Weill / Brecht - The Threepenny Opera | TER CDTER1101

Weill / Brecht - The Threepenny Opera

Label: TER

Cat No: CDTER1101

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 24th March 2008

Contents

Artists

Scott Merrill
Martin Wolfson
Jo Sullivan
Lotte Lenya
Beatrice Arthur
Charlotte Rae
Gerald Price
George Tyne

Works

Weill, Kurt

Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)

Artists

Scott Merrill
Martin Wolfson
Jo Sullivan
Lotte Lenya
Beatrice Arthur
Charlotte Rae
Gerald Price
George Tyne

About

This classic TER release of the seminal collaboration between Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, documents the now legendary 1954 production of ‘The Threepenny Opera’.

Marc Blitzen’s English adaptation of the book and lyrics relocated this 1920s Berlin stage piece to 19th Century London and in doing so created the runaway 1954 smash hit of New York, to this day the longest running Off-Broadway show, closing in December 1961.

The musicals themes of corruption and poverty remain endlessly relevant and have allowed the piece to be continually revived to comment on society for the past 50 years, and thus maintain its status as a modern masterpiece.

Featuring the classic tracks ‘The Ballad of Mack The Knife’ and ‘Pirate Jenny’, performed by the original off-Broadway cast including Scott Merrill, Martin Wolfson, Jo Sullivan and Lotte Lenya, this recording preserves a stand out moment of musical history, and a version of part of our musical future.

Tracks Listing:
1. Prologue
2. Overture
3. The Ballad Of Mack The Knife
4. Morning Anthem
5. Instead-Of-Song
6. Wedding Song
7. Pirate Jenny
8. Army Song
9. Love Song
10. Ballad Of Dependency
11. Melodrama And Polly’s Song
12. Ballad Of The Easy Life
13. The World Is Mean
14. Barbara Song
15. Tango-Ballad
16. Jealousy Duet
17. How To Survive
18. Useless Song
19. Solomon Song
20. Call From The Grave
21. Death Message
22. Finale: The Mounted Messanger

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