Hanns Eisler: Chamber Cantatas and Songs

Beate Zelinsky (Performer), David Smeyers (Performer), Hanns Eisler (Composer), Paulo Alvares (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Beate Zelinsky, David Smeyers, Paulo Alvares
• Composer: Hanns Eisler
• Audio CD (June 2, 1998)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cpo Records
• ASIN: B0000061JC
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #920,723 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Die römische Kantate, for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & cello

2. Die römische Kantate, for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & cello

3. Die römische Kantate, for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & cello

4. Die römische Kantate, for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & cello

5. Kantate im Exil, for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & piano ('Man lebt vom einen Tage zu dem andern')

6. Kantate im Exil, for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & piano ('Man lebt vom einen Tage zu dem andern')

7. Kantate im Exil, for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & piano ('Man lebt vom einen Tage zu dem andern')

8. Kriegskantate, for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & cello

9. Kriegskantate, for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & cello

10. Die den Mund aufhatten, cantata for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & cello

11. Die den Mund aufhatten, cantata for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & cello

12. Die den Mund aufhatten, cantata for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & cello

13. Kantate auf den Tod eines Genossen, for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & cello

14. Kantate auf den Tod eines Genossen, for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & cello

15. Kantate auf den Tod eines Genossen, for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & cello

16. Kantate auf den Tod eines Genossen, for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & cello

17. Die Zuchthaus-Kantate, for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & cello

18. Die Zuchthaus-Kantate, for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & cello

19. Die Zuchthaus-Kantate, for voice, 2 clarinets, viola & cello

20. Sonnets (2) for voice & 2 clarinets, No. 1, Sonnet on Goethe's Poem 'Der Gott und die Bajadere'

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Editorial Reviews

Opera News

The German composer Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) ... was a committed Marxist who put all his music at the service of the proletariat. Sixty minutes of holding one's nose to the grindstone of man's inhumanity can be trying, but much is redeemed by the singing of Monika Moldenhauer (the solo voice) and her backing of clarinet, piano and string instrumentalists.