Hanns Eisler - Edition (Various Artists)

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Composer: Hanns Eisler

CD1-2:

• Orchestral Music

          Chamber Ensemble of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Max Pommer, conductor

          Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin; Heinz Rögner, conductor

          Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Adolf Fritz Guhl, conductor

CD3:

• Deutsche Sinfonie

          Rundfunkchor Berlin; Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin; Max Pommer, conductor

CD4-6:

• Chamber Music
• Gisela May sings Brecht

          Gisela May, soprano

CD7:

• Irmgard Arnold sings Eisler

          Irmgard Arnold, soprano

          André Asriel, piano

CD8:

• Piano Music

          Siegfried Stöckigt & Walter Olbertz, pianos

CD9:

• Vocal Symphonic Music

          Leipzig Radio Choir; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; Adolf Fritz Guhl, conductor

          Berliner Singakademie; Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin; Dietrich Knothe, conductor

CD10:

• Accompanied & Unaccompanied Choral Music

          Leipzig Radio Choir; Horst Neumann, conductor

          Berliner Singakademie; Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin; Dietrich Knothe, conductor

Release Date: 2014
Label: Brilliant Classics
https://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/h/hanns-eisler-edition/

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Hanns Eisler (6 July 1898 in Leipzig – 6 September 1962 in East Berlin) was an Austrian composer. Eisler wrote music for several Brecht plays, and collaborated with him until the Brecht's death in 1956. Eisler also wrote music for 40 films, including music for various documentary films and eight Hollywood film scores that he wrote while living in USA (1938-1948). After he was accused of being a Soviet agent, Eisler was deported from the USA. Back in Germany, he composed the national anthem of the German Democratic Republic. The Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin is named after him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanns_Eisler

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Max Pommer (born 9 February 1936 in Leipzig) is a German conductor and musicologist. Pommer studied piano and conducting at the Leipzig College of Music as well as musicology at the city's University. Subsequently, he spent some time as a pupil of Herbert von Karajan. He was principal conductor of the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra (1987-1991), and still collaborates with the MDR (Radio Saxony) in concerts and productions. Since 1991, Pommer has been closely connected with the Hamburg Camerata. His recordings range from Bach, Handel to Debussy, Schoenberg, Eisler and Rautavaara.
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Pommer-Max.htm

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Heinz Rögner (16 January 1929 – 10 December 2001) was a German conductor. Born in Leipzig, Rögner was a student of Hugo Steurer (piano), Egon Bölsche (conducting) and Otto Gutschlicht (viola). Rögner was chief conductor of the Leipzig Radio Orchestra (1958-1962), the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (1973-1993), and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra (1984-1990). In 1954, he became a lecturer in conducting and opera at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Leipzig, and was also a professor at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_R%C3%B6gner

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Gisela May (31 May 1924 in Wetzlar – 2 December 2016 in Berlin) was a German actress and singer, who made a name especially as an interpreter in Bertolt Brecht's plays. She studied at the drama school in Leipzig from 1942 to 1944 and employed at various theatres. In 1962, May moved to Bertolt Brecht's theatre group, the Berliner Ensemble, stayed for 30 years, and played a variety of roles. May was known as a diverse performer performing in musicals, television series and also solo concerto concerts internationally, including at New York's Carnegie Hall and the Milan Scala.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisela_May

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Irmgard Arnold (17 October 1919 - 31 January 2014) was a German soprano. Arnold studied singing with A. Bassani in Munich and made her debut in 1939 at the Bayerischen Landesbühnen. From 1950s to 1980s, she was one of the most distinguished singers in Walter Felsenstein's ensemble at the Komische Oper Berlin. Her stage roles there included Musette in La Bohème, Georgette in Il Tabarro, Aminta in Die schweigsame Frau, and roles in Offenbach's operettas. Arnold was also an interpreter of Hanns Eisler's songs. Her husband was German bass Gerhard Frei (1911-1989).
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irmgard_Arnold

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