{"product_id":"4260052386453-hanns-eisler-hollywood-songbook","title":"Hanns Eisler: Hollywood Songbook","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe composer Hanns Eisler can with some justification be described as a tragic figure in the history of music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOstracized and persecuted because of his origins and his political convictions, limited in his actual significance ultimately by the political circumstances of divided Germany, he is initially remembered primarily as the composer of the music for the national anthem of the former German Democratic Republic. The true significance of his multifaceted oeuvre has only been recognized and duly appreciated in more recent times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is now considered one of the most influential German composers of the 20th century. In contrast to his teacher Arnold Schoenberg, he understood music above all as a tool for the political and public development of influence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn this new recording, Valerie Eickhoff (soprano) and Eric Schneider (piano) present the Hollywood Songbook by Hanns Eisler. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the traumatic experience of World War I, Eisler became a private pupil of Arnold Schonberg in Vienna from 1919-1923, and it was during this period that Eisler's extremely fruitful friendship with Bert Brecht began, a friendship that would last a lifetime and produce several fruitful collaborations. Hanns Eisler had to flee Germany from the Nazis in 1933 but eventually found permanent refuge in the United States from 1938 onwards, where he worked closely with Bertolt Brecht again - although not until 1942, after the latter's arrival in the USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2022 Sudwestrundfunk Junge Opernstars competition, mezzo soprano Valerie Eickhoff is quickly establishing herself as an artist of intense musicality and brilliant vocalism. The 2023 - 2024 season sees several important house and role debuts for Ms. Eickhoff including as Ramiro in La finta giardiniera with Theater an der Wien and as Driade in Ariadne auf Naxos with the Bayerische Staatsoper on tour in Hong Kong. The 2022 - 2023 season saw Ms. Eickhoff's house debut with Royal Danish Opera as Mercedes in Barrie Kosky's production of Carmen. She also returned to Deutsche Oper am Rhein to sing Cherubino in Le nozze Figaro, Hansel in Hansel und Gretel, Uli in the world premiere of Das fliegende Klassenszimmer, and Lucienne in Die tote Stadt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEric Schneider, piano. His playing is poetry - nuanced in tone, many facetted in gesture, clear in expression. Eric Schneider enjoys a firstclass reputation as a lied pianist and performs world wide with the renowned singers of his generation. The fusion of music and text fascinated him early on, as the added, concrete dimension of content expanded his skill at the piano.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41483772199009,"sku":"4260052386453","price":14.32,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/orig_11881035_943219.jpg?v=1706607363","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/4260052386453-hanns-eisler-hollywood-songbook","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}