Dessau and Berlin
Donald Macleod explores Kurt Weill's formative years. With Mack the Knife (The Threepenny Opera); String Quartet (1918) - 1st mvt; Symphony No 1 and Frauentanz.
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Kurt Weill, focusing on the composer's formative years.
Mack the Knife (The Threepenny Opera - Moritat)
Louis Armstrong, Lotte Lenya
Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars
Sony Classical MHK 60647 Tr 22
String Quartet (1918) 1st mvt
Leipzig String Quartet
DG Gold MDG30710712 Tr 1
Symphony No 1
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor)
Naxos 8557199 Tr 4
Frauentanz
Rosemary Hardy (soprano)
Ensemble Modern
HK Gruber (conductor)
Largo 5114 Tr 5
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Kurt Weill
Overture: Der Silbersee
Performer: London Sinfonietta Performer: Markus Stenz (conductor)
- RCA Red Seal 09026634472 CD1.
- 1.
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Kurt Weill
Der Silbersee (excerpt from Act 3)
Performer: Frau von Luber ...... Helga Dernesch (soprano) Performer: Baron Laur ...... Heinz Zednik (tenor) Performer: London Sinfonietta Performer: Markus Stenz (conductor)
- Red Seal 09026634472 CD2.
- 11.
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Kurt Weill
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (excerpt)
Performer: Jenny ...... Lotte Lenya Performer: Mrs Begbick ...... Gisela Litz Performer: Jimmy Mahoney ...... Heinz Sauerbaum Performer: Bill ...... Georg Mund Performer: Jake Schmidt ...... Fritz Gollnitz Performer: Joe ...... Sigmund Roth Performer: Speaker ...... Richard Munch Performer: Orchestra of North German Radio Performer: Max Thurn (conductor)
- CBS Masterworks M2K 77341.
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Kurt Weill
Seven Deadly Sins (ballet)
Performer: Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Karl-Heinz Brandt, Hans Sojer (tenor) Performer: Hidenori Komatsu (baritone) Performer: Ivan Urbas (bass) Performer: Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR Performer: Cord Garben (conductor)
- Harmonia mundi HMC 901420.
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