FOR LP COLLECTORS ONLY!!! Nova Discography

Jonathan Valin -- Fri, 03/10/2006 - 14:15

Some of you may have noticed that I've been mentioning records on the East German Nova label in my TAS reviews. Because Novas are new to most U.S. audiophiles, I am preparing a short monograph and annotated discography about them. However, that won't be finished/published for quite some time. In the nonce, I'm going to give you on-line, vinyl-loving readers a sneak preview. The text below is a draft and may be greatly changed when printed, but it does give you some useful information about the Nova label, Nova artists, and Nova sound. Enjoy.

A Partial Nova Discography
Jonathan Valin

From the 1950s until the 1980s, the state-owned VEB Deutsche Schallplatten was, by law, the sole recording company in the German Democratic Republic. Founded on August 12, 1946, when the East-Berlin singer and actor Ernst Busch got permission from the Soviet military authorities to start a publishing house for music, VEB Deutsche Schallplatten was formally launched on February 3, 1947 as Lied Der Zeit GmbH (Song of the Time Co.), comprising the sub-labels Amiga, Eterna, and Lied Der Zeit. On April 1, 1953, the private company (GmbH) was changed to a state-controlled VEB (Volkseigener Betrieb, meaning "People-owned enterprise"), and on March 18, 1955, the VEB Lied Der Zeit was renamed VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin (VEB German Records Berlin).

By then, VEB Deutsche Schallplatten had six music sub-labels: Amiga, for entertainment, pop, and rock LPs; Aurora for singer-collections; Eterna for classic music, operas, operettas, and jazz; Litera for radio play and poetry readings; Schola for educational materials; and Nova for the works of GDR composers. The one we’re interested in is this last, Nova, which, as noted, recorded the music of East German classical composers—most of whom you’ve probably never heard of.

You should know going in that East German classical music in the years after the Second World War and throughout the Cold War is, for the most part, bleak. A good deal of it sounds like Shostakovich in his darkest mood. Like wartime Shostakovich, a lot of it feels programmatic, too, looking back at the devastation of the Second World War—a devastation which East Germans literally and figuratively lived in—with a pity and terror that often escalates to an outright scream of anguish for history’s victims. The sense of war’s horrors expressed in some East German symphonic music is unmatched by any other music I know of save for Shostakovich. Ultimately, there is also a muscular sense of looking ahead, which is not the same as looking past, of looking forward not to redemption but to redirection, to rebuilding and renewal. It would be easy enough to read the triumph of the proletariat into this—and perhaps it would be correct, as these are, after all, the works of musicians living in a tyrannical communist state—but the vast majority of Nova’s composers are artists, not party hacks, and avant-garde artists at that. One of the paradoxes of a state like East Germany was that for all its social and political repressiveness, the artistic mandate, though conservative about allowable content, was relatively progressive about the means of expression.

GDR composers are, almost to a man, children of the early twentieth-century musical aesthetic—children of Schoenberg, albeit Schoenberg with a Social Realist agenda. Much (though not all) of their music is unabashedly atonal—and what music could be more appropriate to the harsh, dissonant times they lived in and gave voice to? Schoenberg might’ve found it bitterly ironic, but his boast that he’d insured the hegemony of German music for another hundred years almost came true in the Eastern bloc—because of a war that nearly annihilated Germany and did annihilate the Jews. The heart-rending dissonances of Günter Kochan’s Third Symphony, the bitter whimsy of Hanns Eisler’s songs (to Bertolt Brecht’s lyrics), the percussive wit of Reiner Bredemeyer’s Schlagstück 5, the scores of other 12-tone works by composers from Dessau to Zechlin, are testaments to a musical avant-gardism that, in the GDR, remained strong and resourceful right through the fall of the Berlin Wall.

At the same time, these composers are also the children of the great German classical and romantic composers, and one hears this, as well, in the Divertimento-like passages of Kochan’s Viola Concerto, the sweet joyful fugatos of Paul Dessau’s paean to Mozart (the Symphonic Adaptation of the String Quintet in E flat major), the sheer number of concertante works, and, everywhere, the use of voice and song as integral elements of music of all varieties. As in music worldwide, one also hears the influence of that step child of music, drama, painting, and photography—the movies. (To make a living, many of these composers also wrote for the GDR film industry as did virtually every well-known composer of the century, East or West, and, in a few pieces, a theme sounds as if it were lifted from a film score—or meant for one.) And as in twentieth-century music worldwide, one hears a goodly amount of Gebrauchsmusik—music intended for children, for municipal choral societies, for gifted amateurs of every age and kind.

East German composers were certainly well served by their musicians. One of the first things you will note about these recordings is the quality of the instrumental playing, which is often as good as any you can find in any orchestra in the world, then or now. Just for one example, give a listen to violist Alfred Lipka in the Kochan Viola Concerto [Nova 885107] to hear playing that Heifetz himself might envy.

