This CD highlights a seldom appreciated aspect in the life and work of the German satirist, critic, poet, political journalist, and cabaret author Kurt Tucholsky (1880-1935): his love for the gramophone.

His 1931 "Song to the Gramophone" opens:

In countless reviews of his favorite performers and authors, Tucholsky (who wrote under the pseudonym Theobald Tiger) displays his pleasure with fresh arrivals of new records, while he describes his admiration for these artists in great detail as well as attacking bad taste in the musical scene of the day. First and foremost, however, Tucholsky shows himself to be a conoisseur of the shellac disc, and occasionally he even finds himself inspired to write his own songs and poems thanks to these recordings.

Building on thorough documentation, KLEINaberKUNST reconstructs Tucholsky´s collection and offers, so to speak, a glimpse into his record cabinet. Those who peruse it with their ears while reading the original commentaries (with kind permission of the Rowohlt Verlag) will get to know and appreciate Kurt Tucholsky from a completely new vantage point.