Playlist with all tracks:
1. House of the Rising Sun Play click here for more informationThis song is an old american folksong. It tells of a young man, who spends his life in the shadow of a bordello. The version I sung is a cover of the version of the Animals, who made this song famous and vice versa.
2. Star of the County Down Play click here for more informationThis song is a rock version of a traditional irish lovesong. The melody stems from the old irish air ‚My Love Nell’, the text was written later by Cathal MacGarvey. The song tells of a young lad, who describes his feelings about a beautifull lass, whom he calls ‚Star of the county down’.
Both voices in this song are sung by me.
3. Foggy Dew Play click here for more informationThis song is an irish folksong. It tells about the Easter Risings – Éirí Amach na Cásca – which failed, but are viewed as an important point of change in the common history of england and ireland.
4. Finnegan’s Wake Play click here for more informationThis song is an irish folksong. It tells us of an irish, who gets drunk, falls from a ladder and dies. His wake is a typical irish wake, with party, revelry and brawl. As while brawling a drammie is spilled on the corpse. He revives and rants about wastin’ whiskey.
5. Rebbe Elimelech Play click here for more informationThis song is a yiddish folksong. It tells about a rabbi, who gets more and more boozed and becomes merrier and merrier. Meanwhile, he summons a couple of musicians to party and dance with him.
This song is a live-record of my ZAV-examination.
6. Die Schlacht begann im Morgengrauen Play click here for more informationThis song is from the theatreplay ‚Der kaukasische Kreidekreis’, written by Bertolt Brecht and composed by Paul Dessau. In this song describes a soldier his war-experiences.
This song is a live-record of my ZAV-examination.
Songs 1-4 were recorded in a friend’s home recording studio. The first was recorded in January 2008, wereby the other 3 were recorded in May of 2008. Songs 5 & 6 were recorded live at my ZAV-examination. Therefore, i would kindly ask you to excuse the poor recording quality.
All of the songs were sung only by me (even the second song, both voices), with the exception of the last piece, in which i was accompanied by a peer for a short part.