The Recordings
Deutsche Schallplatten’s recording studios were maintained in Leipzig, Dresden, and Berlin; the company headquarters were in Berlin. From the middle of the ’60s records were produced in stereo; from the mid-’80s mastertapes were recorded digitally. The manufacturing plants in Potsdam-Babelsberg (records) and Berlin Johannisthal (music cassettes) always aimed for the state of the art.

At the end of the ’80s VEB Deutsche Schallplatten tried producing CDs, but because of the high costs of conversion and production the Ministry of Economic Affairs killed the project. The few CDs produced by Deutsche Schallplatten in the ’80s were manufactured by Supraphon in Prague. In the ’90s parts of Deutsche Schallplatten were sold off to other companies.

Although I’m not entirely sure which microphones were typically used on Deutsche Schallplatten recordings, including Novas, it is a cinch they were Neumanns from the Gefell factory in East Germany. Most folks don’t realize it but up until the Berlin crisis of 1961, all Neumann microphones (including the ones used in the most celebrated British and American recordings of the so-called “Golden Age of LPs”—the U47s, U48s, M49s, M50s, M57s, etc.—were made in Neumann’s East German facilities at Gefell. In 1962, with the erection of the Berlin Wall, commerce between Neumann’s West German offices in Berlin and its East German manufacturing plant in Gefell became impossible; so West German Neumann had to develop its own mikes and materials.

At the same times, those classic, handmade Neumann mikes—the sound of which we’ve all grown to love via Golden Age Mercury, RCA, and Decca recordings—were still being built, used, and perfected in East Germany at the original Georg Neumann (later VEB Mikrofontechnik) plant in Gefell.

There is no question that Novas sound great in large part because of Neumann mikes. These aren’t minimalist recordings, however. From the soundstage they throw—which is always huge, deep, wide, and atmospheric—and from their voluptuous timbres—which are like warmer, richer Deccas—I would guess that the mastertapes were made using several widely spaced main mikes and a lot of close-in helpers to add presence (Neumann 67s and 87s, judging by session photos), rather like Columbia’s miking but with a more seamless presentation, deeper bass, and less compressed dynamics.

I’d have to say, on the basis of limited experience, that quality control at Deutsche Schallplatten’s pressing plants was spotty. Though the majority of my Novas have held up well, a few suffer from warpage and pressing defects, but then so do EMIs, RCAs, and Mercuries from this same era.

Peruse the following discography and, if you can, try to find some Novas LPs on the Internet or in used record stores. I can virtually guarantee you won’t be dissatisfied with the sound, for Nova is undoubtedly one of the better-sounding record labels audiophiles don’t know about.

The discography is arranged in numerical order (by Nova catalogue number).

Discography
NOVA 815038
Ernst Hermann Meyer: Frohe Ferientage fur alle Kinder; Freundschaft, des Friedens liebliche Schwester; Gesang von der Jugend (cantatas). Berlin RSO.

815152
Stabsmusikkorps der Grenztruppen der DDR.

827906
Yun: Piri/Xenakis: Dmaathen/Schenker: Horstuck mit Oboe/Berio: Sequenza (all ob).

880059
Dessau: Lilo Herrmann, An die Mutter und an die Lehrer; Der anachronistische Zug (cantatas).

880064
Hanns Eisler: Sound Document II.

880139
Eisler: Lieder. Irmgard Arnold, sop.

880145
Wagner-Regeny: Plays Wagner-Regeny: Hpschd music, and pf works of Bartok, Bach, Stravinsky.

880148
Cilensek: Sym 1 & 4. Bongartz, Berlin RSO; Kegel, Leipzig RSO.

880153
Kurt Schwaen: Der neue Kolumbus; Concerto piccolo (jazz orch); 3 Ostinati (tpt, pf); Concertino Apollineo (pf, 7 inst).

880203
Gorner: Die fromme Helene; Ei, du feiner Reiter; Ballet Ste. (all orch). Adolf Fritz Guhl, Berlin RSO.

880232
Rudolf Wagner-Regeny: Der Gunstling (hlts). Herbert Rossler, Berlin RSO.

885001
Hanns Eisler: Die Mutter (cantata for soli, chor & 2 pfs).

885002
Ernst Hermann Meyer: Sym in b/ Gunter Kochan: Sym 2. Suitner, Staatskapelle Berlin; Sanderling, Berlin SO.

885003
Fredrich Muller: Wer die roten Fruchte will (Sportfest-Kantate)/Rolf Lukowsky: Wir sind jung (cantata).

885004
Eisler: Lieder (Solidaritatslied; Ballade vom Neger Jim; Roter Wedding, etc.).

885008
Rudi Arndt: Burleske (tpt, orch)/Martin Hattwig: Carpe diem/Gerhard Rosenfeld: Scherzo (vln, orch)/ Heinz Arenz: Kopenicker Sommer/Klaus-Peter Bruchmann: Toccata (pf, orch).

