Mikis Theodorakis: Mauthausen AST 168

Sung texts are in Greek; English, German and French translations are included. A good friend of mine, the poet lacovos Kambanellis, was a prisoner in Mauthausen during World War 11. At the beginning of the sixties, he wrote his memories of this time und er the title of Mauthausen. In 1965, he also wrote four […]

Mikis Theodorakis: Mauthausen AST 168

Theodorakis: Mauthausen AST 168Die von Mikis Theodorakis vertonten vier Gedichte von lacovos Kambanellis, von diesem 1965 über seine Erinnerungen an die Zeit im KZ Mauthausen während des Zweiten Weltkrieges verfasst, gehören zu den bekanntesten politischen Werken des Komponisten. Ursprünglich in griechischer Sprache komponiert, wurden sie in viele wichtige Sprachen übersetzt. Ergänzend zur griechischen Ausgabe (ED […]

Grainger: A Song of Autumn

Grainger: A Song of AutumnA Song of Autumn is a setting of the poem of the same name by the Australian, Adam Lindsay Gordon. Composed in 1899, this song shares its characteristic choral accompaniment with many of the songs Grainger wrote during his period in Frankfurt.Barry Peter Ould (1999)