Lori Laitman’s

The Secret Exit

WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING

THE SECRET EXIT was commissioned as a kind of sequel to Laitman’s I NEVER SAW ANOTHER BUTTERFLY, which set texts written by children imprisoned at Terezin concentration camp during the Holocaust.

THE SECRET EXIT features texts written by Nobel Laureate Nelly Sachs, who narrowly escaped the Holocaust in 1940 and lived the rest of her life in Stockholm, Sweden.

Also included:
Laitman’s famous song cycle, I NEVER SAW ANOTHER BUTTERFLY

Laitman’s LIVING IN THE BODY, a new arrangement for soprano and clarinet

World premiere recording of Diana Rosenblum’s song, WINTER RAIN

Produced by Craig Brandwein
Engineered by Craig Brandwein and James Bevelle
Assistant Engineers: Ian Keel and Andrew Getman
Recorded at The University of Alabama at Birmingham