885010
Dessau: Requiem fur Lumumba. Leipzig RSO.

885011
Eisler: Goethe-Rhapsodie; Das Vorbild; Mannerchore nach Heine; Vorspiel und Gesang aus Wilhelm Tell; Gluckliche Fahrt. Berlin SO.

885012
Gerhard Rosenfeld: Piano Concerto; Cello Concerto. Peter Rösel, pn; Josef Schwab, vcl; Gerhard Rolf Bauer, cond, Staatskapelle Dresden.

885017
Siegfried Matthus: Vln Concerto/ Johann Cilensek: Konzertstuck (pf, orch). Manfred Scherzer, vln; Dieter Zechlin, pf; Gert Bahner, Berlin RSO.

885018
Joachim Werzlau: Hans Marchwitza: A Symphonic Portrait. Manfred Rosenberg, cond, DEFA-Sinfonie-Orchester.

885019
Tilo Medek: Die betrunkene Sonne/Joachim Thurm: Drei Tierfabeln nach La Fontaine. Berlin RSO.

885020
Paul Dessau: Lenin (Orchestermusik Nr. 3); Mozart-Adaptation. Paul Dessau, Otto Suitner, Staatskapelle Berlin.

885021
Hanns Eisler: National Hymne der DDR; Neue deutsche Volkslieder.

885023
Gerd Michaelis: Tausend bunte Lichter/Rudi Werion: Bis zur Hochzeit.

885025
Robert Hanell: Esther. Staatskapelle Berlin. Egon Morbitzer, vln.

885026
Fritz Geissler: Symphony No. 5/Ruth Zechlin: Kammersinfonie. Herbert Kegel, Leipzig RSO; Helmut Koch, Kammerorchester Berlin.

885027
Ernst Hermann Meyer: Lenin hat gesprochen (cantata); Dem Neugeborenen (cantata). Berlin RSO.

885031
Mein Freund Bunbury (Natschinski) German musical.

885032
Conny Odd: Vergnugliche Reisebekanntschaften eines Pianisten (pf, orch)/Heinz Arenz: Kirmesschrulle aus Oberdorla.

885033
Wohlgemuth: SQ/Kochan: 5 Mvmts (SQ)/Zechlin: SQ 4. Suske-Quartett, Erben-Quartett, Brahms-Streichquartett.

885034
Dessau: Rummelplatz; Kinderlieder; Jugendlieder.

885035
Martin Hattwig: Musica serena/Rudi Arndt: Im Boot/Raimond Erbe: Scherzo in Beat.

885037
Eisler: Lieder. Gisela May, sop.

885038
Eisler: Septet 2; Nonets 1 & 2.

885039
Hanns Eisler: Sound Document I. Hanns Eisler, Gisela May, Imgard Arnold, singers; André Asriel, pn.

885040
Eisler: Scherzo; Wind Divertimento; String Duo; 6 Lieder; Palmstrom; Zeitungsausschnitte.

885041
Eisler: Kammermusik aus dem Exil. Prel & Fugue on BACH (str. trio); Sonata (fl, ob, hp); Vln Son; SQ; 14 Arten den Regen zu beschreiben.

885042
Eisler: Lenin-Requiem; Die Teppichweber von Kujan-Bulak; Winterschlact ste (all orch).

885043
Hanns Eisler: Kleine Sinfonie; Stes 2-4 (all orch). Heinz Rögner, Berlin RSO.

885047
Johannes R. Becher: In dir gehen viele Schritte. Gisela May, Gerry Wolff, Armin Mueller-Stahl.

885049
Matthus: Kleines Orchesterkonzert/Tittel: Musik fur Streichorchester/Herrmann: Kammersinfonie. Gunther Herbig, Berlin SO.

885050
Lukowsky: Wir freu'n uns auf den Wind von Morgen/Wohlgemuth: Genossen, der Sieg ist errungen (cantatas).

885054
Schwaen: Pinocchios Abenteuer (opera for children).

885056
Wohlgemuth: Vln Concerto/Rosenfeld: Vln Con. Maria Vermes, Gustav Schmahl, vlns. Herbert Kegel, Leipzig RSO; Horst Forster, Dresden PO.

885057
Ernst Hermann Meyer: Violin Concerto. David Oistrakh, vln; Otmar Suitner, Staatskapelle Berlin.

885058
Dessau: In memoriam Bertolt Brecht; Bach Var.

885060
Eisler: 7 Klavierstucke/Wagner-Regeny: Der Rattenfanger/Kochan: Die Regensburger/Dessau: 6 Kinderstucke (pf)/Finke: Die vier Jahreszeiten/Spies: Fruhlingsblumen.

