Hindemith in the 20s
Presented by Andrew Lyle. "Gebrauchsmusik - a silly term, useless and disturbing as thousands of dandelions in a lawn." (Hindemith) Wir bauen eine Stadt
(1930) (excerpts)
Leipzig Radio Children's Choir
Instrumental ensemble/ Hans Sandig (Mono)
Five Pieces for strings, Op 44 No 4 (1927)
Academy of St Martin/ Neville Marriner
MartinsUed, Op 45 No 5 (1928)
Charles Bressler (tenor) Chamber Soloists
Slow Piece and Rondo for trautonium (1935)
Oskar Sala (trautonium) Kitsch-Duet (Neues vom Tage) (1928-9)
Elisabeth Werres (soprano) Ronald Pries (tenor) Cologne RSO/
Jan Latham-Koenig
Concert Music for piano, brass and harps, Op 49 (1930) Monique Haas (piano) Berlin Philharmonic / The Composer. Records