Eric Bentley - Bentley on Biermann: Songs and Poems - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. About Poor B.B 2. Ballad of the Dead Soldier 3. Memory of Marie 4. Doomed Generations 5. A Visit to the Exiled Poets 6. Easter Sunday, 1935 7. The Ballad of Marie Sanders 8. To the Little Radio 9. To My Countrymen 10. Hymn of the Great Baal and Orge's Hymn 11. A Man's a Man 12. Mack the Knife 13. Ballad of Sexual Submissiveness 14. Supply and Demand 15. That's How It Should Be 16. Song of a German Mother 17. Song of Mother Courage 18. Ballad of the Wise Woman and the Soldier 19. Keiner Oder Alle!

Austrian-born Hanns Eisler was well known in the United States during the 1930s as a composer of Communist military and political songs. His left-leaning tendencies caused quite a controversy both in the U.S. and abroad, earning him a spot on the United States House Committee on Un-American Activities' blacklist. In this 1964 recording singer and playwright Eric Bentley performs poetry by Bertolt Brecht set to Hanns Eisler's music. Liner notes include biographical information for Eisler and Bentley, complete song lyrics, and notes on where else each song or poem can be found. Album Tracks 1. Viennese Song 2. Und Endlich Stirbt 3. The Love Market 4. Failure in Loving 5. There's Nothing Quite Like Money 6. Change the World 7. Supply and Demand 8. On the Sprinkling of Gardens 9. On Suicide 10. The Wise Woman and the Soldier 11. Song of the Moldau 12. And What Did She Get? 13. Solidarit?Tslied 14. On the Worlds Kindness 15. Berlin 1919 16. Das Lied Vom Trockenbrot 17. Tree and the Branches 18. Easter 1935 19. Ballad of Marie Sanders 20. January 7, 1937 21. To the Little Radio 22. A German Soldier at Stalingrad 23. German Miserere 24. Song of a German Mother 25. Homecoming 1944 26. The Poplar on Karlsplatz 27. Keiner Oder Alle! 28. Peace Song

Another exceptional debut on Challenge Classics 28 years old Latvian pianist Georg Kjurdian presents a throroughly mature recital of music by the Three Great B's. It is really noteworthy the way these over-recorded pieces by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms sound fresh and new under the fingers of Kjurdian His pianism is characterized by a deep knowledge and understanding of the works, a flawless technique, a genuinly natural phrasing, a gift for the melody, an impressive sound power and a subtle capacity of conveying the score nuances. Album Tracks 1. Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 78 'À Thérèse' 2. French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 3. 7 Fantasies Op. 116 4. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110