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    'Silenced Voices': A haunting album with music from those who died in the Holocaust

    by Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune Nov 19, 2019 3 minutes

    The sounds are emotionally intense, openly melodic and urgently expressive.

    They were penned by young musicians who would not survive the Holocaust.

    But even if you didn't know the histories behind "Silenced Voices" - a startling new album from Chicago's Black Oak Ensemble - it would be difficult to miss the poetry and eloquence of these scores. The knowledge that these Jewish composers were silenced for their identities only adds to their works' import.

    Though each composition on "Silenced Voices" (Cedille Records) has something worthy to say, one stands

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