MARSCHLIEDER: DIE GANZE KOMPANIE  This 2015 compilation features over one hour and ten minutes of Third Reich-era German soldiers' songs, performed by Germany's leading military- and civilian bands and choruses between 1933 and 1941.  Included are textbook choral performances of many musical rarities of the period, including 'Landsknechtslieder,' Friderician soldiers' songs, songs specially composed for the Wehrmacht, famous compositions by Herms Niel, and many others - including stirring VOCAL selections that are usually heard only in INSTRUMENTAL form.  Performers include the Kradschützen-Singschar und Musikkorps der Aufklärungs-Abteilung 3 at Berlin-Stahnsdorf, the Band and Chorus of the Leibstandarte, the Band and Chorus of the Berlin Guard Battalion of the Luftwaffe, the Music Corps of the Infantry Training Regiment at Döberitz, and many more.
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