885061
Eisler: Deutsche Sinfonie; Stes 5 & 6. Irmgard Arnold, sop.

885063
Eisler: Piano Sonata, Op 1; 4 Pieces; Piano Sonata 2; 8 Pieces. Seigfried Stöckigt, Walter Olbertz, pfs.

885064
Eisler: Die Tage der Kommune; Schwejk im Zweiten Weltkrieg; Ernste Gesange. Eisler, cond. & singer, Berlin RSO.

885065
Dessau: Orchestermusik 2 and 4. Herbert Kegel, Leipzig RSO; Gunther Herbig, Staatskapelle Berlin.

885068
Gunter Kochan: Die Asche von Birkenau (alto, orch)/Meyer: Serenata pensierosa.

885069
Jean Kurt Forest: Die Blumen von Hiroshima (opera hlts). Berlin RSO.

885070
Günter Kochan: Piano Concerto; Concerto for Orchestra. Dieter Zechlin, pf; Herbert Kegel, Leipzig RSO.

885071
Gerster: Festouverture 1948; Oberhessische Bauerntanze; Thuringische Sinfonie (all orch). Leipzig RSO.

885072
Otto Reinhold: Triptychon (orch)/Paul Kurzbach: Concertino (pf, strings). Masur, Dresden PO.

885073
Max Butting: Triptychon; Pf Concerto. Berlin RSO.

885074
Fidelio Finke: Capriccio uber ein polnisches Volkslied (pf, orch); Suite 3 (orch). Renate Schorler, pf; Dresden PO.

885075
Manfred Schubert: Clarinet Concerto/ Wolfgang Strauss: Sym 1. Leipzig RSO.

885076
Rainer Kunad: Organ Concerto/Siegfried Thiele: 4 Concert Etudes/Herbert Collum: Organ Suite 1962. Christian Collum, organ; Dresden PO.

885077
Andre Asriel: Fabeln nach Asop/Jurgen Wilbrandt: Die Nase war soweit noch gut; Golch und Flubis (all choral).

885078
Hans Jurgen Wenzel: SQ 3/Friedrich Goldmann: Son (BQ, pf)/ Reiner Bredemeyer: Cello2/ Friedrich Schenker: Monolog (ob). Berliner Cello-Quar.

885080
Siegfried Matthus: Der letzte Schuss (hlts). Berlin RSO. $12

885081
Meyer: Konzertante Sinfonie (pf, orch); Toccata appassionata. Leipzig RSO.

885082
Wilhelm Weismann: Lieder und Chore.

885084
Terzett (German musical).

885085
Meyer: Reiter der Nacht.

885088
Eisler: Die Teppichweber von Kujan-Bulak; Ernste Gesange; Winterschlacht Suite. Roswitha Trexler, sop, Adolph Fritz Guhl, Leipzig RSO; Günther Leib, bar, Günther Herbig, Berlin RSO

885089
Eine Frau nach Mass/Liebe mit Verlangerung. East German musicals (hlts).

885090
Siegfried Kurz: Hn Con; Tpt Con.

885091
Eisler: Woodburry-Liederbuchlein; Kanons (chor); 5 Kinderlieder nach Brecht; Gegen den Krieg; Septet 1.

885092
Eisler: Klavierstucke fur Kinder; Overture (2 pfs); Pf Son 3; Theme & Var; Fugue in g.

885093
Eisler: 5 Pieces (orch); Langer Marsch; Kammersinfonie (pf, cham orch); Scherzo mit Solovioline.

885094
Eisler: Tendenz; Utopie; Demokratie; Bauernrevolution; Auf den Strassen zu singen; Der Streikbrecher; Litanei; Uber das Toten; Kohlen fur Mike; Die erfrorenene Soldaten.

885095
Johannes Paul Thilman: Kleine Sinfonie G-Dur/Peter Herrmann: Pf Con for the Youth/ Ernst Hermann Meyer: Leinefelder Divertimento. Christine Wildner, pf; Ralf-Carsten Bromsel, vln.

885097
Fritz Geissler: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 6. Herbert Kegel, Leipzig RSO; Max Pommer, Leipzig RSO.

885099
Wolfgang Lesser: Ein Tag in unserer Stadt; 5 Lieder aus dem Dreistrophenkalender von Georg Maurer/Carl-Heinz Pick: Du schwarze Erde.

885100
Ernst Hermann Meyer: Lieder & Gesange for Solo Voice, Chor, & Orch.

885102
Ernst Hermann Meyer: Concerto Grosso; Harp Con. Gustav Schmahl, vln; Jutta Zoff, hp.

885103
Paul Dessau: Einstein.

885105
Gerhard Rosenfeld: Vln Con 2/ Siegfried Matthus: Pf Concerto. Gustav Schmahl, vln; Siegfried Kurz, Annerose Schmidt, pfs; Herbert Blomstedt, Berlin SO.

885106
Friedrich Schenker: Sinfonie "In Memoriam Martin Luther King." Kegel, RSO Leipzig.

885107
Günter Kochan: Symphony No. 3; Viola Concerto. Gerhard Puls, Philharmonisches Orchesterdes Volkstheaters Rostock; Alfred Lipka, vla; Olaf Koch, Hallesche Philharmonie.

