In celebration of Victory Day: VA - Im Treptower Park (NOVA, 1975)

Victory Day or 9 May marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in the Second World War (also known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and most post-Soviet states).

It was first inaugurated in the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union, following the signing of the surrender document late in the evening on 8 May 1945 (after midnight, thus on 9 May, by Moscow Time). The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin.

This day is still celebrated to commemorate the 28 000 000 (according to various estimates) children, parents, spouses and friends killed in Soviet Union during II World War for independence from Nazi Germany.

To celebrate todays "Victory Day" here´s "Im Treptower Park", a compilation released in 1975 on the NOVA label in memory of the 30th anniversary of the capitulation and the end of the fascist regime in Germany.

The album collects the Ernst Busch recordings of  "Der heilige Krieg" (original lyrics by Wassili Lebedew-Kumatsch) and "Wart auf mich" (original lyrics by Konstantin Simonow), an excerpt of Hanns Eislers "Winterschlacht-Suite", "Die Glocken von Buchenwald" and "Meinst du, die Russen wollen Krieg" with Helga de Wroblewsky and "Im Treptower Park" and "Vor dem Mausoleum" by the wonderful Reinhold Andert - a former member of the "Oktoberklub", which is represented by the song "Tatschanka" on this compilation.

Tracklist:

A1	–Ernst Busch	Der Heilige Krieg
A2	–Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin	Schluß-Melodram "Das war die Division"
A3	–Oktoberklub	Tatschanka
A4	–Ernst Busch	Wart auf mich
A5	–Helga De Wroblewski	Die Glocken von Buchenwald
A6	–Instrumentalgruppe Rainer Böhm	Das Lied vom Lindenbaum
A7	–Reinhold Andert	Im Treptower Park
B1	–Gerhard Neef	Das Lied
B2	–Reinhold Andert	Vor dem Mausoleum
B3	–Instrumentalgruppe Rainer Böhm	Im Mausoleum
B4	–Helga De Wroblewski	Meinst du, die Russen wollen Krieg
B5	–Chor der Staatsoper Dresden	Dank an die Sowjetarmee

VA - Im Treptower Park (NOVA, 1975)
(256 kbps, cover art included)