:52
  3. No. 3. Birdsong 03:22
  4. No. 4. The Garden 02:26
  5. No. 5. Man Proposes, God Disposes 00:46
  6. No. 6. The Old House 03:03