Hanns Eisler: Ernste Gesänge, Lieder mit Klavier Matthias Goerne

• 1 Vorspiel und Spruch 01:22
• 2 1. Asyl 02:37
• 3 2. Traurigkeit 01:52
• 4 3. Verzweiflung 00:47
• 5 4. Hoffnung 01:04
• 6 5. XX. Parteitag 00:40
• 7 6. Komm ins Offene, Freund! 01:43
• 8 7. Epilog 02:58
• 9 Hotelzimmer 1942 01:52
• 10 Die Flucht 00:48
• 11 An den kleinen Radioapparat 00:49
• 12 In der Fruehe 01:23
• 13 Fruehling 01:11
• 14 Speisekammer 1942 01:07
• 15 Die Heimkehr 01:59
• 16 Die Landschafts des Exils 01:19
• 17 Und es sind die finstern Zeiten 00:24
• 18 Ueber den Selbstmord 02:21
• 19 Verfehlte Liebe 00:49
• 20 Ostersonntag 01:31
• 21 Vom Sprengen des Gartens 00:57
• 22 Der Kirschdieb 01:18
• 23 I. Allegro 05:17
• 24 II. Intermezzo. Andante con moto 03:33
• 25 III. Finale. Allegro 04:08
• 26 Lied von der belebenden Wirkung des Geldes 04:03
• 27 Ballade vom Wasserrad 03:27
• 28 Solidaritaetslied 02:43
• Total Runtime 54:02

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From 1920s Vienna and the Berlin of the Weimar Republic to emigration to the USA, then back to Vienna after the defeat of Nazism, to end his days in East Berlin: Hanns Eisler’s life was one long exile against the backcloth of the artistic, technical, and political revolutions of the 20th century. Distance, irony, and melancholy are the aesthetic corollaries that characterise the lieder presented here, their atmosphere often evoking the despair of those dark times. The early piano sonata gained the young Eisler an admiration that has never dimmed since.

„Matthias Goerne offers an excellent new disc of songs by Hanns Eisler. After Kaufmann and Verdi's operatic largesse, Goerne and Eisler prove you can also thrillingly expressive wielding a delicate whisper, a pungent shout, and irony's stiletto heel.' (Geoff Brown, The Times)

'It is a fascinating and hugely rewarding disc.' (Andrew Clements, The Guardian),

“Goerne's heartfelt contribution is plainly central to this project...The baritone enjoys a close artistic collaboration with composer-pianist Thomas Larcher and the sonic quality is first-rate...Eisler's 'classical' side is strikingly well served.” (Gramophone Magazine)

Matthias Goerne, baritone
Thomas Larcher, piano (Tracks 9-28)
Ensemble Resonanz (Tracks 1-8)

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