This compilation CD features a compact collection of the essential anthems, hymns and battle songs of the international communist movement, with particular emphasis on East Germany and the Soviet Union. Assembled from recordings in German and Russian archives. Complete contents include:

Nationalhymne der DDR [Complete Vocal Version] (Eisler, Becher)
Nationalhymne der DDR [Instrumental Version] (Eisler, Becher)
Kinderhymne "Anmut sparet nicht noch Mühe" (Eisler, Brecht)
La Marseillaise [Instrumental Version] (Rouget de Lisle)
National Anthem of the USSR [Complete Vocal Version] (Alexandrov, Mikhalkov)
National Anthem of the USSR [Instrumental Version] (Alexandrov, Mikhalkov)
Rodina Moya (Novikov, Ushanin)
The Sacred War (Alexandrov, Lebedev-Kumach)
Brüder, zur Sonne, zur Freiheit (Unknown Russian Composer, Radin - German Lyrics: Scherchen)
Brüder seht die rote Fahne (Unknown English Composer, arr. Kaufmann)
Varshavianka (Unknown Polish Composer, Swiecki - German Lyrics: Unknown)
Bandiera Rossa (Unknown Italian Composer, arr. Bethmann)
Dem Morgenrot entgegen (Trad. from Austria, Eildermann)
Wir sind die erste Reihe (Unknown, arr. Bethmann)
Unsterbliche Opfer (Ikonnikov, Archangelskii - German Lyrics: Scherchen)
The Internationale [Instrumental Version] (Degeyter)
The Internationale [Complete German Vocal Version] (Degeyter, Pottier - German Lyrics: Luckhardt)

Featured performers include the Soldiers' Chorus and Band of the Wachregiment "Felix Dzerzhinskii," the Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army, the Chorus and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater, and many others too numerous to list here.

Total Time: 43:36

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