Tank Battles

tank battles

Track Listings
1. Song of the Whitewash
2. (I Read About) Tank Battles
3. You Have to Pay
4. Chanson Allemande
5. Ballad of the Sackslingers
6. Mother Beimlein
7. Perhaps Song
8. Lied von der Belebeden Wirkung des Geldes (The Song of the Invigorating
9. Mankind
10. Bettellied
11. Song of a German Mother
12. Change the World - It Needs It
13. Bankenlied (Banking Song)
14. Legende von der Entstehung des Buches Taoteking (Legend of the Origin o
15. Balad Of (Bourgoise) Welfare
16. Mother's Hands
17. Berlin 1919
18. And I Shall Never See Again
19. Genevieve: Ostern Ist ein Ball Sur Seine (Genevieve: Easter There Is a
20. Wise Woman and the Soldier
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Tank Battles: Songs of Hanns Eisler,Dagmar Krause,Blueprint UK,Avant-Garde,Avant-Prog,Cabaret,Modern Composition,Musical Theater,Political Folk,Pop,Prog-Rock/Art Rock,Rock

Tank Battles
Tank Battles: Songs of Hanns Eisler
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Eisler brought up to date
 Tank Battles: Songs of Hanns Eisler
Dagmar Krause
Manufacturer: Blueprint UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000024CVA
Release Date: 2003-01-01

Tracks:

  1. Song of the Whitewash
  2. (I Read About) Tank Battles
  3. You Have to Pay
  4. Chanson Allemande
  5. Ballad of the Sackslingers
  6. Mother Beimlein
  7. Perhaps Song
  8. Lied von der Belebeden Wirkung des Geldes (The Song of the ...)
  9. Mankind
  10. Bettellied
  11. Song of a German Mother
  12. Change the World - It Needs It
  13. Bankenlied (Banking Song)
  14. Legende von der Entstehung des Buches Taoteking (Legend of the ...)
  15. Balad Of (Bourgoise) Welfare
  16. Mother's Hands
  17. Berlin 1919
  18. And I Shall Never See Again
  19. Genevieve: Ostern Ist ein Ball Sur Seine (Genevieve: Easter There Is a
  20. Wise Woman and the Soldier
  21. Failure in Loving
  22. Endlich Stirbt
  23. Rat Men - Nightmare
  24. Homecoming
  25. Trenches
  26. To a Little Radio
  27. Panzerschlacht [*]
  28. Vielleicht Lied [*]
  29. Der Mensch [*]
  30. Lied von der Deutschen Mutter [*]
  31. Mutterns He [*]
  32. Spartacus 1919 [*]
  33. Ich Werde Nicht Mehr Sehen [*]
  34. Die Heimkehr [*]
  35. Der Graben [*]
  36. Den Kleinen Radioapparat [*]

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Eisler brought up to date.......2002-05-30

Well, up to 1988, really. But songwriting like this is both of its time and timeless. By rights, I should not be reviewing this record, since I only own the original German-language edition called 'Pantzerschlacht', issued simultaneously with a version in (mostly) English.
On this re-issue, the latter version is supplemented with a generous reprise of ten songs in German as a sort of appendix. However, on the basis of those ten tracks alone and in the knowledge that the same inventive, fresh arrangements by Greg Cohen (more commonly known as a sideman of Tom Waits and John Zorn) are used on the English-language version, I can confidently encourage anyone who thinks that classically-trained singers are usually ineffective in the Brecht-Weill repertoire, and who senses that it must be possible to do it justice, to sample this take on the more politically militant if equally humane Hanns Eisler. Krause has an expressive voice and expert delivery that is eminently suited to this socially and politically aware repertoire. Some songs are all fired up and energetic with militant drums and electric guitars, some are even circus-like. On some of the tragic songs (esp. the heartwrenching song of a German mother) Krause confers a quiet dignity that is extremely effective. As a consummate artist, she hits home through an expressive restraint.
And check out the backing musicians too, recruited largely from the English progressive music scene and including Alexander Balanescu, John Harle and Lindsay Cooper.

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