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Eisler: Kalifornische Ballade
Berlin Classics

Eisler: Kalifornische Ballade

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Details

Composer
EISLER, HANNS
Artist
Hahnel, Ebony Band, Herbers, May, Busch
Format
CD
Label
Berlin Classics
Released
Apr 21, 2017
Catalog #
0300933BC
UPC
885470009339

About

The songs and ballads written by Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) for the radio play Kalifornische Ballade (California Ballad) are among his least known works and are presented here for their first release ever. Started in Berlin in 1932, the exiled composer's work was eventually completed in London in 1934 and was broadcast for the first time on December 7 of that year, albeit in a foreign language: the Brussels radio broadcaster recorded the work sung in Flemish by Ernst Busch on lacquer discs that were recently rediscovered in a Belgian archive; they were made during the second transmission of the narrative radio play in 1935, and are now being offered to the public on record for the first time. Just 18 months after this second broadcast, Ernst Ottwalt, a friend of Eisler and author of the text to California Ballad, was arrested in Moscow in 1936, during Stalin's Great Purge; he died in a Siberian gulag in 1943. Following the events of 1933 that had suspended the writing and public performance of California Ballad, this depressing turn for the worse may have deterred the composer from contributing to a revival of the work in subsequent years.

Tracklist 31 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Ballade vom eigenen Frieden 02:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Ballade vom eigenen Frieden
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Hermann Hahnel
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Rundfunk-Tanzorchester Leipzig, Großes Rundfunkorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Adolf Fritz Guhl
  2. 2 No. 2. Ruf des Westens 02:02
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Ruf des Westens
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Hermann Hahnel
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Rundfunk-Tanzorchester Leipzig, Großes Rundfunkorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Adolf Fritz Guhl
  3. 3 No. 3. Groß sind die Schätze der Erde 03:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Groß sind die Schätze der Erde
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Hermann Hahnel
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Rundfunk-Tanzorchester Leipzig, Großes Rundfunkorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Adolf Fritz Guhl
  4. 4 No. 4. California Song 03:10
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. California Song
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Hermann Hahnel
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Rundfunk-Tanzorchester Leipzig, Großes Rundfunkorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Adolf Fritz Guhl
  5. 5 No. 5. Ballade vom Zug nach dem Westen 01:28
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Ballade vom Zug nach dem Westen
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Hermann Hahnel
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Rundfunk-Tanzorchester Leipzig, Großes Rundfunkorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Adolf Fritz Guhl
  6. 6 No. 6. Die Vernichtung Johann August Suters 03:41
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Die Vernichtung Johann August Suters
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Hermann Hahnel
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Rundfunk-Tanzorchester Leipzig, Großes Rundfunkorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Adolf Fritz Guhl
  7. 7 Unterhaltungsmusik I 01:43
    Track
    7
    Title
    Unterhaltungsmusik I
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Ensemble
    Ebony Band
    Conductor
    Werner Herbers
  8. 8 Unterhaltungsmusik II (Potpourri über russische Volkslieder) 05:44
    Track
    8
    Title
    Unterhaltungsmusik II (Potpourri über russische Volkslieder)
    Duration
    05:44
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Ensemble
    Ebony Band
    Conductor
    Werner Herbers
  9. 9 I. Anfang 00:49
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Anfang
    Duration
    00:49
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Ensemble
    Ebony Band
    Conductor
    Werner Herbers
  10. 10 II. Kriegsberichterstatter 01:10
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Kriegsberichterstatter
    Duration
    01:10
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Ensemble
    Ebony Band
    Conductor
    Werner Herbers
  11. 11 III. Untergang [Teil I] 00:31
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Untergang [Teil I]
    Duration
    00:31
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Ensemble
    Ebony Band
    Conductor
    Werner Herbers
  12. 12 IV. Presseball (Walzer) 00:36
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Presseball (Walzer)
