HANS GÁL (1890-1987): 5 Melodien, Op. 33, HANNS EISLER (1898-1962): Galgenlieder von Christian Morgenstern, from Balladenbuch, Op. 18 - Ballade von der Krüppelgarde, Ballade vom Nigger Jim, BERTHOLD GOLDSCHMIDT (1903-1996): 2 Lieder von Christian Morgenstern, Op. 27, WILHELM GROSZ (1894-1939): from Bänkel und Balladen, Op. 31 - Bänkel vom Business, Die Ballade vom Seemann Kuttel Daddeldu, Bänkel vom Klatsch, Die Ballade vom Sammy Lee, FRANZ SCHREKER (1878-1934): Das feurige Männlein, Und wie mag die Liebe, WOLFGANG ERICH KORNGOLD (1897-1957): Songs of the Clown, Op. 29, ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY (1871-1942): from 12 Lieder, Op. 27 - Der Wind des Herbstes, Gib ein Lied mir wieder, Regenzeit, Afrikanischer Tanz.
Catalogue Number: 11N068
Label: Avi-music
Reference: 8553229
Format: CD
Price: $15.98
Description: Spoiled a bit by the lack of English translations, this is still a very interesting disc for song collectors as it spotlights "emigré composers" (except for Schreker) who had to flee Germany for racial or political reasons. And what a variety of styles: the post-World War I Romanticism, twisted by angst, of Schreker and Zemlinsky, the irony, wit and political didacticism of Eisler, the cabaret-cum-musical songs of Grosz, the comfortable Romanticism of Korngold and Gál and the cooly detached, still sort of tonal Goldschmidt. German texts. Christian Immler (baritone), Helmut Deutsch (piano).
