Hemsi/ Goldstein/ Nemtsov - Coplas Sefardies 1Alberto Hemsi (1898 1975) was born into a Jewish family in the small city of Cassaba (now Turgutlu) near Smyrna (Izmir) in what was then the Ottoman Empire. The family originated from the Italian city of Livorno and therefore had Italian citizenship. Hemsi collected 232 songs in all and used about a quarter of these for his most significant work, the collection Coplas sefardies. This monumental cycle containing in total 60 compositions for voice and

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Keeping the minimalistic approach of his previous albums

Alongside beauty and tenderness

that of Queen Marie-Thérèse in 1683 was among the most grandiose

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although the enthusiastic applause at the end of the performance confirms the audience remained wide awake throughout

Karajan's performance and interpretation has been rightly received as a complete rediscovery of a composer used only for propaganda purposes

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