EDA Records

  • Musik für Saxophone aus Berlin, Vol. 1
    Musik für Saxophone aus Berlin, Vol. 1

    $20.99

    The 1930s saw composers in Berlin beginning to use the saxophone as a classical instrument – the alto sax paired with the piano being a particular favorite. But alas, the heyday of the classical saxophone...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: September 20, 2002

  • Reizenstein, F.: Piano Sonata No. 1 / Viola Sonata, Op. 45 /
    Reizenstein, F.: Piano Sonata No. 1 / Viola Sonata, Op. 45 /

    $20.99

    Kolja Lessing, the tireless proponent of 20th-century composers who fell victim to totalitarianism and racial fanaticism, can be experienced in an impressive union of pianist, violist, violinist, musicologist, and author on this first (and, as...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: November 06, 2003

  • Krasa: Brundibár
    Krasa: Brundibár

    $26.99

    Hans Krása’s children's opera “Brundibár” has now come to be known throughout the world as a synonym for the music of Terezín, the ghetto in Northern Bohemia which gained its tragic fame as a “model...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 01, 1999

  • Schreker: Der Geburtstag der Infantin - Toch: Tanz-Suite
    Schreker: Der Geburtstag der Infantin - Toch: Tanz-Suite

    $20.99

    Franz Schreker (1878–1934) and Ernst Toch (1887–1964), two of the most important and successful Austrian composers of their generations, ranked among the most prominent victims of National Socialist cultural policy after Hitler’s seizure power in...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: September 01, 1998

  • The Vienna Connection
    The Vienna Connection

    $20.99

    It was Europe’s culture capitals in the first half of the 20th century where “the music played” – in the truest sense. Places which were tied in with connections which enriched a music scene that...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: February 24, 2010

  • En hommage
    En hommage

    $20.99

    eda records has been devoting special attention to the composer Simon (Polish: Szymon) Laks for several years now. World-premiere recordings of his works run through the entire “Poland Abroad” series (eda 26, 27, 34, 35,...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: August 11, 2010

  • Discovering Russia 1910-1940, Vol. 3: Waiting Room
    Discovering Russia 1910-1940, Vol. 3: Waiting Room

    $20.99

    The history of the 20th century was shaped to an extreme degree by ideological, political and racial barriers that hindered the arts from developing freely. Many artists were forced to emigrate, while others perished in...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 01, 2000

  • Franz Schreker's Masterclasses in Vienna and Berlin, Vol. 1:
    Franz Schreker's Masterclasses in Vienna and Berlin, Vol. 1:

    $20.99

    In the three-part series “Franz Schreker’s master classes in Vienna and Berlin,” pianist, violinist, and tireless treasure hunter Kolja Lessing takes an in-depth look at the outstanding and multifaceted talents who emanated from the talent...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: November 01, 2000

  • Goldschmidt - Gerhard - Weill: Orchestral Works
    Goldschmidt - Gerhard - Weill: Orchestral Works

    $20.99

    The idea: Goldschmidt, Weill, Gerhard – three exceptional students of three legendary composition teachers in Berlin’s “roaring twenties,” Schreker, Busoni, Schoenberg; works that (with the exception of Kurt Weill’s well-known, yet seldom performed 2nd Symphony)...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: June 01, 2002

  • Discovering Russia 1910-1940, Vol. 2: The New Jewish School
    Discovering Russia 1910-1940, Vol. 2: The New Jewish School

    $20.99

    The history of the 20th century was shaped to an extreme degree by ideological, political and racial barriers that hindered the arts from developing freely. Many artists were forced to emigrate, while others perished in...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 01, 1999

  • String Quartets
    String Quartets

    $20.99

    Only three years separate the composition of the quartets by Leoš Janáček and Pavel Haas – and it’s hard to imagine two works by mentor and student in the same genre which could be so...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 01, 1997

  • PIANO SONATAS 1 ? 4
    PIANO SONATAS 1 ? 4

    $20.99

    This recording became a definite legend as of September 2013: Pianist Edith Kraus passed away in Jerusalem at the age of 100. Her biography was typical of that of Jewish artists in the 20th century,...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 01, 1993

  • K. Meyer: Works for Violin & Piano; 2 Sonatas for Violin Solo / Lessing, Klaas
    K. Meyer: Works for Violin & Piano; 2 Sonatas for Violin Solo / Lessing, Klaas

    $20.99

    Kolja Lessing dedicates this recording to Krzysztof Meyer on the occasion of the composer’s eightieth birthday in 2023. Meyer, one of the most important Polish composers of his generation, taught for many years as professor...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 12, 2024

  • Antheil, Ibert, Laks & Mihalovici: Ecoles de Paris – Paris pour ecole
    Antheil, Ibert, Laks & Mihalovici: Ecoles de Paris – Paris pour ecole

    $20.99

    While art history defines as “École de Paris” an art-historical phenomenon, i.e. a large group of visual artists of non-French origin, many of them of Eastern European and Jewish descent, who worked in the French...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 12, 2024

  • Rathus, Fitelberg, Von Ziertiz: Piano Sonatas
    Rathus, Fitelberg, Von Ziertiz: Piano Sonatas

    $20.99

    In the three-part series “Franz Schreker’s master classes in Vienna and Berlin,” pianist, violinist, and tireless treasure hunter Kolja Lessing takes an in-depth look at the outstanding and multifaceted talents who emanated from the talent...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 17, 2002