V.A. : Bauhaus Reviewed (1919-1933)

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Format: CD [LTMCD2472]
Shipping Weight: 0.1lbs
Label: LTM

1,800円

'This full-length archive CD explores the highly influential Bauhaus school of art and architecture, which operated in Germany between 1919 and 1933.
The spoken word element is centred on a revealing talk by Walter Gropius, the architect and theoretician who founded the Bauhaus in 1919. The album also includes contributions from the school's third and final director, architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, as well as teacher Josef Albers. All interviews are in the English language.
The musical content features piano pieces written between 1919 and 1925 by six composers associated with the Bauhaus: Arnold Schoenberg, Josef Matthias Hauer, George Antheil, Stefan Wolpe and H.H. Stuckenschmidt. Several reflect serialism and 12-tone technique; most are performed by Steffen Schleiermacher on piano.
With a generous running time of 72 minutes, the CD booklet also features archive Bauhaus images and liner notes by James Hayward.'

Tracklist
1 Josef Matthias Hauer - Phantasie Op. 17 (1919) - 4:28
2 Walter Gropius - On The Origins Of The Bauhaus - 5:34
3 Stefan Wolpe - Variation (1923) - 1:29
4 Walter Gropius - On Form And Totality - 3:00
5 George Antheil - Shimmy (1923) - 0:59
6 Walter Gropius - On Klee, Itten, Kandinsky, Feininger And Moholy-Nagy - 7:27
7 Stefan Wolpe - Stehende Musik (1925) - 2:59
8 Josef Albers - On Handling And Texture - 1:37
9 Walter Gropius - On Albers And Functionalism - 3:31
10 H.H. Stuckenschmidt - Marsch Alexander Des Grossen (1923) - 3:56
11 Walter Gropius - On Selection And Students - 5:03
12 Arnold Schoenberg - Piano Piece #1, Op. 23 (1920) - 2:01
13 Walter Gropius - On Meyer And Mies Van Der Rohe - 3:03
14 Josef Albers - On Politics And Meyer - 1:55
15 Walter Gropius - On Industrial Contracts - 1:50
16 Arnold Schoenberg - Suite For Piano, Op. 25 (1921-23) - 14:13
17 Walter Gropius - On Utopianism - 2:02
18 Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe - On Architecture As Language - 3:23
19 Walter Gropius - On The Future Of Architecture - 3:03

Credits
Interviewer - George Baird
Layout - Julien Potter
Mastered By - Pierre Vale
Performer - Edward Steuermann (tracks: 12, 16)
Piano - Steffen Schleiermacher (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10)
Producer - Reimund Grimm (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10), Werner Dabringhaus (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10)
Recording Supervisor - Friedrich Wilhelm Rodding (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10)

Notes
Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 10 recorded 21-23 November 1998
Tracks 12, 16 recorded January 1957
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe recorded in Chicago in 1956
Walter Gropius recorded in Boston in Summer 1968, except "On The Future Of Architecture" recorded 1956
Josef Albers recorded in 1968