    Duration
    00:36
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Ensemble
    Ebony Band
    Conductor
    Werner Herbers
  13. 13 V. Hyänen I - II 01:32
    Track
    13
    Title
    V. Hyänen I - II
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Ensemble
    Ebony Band
    Conductor
    Werner Herbers
  14. 14 Kamerad Kasper: Overture 01:38
    Track
    14
    Title
    Kamerad Kasper: Overture
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Ensemble
    Ebony Band
    Conductor
    Werner Herbers
  15. 15 I. Ouvertüre (Andante con moto‚ Maestoso) 02:28
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Ouvertüre (Andante con moto‚ Maestoso)
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Ensemble
    Ebony Band
    Conductor
    Werner Herbers
  16. 16 II. Quick March 00:43
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Quick March
    Duration
    00:43
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Ensemble
    Ebony Band
    Conductor
    Werner Herbers
  17. 17 III. Funeral March 01:49
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Funeral March
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Ensemble
    Ebony Band
    Conductor
    Werner Herbers
  18. 18 Kuhle Wampe, Op. 27: No. 2. Die Spaziergänge 02:25
    Track
    18
    Title
    Kuhle Wampe, Op. 27: No. 2. Die Spaziergänge
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Gisela May
    Conductor
    Henry Krtschil
  19. 19 No. 1. Als ich dich in meinem Leib trug 01:28
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 1. Als ich dich in meinem Leib trug
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Gisela May, Walter Olbertz
  20. 20 No. 2. Als ich dich gebar 01:03
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 2. Als ich dich gebar
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Gisela May, Walter Olbertz
  21. 21 No. 3. Ich habe dich ausgetragen 01:22
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 3. Ich habe dich ausgetragen
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Gisela May, Walter Olbertz
  22. 22 No. 4. Mein Sohn, was immer auch 02:28
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 4. Mein Sohn, was immer auch
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Gisela May, Walter Olbertz
  23. 23 O Falladah, da du hangest (arr. H. Krtschil for voice and orchestra) 02:43
    Track
    23
    Title
    O Falladah, da du hangest (arr. H. Krtschil for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Gisela May
    Conductor
    Henry Krtschil
  24. 24 Suite No. 1, Op. 23: Unterhaltungsmusik II (Potpourri über russische Volkslieder) 05:29
    Track
    24
    Title
    Suite No. 1, Op. 23: Unterhaltungsmusik II (Potpourri über russische Volkslieder)
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Conductor
    Hanns Eisler
  25. 25 No. 1. Ballade van de eigen vrede 02:57
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 1. Ballade van de eigen vrede
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Ernst Busch
    Ensemble
    Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep Choir, Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Douliez
  26. 26 No. 2. De roep naar het Westen 02:34
    Track
    26
    Title
    No. 2. De roep naar het Westen
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Ernst Busch
    Ensemble
    Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep Choir, Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Douliez
  27. 27 No. 3. Groot zijn de schatten der aarde 04:22
    Track
    27
    Title
    No. 3. Groot zijn de schatten der aarde
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Ernst Busch
    Ensemble
    Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep Choir, Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Douliez
  28. 28 No. 4. De nieuwe volksverhuizing (California Song) 02:49
    Track
    28
    Title
    No. 4. De nieuwe volksverhuizing (California Song)
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Ernst Busch
    Ensemble
    Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep Choir, Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Douliez
  29. 29 No. 5. Ballade van de tocht naar het Westen 01:43
    Track
    29
    Title
    No. 5. Ballade van de tocht naar het Westen
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Ernst Busch
    Ensemble
    Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep Choir, Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Douliez
  30. 30 No. 6. Ballade van de vernietiging van J. A. Suter 03:06
    Track
    30
    Title
    No. 6. Ballade van de vernietiging van J. A. Suter
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Ernst Busch
    Ensemble
    Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep Choir, Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Douliez
  31. 31 California Song 02:40
    Track
    31
    Title
    California Song
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Hanns Eisler
    Performer
    Ernst Busch
    Conductor
    Walter Goehr