Various Artists
Bauhaus Reviewed 1919-1933
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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 centres 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 of these reflect serialism and 12-tone technique; most are performed by Steffen Schleiermacher on piano.
Release 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
| 1 | Phantasie Op. 17 (1919) | 4:28 | |
| 2 | On The Origins Of The Bauhaus | 5:34 | |
| 3 | Variation (1923) | 1:29 | |
| 4 | On Form And Totality | 3:00 | |
| 5 | Shimmy (1923) | 0:59 | |
| 6 | On Klee, Itten, Kandinsky, Feininger And Moholy-Nagy | 7:27 | |
| 7 | Stehende Musik (1925) | 2:59 | |
| 8 | On Handling And Texture | 1:37 | |
| 9 | On Albers And Functionalism | 3:31 | |
| 10 | Marsch Alexander Des Grossen (1923) | 3:56 | |
| 11 | On Selection And Students | 5:03 | |
| 12 | Piano Piece #1, Op. 23 (1920) | 2:01 | |
| 13 | On Meyer And Mies Van Der Rohe | 3:03 | |
| 14 | On Politics And Meyer | 1:55 | |
| 15 | On Industrial Contracts | 1:50 | |
| 16 | Suite For Piano, Op. 25 (1921-23) | 14:13 | |
| 17 | On Utopianism | 2:02 | |
| 18 | On Architecture As Language | 3:23 | |
| 19 | On The Future Of Architecture | 3:03 |
- George Baird
- Interviewer
- Julien Potter
- Layout
- Pierre Vale
- Mastered By
- Edward Steuermann
- Performer (12, 16)
- Steffen Schleiermacher
- Piano (1, 3, 5, 7, 10)
- Reimund Grimm
- Producer (1, 3, 5, 7, 10)
- Werner Dabringhaus
- Producer (1, 3, 5, 7, 10)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Rodding
- Recording Supervisor (1, 3, 5, 7, 10)
