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Eisler - Lieder & Ballads Vol.1
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Label: MDG (Dabringhaus und Grimm)
Cat No: MDG6132001
Barcode: 0760623200125
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 12th May 2017
I was expecting it to be quite a lot to swallow in one go – the programme is a generous one – but found myself happily listening all the way through at the first sitting. Eisler never lets his material get weighed down or portentous, and it’s all leavened by a good dose of dark Berlin humour... All the songs receive terrific performances. Holger Falk has a clear, cleanly focused baritone that can run the gamut from a honeyed piano to something more like an impassioned shout (such as in the unrelenting ‘Das Lied vom SA Mann’); he even has to deliver some lines in ‘Lob des Lernens’ through a megaphone. There’s also an ideal balance between sophistication and rawness, a certain neutrality of interpretation that will bear repeated listening but doesn’t betray the gritty roots of the music. 
