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Briefe aus Stalingrad
Ralf Yusuf Gawlick

Briefe aus Stalingrad

Chi-Chen Wu | Moritz Ernst | Georg Gädker

Label: Perfect Noise
Format: CD
Barcode: 0719279933703
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Catalog number: MO 0712
Releasedate: 06-09-19
- First performance of a very personal piece, based on the letters of the composer’s uncle.
- Recorded in several musical layers.
- Many original recordings from the 30ies and 40ies are part of the piece
Letters from Stalingrad
Herzliche Grüße Bruno (Best Regards Bruno) – Briefe aus Stalingrad (Letters from Stalingrad) is an electro-acoustic work conceived from the last letters written by my young uncle before being listed as missing in action in Stalingrad in late December 1942. Although there will forever be tragically unanswered questions as to Bruno’s exact fate, there is much we do know from the time before he was sent to Stalingrad in August 1942. First there are biographical details of his service information provided by the Deutsche Dienststelle and the Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (German Red Cross) ...........“

Ralf Yusuf Gawlick