885108
Manfred Schubert: Canzoni amorosi; Cantilena e Capriccio (vln, orch). Staatskapelle Berlin, Berlin RSO.

885110
Ernst Hermann Meyer: Symphony for Strings. Wolf-Dieter Hauschild, Leipzig RSO

885111
Matthus: Galilei/Wefelmeyer: Protest/Oittrich: Kammermusik 2 (ob, tmb, pf, fl, vcl, voice).

885112
Eisler: Kantaten aus dem Exil.

885113
Rainer Kunad: Sinfonietta; Antiphonie; Duomix; Melodie.

885114
Paul Kurzbach: Orchestral Var. on a Theme of Purcell; 5 Zigeunerlieder (sop, pf); Serenade 6 (strings). Kegel, Leipzig RSO.

885116
Frank-Volker Eichhorn: Metaphorische Skizzen (septet); Charakteristika (vcl)/Herchet: Komposition (ob, sop)/Schubrow: SQ 1.

885117
Casa (East German Musical).

885118
Rudolph Wagner-Regeny: Pauken und Trompeten; Lieder. Felix Schroder, pf; Gisela May, sop; Wagner-Regeny, Berlin RSO.

885119
Udo Zimmermann: Levins Muhle.

885122
Udo Zimmermann: L'homme (orch). Leipzig RSO.

885123
Fritz Geissler: Der zerbrochene Krug (comic opera).

885124
Johann Cilensek: Konzertstuck (vln, orch)/ Fred Lohse: Sym 2. Conrad Other, vln; Kegel, Leipzig.

885125
Ernst Hermann Meyer: SQ 3; Clarinet Quintet. Suske-Quartett; Oskar Michallik, cl; Erben-Quartett.

885126
Siegfried Kohler: Sym 3; Pf Con.

885127
Paul Dessau: Puntila.

885129
Dessau: Die Verurteilung des Lukullus.

885131
Ernst Hermann Meyer: Lieder.

885132
Ottmar Gerster: Enoch Arden (hlts). Masur, Leipzig RSO.

885133
Friedrich Goldmann: Tmb Concerto/Friedrich Schenker: Con for Cb & Tmb. Friedrich Schenker, tmb; Dieter Zahn, cb; Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler.

885134
Meyer: Pf Con; Poem, vla, orch; Toccata appassionata. Berlin RSO, Leipzig RSO.

885135
Wilhelm Neef: Violin Concerto; Piano Concerto No. 2. György Garay, vln; Rolf-Dieter Arens, pf; Adolf Fritz Guhl, Leipzig RSO.

885142
Eisler: Tagebuch, Op 9, Suite 1, Op 23, Tempo der Zeit. Knothe Pommer, cond.

885146
Joachim Werzlau: Meister Rockle. $11

885149
Johannes Paul Thilman: Sym 4/ Leo Spies: Sym 2. Dresden PO, Leipzig RSO.

885150
Joachim Thurm: Tpt Con; 5 Impromptus; 3 Animal Fables after La Fontaine (all orch). Berlin RSO.

885151
Friedrich Goldmann: Zusammenstellung (music for winds)/Paul-Heinz Dittrich: Kammermusik V (WQ, electronics).

885152
Fritz Geissler: Sym 2; Kammersinfonie 1970.

885154
Max Butting: Stationen; Gespenster besuchten mich. RSO Berlin.

885155
Dessau: Lieder on Texts of Georg Maurer.

885156
Paul Kurzbach: 5 Lieder nach sorbischen Volksdichtungen/ Karl-Rudi Griesbach: 8 Lieder/Finke: 3 fruhe Lieder/Thilman: 6 Lieder/Matthus: 6 Lieder. Elisabeth Ebert, sop., Rudolf Dunckel, pf.

885157
Herbert Collum: Totentanz. Herbert Collum, organ.

885158
Jorg Herchet: Komposition (fl, orch)/Karl Ottomar Treibmann: Capriccio 71; SQ. Eckart Haupt, fl; Johannes Winkler Dresden PO; Mendelssohn-Quartett Leipzig.

885159
Jan Raupp: Metamorphosen (orch); Essay (vln, orch); Concerto animato (vln, orch). Maria Vermes, vln; Leipzig RSO.

885160
Gerhard Rosenfeld: Kleistbriefe (bar, orch); Rifugio d'uccelli notturni (sop, chor, ob, perc); Drei Nokturnes (ob, vcl, hpschd).

885163
Siegfried Matthus: Sym 2; Vcl Con. Josef Schwab, vcl.

885164
Rainer Kunad: Litauische Claviere. Ernst Herrmann, SO.

885165
Wilhelm Weismann: Die Hochzeit der Tiere; Die Dreistrophenkantate; Pf Son in Ab; Sel from 24 Little Preludes. Gunter Philipp, pf.

