Bauhaus Reviewed 1919-1933 / Various Bauhaus Reviewed 1919-1933 / Various CD

The first audio book CD to explore the highly influential Bauhaus school of art and architecture, which operated in Germany between 1919 and 1933. The spoken word element centers on a revealing talk by Walter Gropius, the architect and theoretician who founded the Bauhaus in 1919. The CD also includes contributions from the school's third and final director, architect Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, and teacher Josef Albers. All interviews are in the English language. The music content of the CD 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 pieces reflect serialism and 12-tone technique; most are performed by Steffen Schleiermacher on piano. With a generous running time of 72 minutes, the CD also features a deluxe booklet featuring archive Bauhaus images and detailed historical notes by James Hayward.

1. Phantasie, Op. 17 2. Walter Gropius on the Origins of the Bauhaus 3. Variation 4. Walter Gropius on Form and Totality 5. Shimmy 6. Walter Gropius on Klee, Itten, Kandinsky, Feininger ; Moholy-Nagy 7. Stehende Musik 8. Josef Albers on Handling and Texture 9. Walter Gropius on Albers and Functionalism 10. Marsch Alexander Des Grossen 11. Walter Gropius on Selection and Students 12. Piano Piece No. 1, Op. 23 13. Walter Gropius on Meyer and Mies Van Der Rohe 14. Josef Albers on Politics and Meyer 15. Walter Gropius on Industrial Contracts 16. Suite for Piano, Op. 25 17. Walter Gropius on Utopianism 18. Ludwig Miew Van Der Rohe on Architecture As Language 19. Walter Gropius on the Future of Architecture