Die letzten Tage der Menschheit
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SKU: NX.GRAM99116

By Csongor Szanto, Franz Schuh, and Karin Wagner. By Carl Michael Ziehrer, Emil Hochreiter, Franz Lehar, Karl Kraus, Paul Juon, Ralph Benatzky, and Robert Stolz. Classical. Listening CD. Published by Gramola (NX.GRAM99116).

Enthusiasm for war and violent patriotism, combined with clear economic interests in various categories of daily life and culture, appear to be very characteristic of the first months of World War I, which is documented by Austrian baritone Csongor Szanto with pianist and musicologist Karin Wagner on their album The Last Days of Mankind. Songs from operettas as well as traditional Wienerlied (Viennese songs) by composers such as Robert Stolz, Franz Lehar, Emil Hochreiter or Carl Michael Ziehrer are genuine examples of this initial phase of enthusiasm for war and patriotism in Viennese musical and cultural life. The great Austrian author Karl Kraus on the other hand was one of the early and harsh critics of the war; excerpts from his work are recited by the popular writer and critic Franz Schuh.

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