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Arbeiter- und Freiheitslieder 1844–1918

The third box of a total of 12 CDs in the series "Dass nichts bleibt, wie es war! 150 Jahre Arbeiter und Freiheitslieder" ("May nothing remain as it was! 150 years of workers' and freedom songs") has been released by Bear Family (compiled by Jürgen Schebera). It features numerous songs by Hanns Eisler, including such rareties as the original 78 recordings of "Der neue Stern" and "Der Rote Wedding" from 1929

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Ernst Busch – Live in Berlin 1960 (1 CD – Berlin Cabaret, edel Kultur). The legendary concert Ernst Busch gave in Berlin on his 60th birthday is now available for the first time on CD. Sitting at the piano are Grigori Schneerson and Hanns Eisler, who also composed most of the songs at this event.

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Workers' and Freedom Songs 1844–1918

The Bear Family company has launched a collection of workers' and freedom songs from the years 1844 to 1990 which will encompass 12 CDs. Conceived by Jürgen Schebera and distributed by the Büchergilde Gutenberg, the series will ultimately feature over 280 sound documents. The first three CDs, available now, cover the years 1848 to 1918. They include not only examples of the Tendenzlied and the social-democratic workers' song which Eisler later, in part, deliberately distanced himself from, but also numerous examples of international workers' songs which Eisler worked into his own compositions. Songs by Eisler will naturally feature on the following CDs.

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How We Became Americans – Claus Boesser-Ferrari & guests (1 CD, 2009 – Acoustic Music Records). Includes an instrumental arrangement of Eisler's song Mutter Beimlein.

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Violin & Cello Duos (1 CD, 2009 – The Spot Records/Codæx). The multiple prizewinning violinist Susanna Yoko Henkel has recorded a new CD with her brother, the cellist Tonio Henkel, featuring works for duo by Johan Halvorsen, Zoltán Kodály, Erwin Schulhoff, andHanns Eisler (Duo for Violin and Violoncello op. 7/1).

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Songs of Hanns Eisler – Sung and accompanied by Eric Bentley (1 CD, 2009 – Smithsonian Folkways). The unconventional performances released in 1964 (Bentley accompanies himself on the harmonium!) were of great significance to Eisler's reception in the English language

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Jewish Cabaret in Exile – New Budapest Orpheum Society (1 CD, 2009, Cedille Records CDR 90000 110). Includes two songs from the Zeitungsausschnitten op. 11 and six songs to texts by Tucholsky composed by Eisler

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Jewish Musical Modernism – Old and New (1 CD, as a supplement to the book edited by Philip V. Bohlman, University of Chicago Press, 2009). The CD includes numerous songs by Hanns Eisler, including An den kleinen Radioapparat, Der Kirschdieb, Über den Selbstmord, Der Graben, and others.

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Ballads & Barricades – DAS KAPITAL plays Hanns Eisler (1 CD, 2009 – Quark Records 004). "Hanns Eisler compositions interpreted by 3 top European Jazz avant garde musicians".

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Recommendations

Hanns Eisler – Instrumental Music (6 CDs, 2008), edel CLASSICS 0184492BC. Budget-price collection of 2 CDs each of piano music, chamber music, and orchestral music by Hanns Eisler in recordings from the NOVA series, including a number of previously unavailable recordings, such as the String Quartet performed by the Ulbrich Quartet and the Suite for Orchestra No. 6 "Le grand jeu".

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Eisler, Ouvres pour Piano / Musique de Chambre (4 CDs, 2004), Accord 4762398, Christoph Keller, Kammerensemble Zürich. The box set, previously available as two double-CD sets, includes recordings from between 1986 and 1991, comprising almost all of Eisler's piano and chamber music.
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Der Brecht und ich – Hanns Eisler in Gesprächen und Liedern (1 CD, 2006), Berlin Classics (edel) 0017962BC, Hanns Eisler, Gisela May, Sonja Kehler, Ernst Busch, Ekkehard Schall. Alongside many Brecht-Eisler classics, also includes rare songs such as the Saarlied or the Ballade von der Billigung der Welt.

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Sonja Kehler sings Brecht – Eisler – Dessau. Recordings 1972–1978 (1 CD, 2008), Berlin Classics (edel) 0184242BC. Contains 36 tracks, 14 by Eisler, including songs from Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe, Die Tage der Kommune and the Puntila Film – as well as further rarities like Considering everything, Der Butterräuber von Halberstadtand the Lied vom kriegerischen Lehrer.

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Hanns Eisler, Dokumente (4 CDs, 1996), Berlin Classics (edel), 0090582BC, various performers. The box set features a compilation of the four Eisler Dokumente LPs from the NOVA series. The CDs predominantly comprise historic vocal recordings from between 1947 and 1963, partly with Eisler himself as singer, as well as excerpts from the conversations with Hans Bunge and Nathan Notowicz.
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Tip: More than 100 further Eisler CDs can be found on the pages Instrumental Music and Vocal Music.