885166
Friedrich Goldmann: Sym 1/Georg Katzer: Concerto for Orchestra. Leipzig RSO, Berlin RSO.

885167
Friedrich Schenker: Landschaften/ Georg Katzer: Streichermusik 1/ Frank-Volker Eichhorn: Varianten. (all orch works). Leipzig RSO, Berlin CO.

885168
Reiner Bredemeyer: Serenade 3 (ob, eng hn, tmb, perc, vla, vcl, cb, pf)/Bernd Wefelmeyer: ...und aufbluht der Tag (msop, WQ)/Friedrich Schenker: SQ. Gruppe neue musik hanns eisler; Bläserquintett der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin; Leipziger Streichquartett

885169
Max Butting: Sym 9 & 10. Berlin RSO, Leipzig RSO.

885170
Rudolf Mauersberger: Choral Music.

885171
Bert Poulheim: Virtuoses (vla, pf)/Reinhard Pfundt: Son/Johannes Wallmann: Briefe zur Nacht (vln)/Klaus Kopitz: Momente (SQ). Alfred Lipka, vla; Dieter Brauer, pf; Streichquartett der Deutschen Staatsoper, Berlin.

885172
Ruth Zechlin: Begegnungen; Epitaph (hpschd); Pour la flute; SQ 6; Spektrum (org). Streichquartett der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin.

885173
Heinz Weitzendorf: Sinfonischer Revolutionsmarsch/Siegmund Goldhammer: Concertino (pf, winds)/Wolfgang Hohensee.

885174
Eisler: Lenin-Requiem. Chöre und Leider.

885175
Rainer Kunad: Maitre Pathelin. Leipzig RSO.

885176
Dessau: Pf Son in F; Guernica; Fantasietta; 9 Studien; Sonatine (pf, orch). Dresden PO.

885177
Udo Zimmermann: Der Schuhu und die fliegende Prinzessin. Leipzig RSO.

885178
Paul-Heinz Dittrich: Vcl Concerto; Kammermusik III. Berlin RSO, Blaservereinigun Berlin.

885179
Jurgen Wilbrandt: Kalundu (sop, bs-bar, pf, perc); Triptychon (strings); Ich komme weit durch die Zeit (cantata); Am Ende des Regenbogens (chor).

885181
Hans-Joachim Geisthardt: Var for Orch; 4 Spruche; Pf Sonatine; SQ; 5 Pieces for WQ; Var for fl, hn, tpt, perc & string orch. Erben-Quartett: Blaservereinigung Berlin.

885182
Georg Katzer: Divertissement a 3/ Friedrich Schenker: Trioballade (ob, vcl, pf)/ Siegfried Thiele: Proportionen (ob, vcl, pf). Aulos-Trio.

885183
Eisler: Rhapsodie (orch); Mitte des Jahrhunderts (sop, chor, orch); Das Vorbild (alto, orch). Berlin RSO.

885185
Victor Bruns: Vln Con; Bsn Con. Karl Suske, vln; Herbert Heilmann, bsn; Berlin RSO.

885186
Reiner Bredemeyer: Di As; Oboe Concerto; Synchronisiert: Asynchron; Schlagstuck 5. Burkhard Glaestzner, ob, Harmut Haenchen, cond., Staatskapelle Berlin; Dieter Brauer, pn, Joachim Gruner, percussion.

885188
Gunter Kochan: Vcl Con 2; Mendelssohn Var (pf, orch). Jurnjakob Timm, vcl; BerlinRSO; Dieter Zechlin, pf; Leipzig RSO.

885189
Ernst Hermann Meyer: 6 Prel. for Vln; 3 Pf Pieces; Aus dem Tagebuch eines kleinen Madchens.

885190
Dessau: Lieder & Gesange. Roswitha Trexler, sop.

885192
Meyer: SQs 4 & 5. Ulbrich-Quartett.

885194
Dittrich: Cantus I/Matthus: Responso. Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin.

885195
Dessau: Leonce und Lena. Staatskapelle Berlin.

885196
Meyer: SQs 1 & 2. Ulbrich-Quartett.

885197
Andreas Aigmuller: Free Sound for Two (pf, perc); Teotihuacan (Aztec fl, perc)/Lothar Voigtlander: Variation und Collage (voice, tape); Dialog (pf, perc); Studie in drei Teilen (fl).

885198
Fritz Geissler: Die Flamme von Mansfeld (oratorio). Leipzig RSO.

885200
Neubert: Begegnungen/Matthus: Musica et vinum/Domhardt: Invocacion/Kohler: Liederbuch I (sel)/Zechlin: Der Sieg von Guernica (all choral).

885201
Manfred Weiss: Organ Con; Multiplo (fl); Pf Trio 2; Ahnung der Liebe (bar, orch). Webersinke, org; Eckart Haupt, fl; Karl-Heinz Naumann, pf; Berlin RSO, Dresden PO

885202
Karl-Rudi Griesbach: Ostinati (orch); SQ; Konzertante Musik (pf, cham orch); Reineke Fuchs Suite. Dresden PO; Siering-Quartett; Ebert, Erben-Quartett; Rolf-Dieter Arens, pf.

