by Heggie, Schwarz, Laitman · Naxos Deutschland GmbH · CD · EAN 0636943937921
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«For a Look or a Touch» is the album by Jake Heggie, Gerard Schwarz and Lori Laitman performed by Music of Remembrance, released in 2008 by Naxos on CD.
«For a Look or a Touch», by Jake Heggie, is a song cycle based on the true story of two young lovers and the fate of homosexuals in the Holocaust. «In Memoriam», by Gerard Schwarz, is an elegy for cello and quartet. «The Seed of Dream», by Lori Laitman, sets poems by Abraham Sztekerz written in the ghetto.
World premieres performed by Music of Remembrance, with Mina Miller as artistic director and pianist. Naxos CD, American Classics series, ref. 8.559379, duration 60:50.
For listeners of contemporary classical and chamber music interested in the historical memory of the Holocaust.
