Berliner Ensemble - Die Mutter (Bertolt Brecht, Hanns Eisler, Ernst Busch, ETERNA, 1951)

This is an album collecting five 10 inch shellacs (played on 78 RPM) with songs from Bertolt Brecht´s stage play "Die Mutter" with music by Hanns Eisler.

These shellacs were released on Ernst Busch´s label "Lieder der Zeit" with the Eterna catalogue numbers 2340 to 2349.

These classic recordings are presenting the chorus and the orchestra of the Berliner Ensemble, conducted by Adolf Fritz Guhl. Lead vocals are mostly by Ernst Busch.

Hanns Eisler played an active part in rehearsing his music for the performance of Brecht´s stage play "Die Mutter" in 1951. Accordingly, there is every justification for describng the present recordigns as "authentic".

Tracklist Shellac 1:
A Wie Die Krähe (with Carola Braunbock)
B Der Zerrissene Rock

Tracklist Shellac 2:
A Lob Des Lernens
B1 Lied Von Der Suppe (vocals by Edith Weiss)
B2 Lob Des Kommunismus (vocals by Helene Weigel)

Tracklist Shellac 3:
A Bericht Vom 1. Mai 1905 (vocals by Ernst Kahler and Kurt Sperling)
B Bericht Vom 1. Mai 1905 (vocals by Gerd Schäfer and Friedrich Gnass)

Tracklist Shellac 4:
A1 Lob Der Wlassowas (vocals by Ernst Kahler)
A2 Lob Eines Revolutionärs
B1 Lob Der Dritten Sache (vocals by Helene Weigel)
B2 Im Gefängnis Zu Singen


Tracklist Shellac 5:
A Grabrede Über Einen Genossen, Der An Die Wand Gestellt Wurde
B 1 Steh' Auf!
B 2 Lob Der Dialektik

Berliner Ensemble - Die Mutter (Brecht, Eisler, Busch, ETERNA, 1951)

(192 kbps, scans of all of the shellac labels are included)