885205
Paul Dessau: Musik für fünfzehn Streichinstrumente/Siegfried Köhler: Kommentare (cham orch)/Siegfried Matthus: Visionen (str orch)/Manfred Weiss: Fantasie (14 strings). Manfred Scherzer, cond, Dresden Kammerorchester.

885206
Thiele: Hommage a Machaut/Katzer: Empfindsame Musik.

885208
Bert Poulheim: Bsn Con/Joachim Gruner: Tuba Con. Bert Poulheim, bsn; Dietrich Unkrodt, tuba; Hallesche Philharmonie; Berlin RSO.

885210
Kurt Greiner-Pol: Iskra (orch); March (orch); Songs (soli, chor, orch).

885211
Eberhard Schmidt: Ein Portrat (works for chor & orch, gtr, songs, cham ensemble, etc).

885212
Paul Kurzbach: Pf Trio; SQs 5 & 6.

885214
Eisler: Frühe Leider. Roswitha Trexler, sop; Jutta Czapski, pf.

885215
Eisler: Buhnenmusik zu Leben des Galilei; Satze fur Nonett.

885216
Udo Zimmermann: Sinfonia come un grande lamento; Ode an das Leben; Der Mensch. Berlin SO.

885218
Rudolf Wagner-Regeny: Hermann-Hesse-Gesange (bar, orch); 3 Orchestersatze; Orchestermusik mit Klavier (pf, orch).

885219
Weismann: Lieder/Wagner-Regeny: Lieder. Siegfried Lorenz, bar; Herbert Kaliga, pf.

885222
Goldmann: Sing' Lessing (bar, fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn, pf)/Schenker: Tirilijubili (picc, ob, eng hn, cl, bsn, hn)/Katzer: Con, cembalo & winds. Siegfried Lorenz: Bernd Casper, hpschd; Blaservereinigung Berlin.

885223
Ernst Hermann Meyer: Vla Sonata; Pf Trio. Davia Binder, vln; Therese Dussaut, pf; Beethoven-Trio.

885224
Manfred Schubert: Hommage a Rudolf Wagner-Regeney; Uccelli notturni; Evocazione; Divertimento. Berlin SO; Leipzig RSO.

885225
Jan Rawp-Raupp: Brezow (sop, pf)/ Jan Paul Nagel: 3 Gesange (alto, vcl, pf)/ Detlef Kobjela: Gesange/Jan Bulank: 3 Lieder/Juro Metsk: 3 Songs.

885226
Friedrich Goldmann: Oboe Concerto. Burkhard Glaetzner, ob; Friedrich Goldmann, cond; Leipzig RSO.

885227
Rainer Kunad: Von der Kocherie/Christfried Schmidt: Tonsetzers Alptraum/Schenker: Leitfaden fur angehende Speichellecker/Hans Jurgen Wenzel: Anatomie. Roswitha Trexler, sop; Gerhard Erber, pf; Jurgen Rost, gtr.

885228
Jean Kurt Forest: Die Songs des Tran dang Khoa (voice, vln); Serenata de Chile (2 vlns, vcl); Fur Pablo Picasso (pf); Konzert fur Angela (vln, cham. orch).

885229
Wilfried Kratzschmar: Explosionen und Cantus (Sym 2)/ Bert Poulheim: Sym 1. Leipzig RSO; Berlin RSO.

885230
Leo Spies: Der Stralauer Fischzug (ballet). Leipzig RSO.

885231
Kurt Schwaen: Lieder nach deutschen Volksdichtungen; Kunert Lieder.

885233
Ernst Hermann Meyer: Viola Concerto; Kontraste, Konflikte (Symphony). Alfred Lipka, vla; Berlin SO.

885234
Fritz Geissler: Konzertante Fantasie; Sym 7; Horn Son.

885235
Ruth Zechlin: Musik; Situationen (both orch); Reflexionen (14 strings). Berlin SO; Dresden CO.

885236
Jan Trieder: Meister Mateh (chamber opera).

885237
Erhard Ragwitz: Sym 1; JS Bach Poem (solo, chor, orch); 3 Mvmts for Strings. Orchesterder Komischen Oper Berlin; Collegiummusicum Leipzig.

885238
Udo Zimmermann: Pax questuosa (soloists, chor, orch). Leipzig RSO.

885239
Wagner-Regeny: Die Burger von Calais; Johanna Balk (hlts).

885240
Friedrich Schenker: Flotensinfonie. Werner Tast, flutes; Wolf-Dieter Hauschild, Leipzig RSO.

885241
Dietrich: Sym 4; Dramatic Scenes, 3 fl & orch. Staatliches Sinfonie-Orchester Thuringen; Leipzig RSO.

885243
Siegfried Kohler: Vln Con/ Manfred Schubert: Sym 1.

885244-245
Ernst Hermann Meyer: Mansfelder Oratorium (soli, chor, orch). Wolf-Dieter Hauschild, Leipzig RSO.

