Holger Falk; Steffan Schleiermacher
Release Date: 06 December 2019
Label: MDG
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 760623212623
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
Hanns Eisler composed more than five hundred songs, and his very first extant compositions include songs with piano accompaniment. On the fourth and last volume of their selections from Eisler's songs, Holger Falk and Steffen Schleiermacher focus on his early works and bring to light an absolutely astonishing discovery: the
young Hanns was an autodidact who had an incredible feel for the song part, and his artistic aspirations are also evident in the piano part.
Eisler transcends by far the mere imitation of models. Here we encounter free-tonal compositions as well as music of revue character, expressive passages as well as laconic ones. His choice of texts is likewise very broad. While Brecht became
the focus in Eisler's later work, here he concentrates on poems by Eichendorff and Büchner and by Trakl and Morgenstern. The songs set to Far Eastern poetry, in translations by Hans
Bethge and Klabund, are very much in keeping with their times. Eisler even set newspaper advertisements to music!
Previous volumes have received great critical acclaim. Volume 1 was a Gramophone Editor's Choice and was also a finalist into the Gramophone Awards Vocal Category.
Also Available:
Hanns Eisler - Volume 3
Songs in American Exile 1938-1948
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Songs and Ballads 1948-1962
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Hanns Eisler – Volume 1
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Tracklisting
Andrzej Szadejko, Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett, Cracow Singers
Lea Suter
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Leopolder-Quartett, Munchner Klaviertrio
Various Artists
Holger Falk, Steffen Schleiermacher
Leipzig String Quartet
Chimaera Trio
Consort of Musicke, Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley
Karolos
The Counterpoints
Narratio Quartet
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Engegard Quartet, NyNorsk Messingkvintett
Flute Alors
Louise Bessette
Jonas Batstrand, Jorn Fossheim