885246
Lothar Voigtlander: Ex voce II; Orgel-Spiele; 3 Elect. Studies; 3 Portraits. Michael-Christfried Winkler, organ; Joachim Vogt, ten; Dieter Brauer, pf.

885249
Siegfried Kohler: Pro Pace (Sym 5); SQ 1 "Synthesen." Ulbrich-Quartett.

885251
Wilhelm Neef: Pf Con 1; Der hinkende Teufel (ballet ste). Rolf-Dieter Arens, pf; Dieter Rumstig, gtr.

885252
Karl Treibmann: Der Frieden (Choral symphony).

885253
Gunter Neubert: Notturno (19 strings); Kammersinfonie (mixed nonet); Gewaltig wie der Tod.

885254
Karl-Rudi Griesbach: Sinfonie; Partita (pf); Trinke Mut (bar, chor, orch). Margrit Griesbach, pf.

885255
Christfried Schmidt: Kammermusik VII; Oboe Concerto. Blaservereinigung Berlin; Dresden PO.

885256
Kurt Dietmar Richter: Bewahrung uber den Wolken (opera). Wolf-Dieter Hauschild, Berlin RSO.

885257
Ruth Zechlin: Musik zu Bach (orch)/ JS Bach: Ste in a; Prelude, Fugue & Allegro, BWV 998. Ruth Zechlin, hpschd; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin.

885258
Georg Katzer: Sound-House (orch); Kommen und Gehen (pf, WQ); Aide-memoire (elect).

885259
Johann Cilensek: Vla Con; Konzerstuck, Horn & Orch. Alfred Lipka, vla; Dresden PO.

885260
Ralf Hoyer: Nocturne (pf, tape); Sonata; ...ich war's, ich bin's (pf, tape, electronics). Susanne Stelzenbach, pf; Ralf Hoyer, electronics.

885261
Wagner-Regeny: Prometheus (opera in 5 scenes). Rolf Reuter, Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin.

885262
Dittrich: Motette/Ganzer: Picasso-Adaptionen/Katzer: Elegisch (all gtr duo). Barbara Richter, Dieter Rumstig, gtrs.

885264
Ernst Hermann Meyer: SQ 6; Vln Sonata; Trio 1948 (vln, vcl, pf). Schubert Trio; Sachsische Streichersolisten.

885265
Gunter Kochan: Sym 4; In Memoriam. Berlin SO.

885266
Ernst Hermann Meyer: Berliner Divertimento; Divertimento concertante. Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin.

885267
Eisler: Tucholsky-Lieder 1.

885268
Rosenfeld: Friedensgloria (sop, chor, orch). Berlin RSO.

885270
Paul Kurzbach: Con for Cb, WQ, Hpschd & Perc; Trakl-Lieder (bar, pf); Choral works.

885271
Guido Masanetz: Mein Waffenbruder (song cycle for soli & orch).

885272
Kurt Schwaen: Promenaden (pf, orch); Con Grosso (SQ, str orch); Requiem (orch), etc. Siegfried Stockigt, pf.

885273
Wolfgang Hohensee: WQ 2; Tre bozze musicali (orch); Sonatine (pf); 4 Miniatures (orch); Ricerca (cham ens).

885274
Friedrich Schenker: Michelangelo-Sinfonie (narr, chor, organ, orch).

885276
Siegfried Matthus: Con for Tpt, Timp & Orch; Hyperion Fragments (bass, orch).

885277
Ernst Hermann Meyer: Lieder.

885278
Gerd Domhardt: Symphony No. 2/Muller: SQ 2. Leipzig RSO; Erben-Quartett.

885279
Christfried Schmidt: Introitus; Zwoller Schnitgerei/Ruth Zechlin: Orpheus/Siegfried Thiele: Ste/ Andre Asriel: Toccata und Fuge/Gunter Neubert: Partita. Felix Fridriech, organ.

885280
Friedrich Goldmann: Sym 3; Inclinatio temporum (both orch). Leipzig RSO.

885281
Eisler: Deutsche Sinfonie (soli, chor, orch). Berlin RSO.

885282
Siegfried Matthus: Graf Mirabeau.

885285
Hermann Keller: Dreieck (ob, vcl, pf); 2 Elegien (sop, pf); Quasi ancora (5 winds, pf). Aulos-Trio; Blaservereinigung Berlin.

885286
Ernst Hermann Meyer: Herbstbild (Lieder).

885287
Hermann Finke: Fantasie/Hermann Keller: 6 Pieces/Christian Munch: Pf Var/Manfred Weiss: Cembalozyklus/Lothar Voigtlander: Structum II/Georg Katzer: Dialog imaginar II (pf & harpsichord works).

885289
Wagner-Regeny: Lieder.