Weill / Brecht - Threepenny Opera, etc | Documents 232928

Weill / Brecht - Threepenny Opera, etc

Label: Documents

Cat No: 232928

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 4

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 5th August 2013

Contents

Works

Weill, Kurt

Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny)
Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)
» Ballad of Living in Style
» Barbara Song
» Die Seerauber-Jenny (Pirate Jenny)
» Farewell
» Finale no.1
» Finale no.2
» Jealousy Duet
» Love Song
» Moritat von Mackie Messer (Ballad of Mack the Knife)
» Pimp's Ballad
» Soldier's Song
» Song of Why Human Effort is Always Futile
Die sieben Todsunden (The Seven Deadly Sins)

Artists

Lotte Lenja
Bert Brecht
Erich Ponto
Willy Trenk-Trebitsch
Kurt Gerron
Heinz Sauerbaum
Gisela Litz
Peter Markwort
Horst Gunter
Georg Mund
Sigmund Roth
Richard Munch
Julius Katona
Fritz Gollnitz
Siegmund Roth
Ernst Poettgen
Chor und Orchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks
Hamburger Sinfonieorchester

Conductor

Wilhelm Bruckner-Ruggeberg

Works

Weill, Kurt

Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny)
Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)
» Ballad of Living in Style
» Barbara Song
» Die Seerauber-Jenny (Pirate Jenny)
» Farewell
» Finale no.1
» Finale no.2
» Jealousy Duet
» Love Song
» Moritat von Mackie Messer (Ballad of Mack the Knife)
» Pimp's Ballad
» Soldier's Song
» Song of Why Human Effort is Always Futile
Die sieben Todsunden (The Seven Deadly Sins)

Artists

Lotte Lenja
Bert Brecht
Erich Ponto
Willy Trenk-Trebitsch
Kurt Gerron
Heinz Sauerbaum
Gisela Litz
Peter Markwort
Horst Gunter
Georg Mund
Sigmund Roth
Richard Munch
Julius Katona
Fritz Gollnitz
Siegmund Roth
Ernst Poettgen
Chor und Orchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks
Hamburger Sinfonieorchester

Conductor

Wilhelm Bruckner-Ruggeberg

About

The creative team of Kurt Weill and Burt Brecht holds a special place in modern classical music. The musician and writer understood how to create popular works.

Lotte Lenya, partner of Kurt Weill, sings the main role in the three recordings presented here - it was also she who sung these pieces for the first time on stage.

As a bonus-track, we present Bert Brecht singing “Moritat von Meckie Messer” - a recording from 1930.

Contents:
CD 1
Die Dreigroschenoper (Auszüge) / The Threepenny Opera (Excerpts)
1. Moritat - Kurt Gerron
2. Ballad of Living in Style - Willy Trenk-Trebitsch
3. Love Song - Erika Helmke, Erich Ponto
4. Soldier’s Song - Kurt Gerron, Willy Trenk-Trebitsch
5. Pirate Jenny - Lotte Lenya
6. 1st Finale - Lotte Lenya, Erika Helmke, Erich Ponto
7. Barbara Song - Lotte Lenya
8. Jealousy Duet - Lotte Lenya, Erika Helmke
9. Farewell - Erika Helmke, Willy Trenk-Trebitsch
10. 2nd Finale - Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, Chorus
11. Pimp’s Ballad - Lotte Lenya, Willy Trenk-Trebitsch
12. Song of Why Human Effort is Always Futile - Erich Ponto
- Lotte Lenja
- Erich Ponto
- Willy Trenk-Trebitsch
- Kurt Gerron and others


Bonus:
13. Moritat/End Chorale - Lotte Lenya
14. The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny - Lotte Lenya, Orchestra Kurfurstendamm Theatres, Berlin/Hans Sommer
15. Bilbao Song (Happy End - Lotte Lenya, Jazz Orchestra/Theo Mackeben
16. The Ballad of Mack the Knife (Moritat) - Berthold Brecht, Jazz Orchestra/Theo Mackeben
17. Song of Why Human Effort is Always Futile - Berthold Brecht, Jazz Orchestra/Theo Mackeben
Lewis Ruth Band/Theo Mackeben
Recorded ca. 1930

CD 2 + 3
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny / The Rise & Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Cast:
- Jenny: Lotte Lenya
- Jimmy Mahoney: Heinz Sauerbaum
- Mrs. Begbick: Gisela Litz
- Fatty: Peter Markwort
- Dreieinigkeitsmoses/Trinity Moses: Horst Günter
- Bill: Georg Mund
- Jack/Tobby Higgins: Fritz Göllnitz
- Joe: Sigmund Roth  

Narrator: Richard Munch
Chor und Orchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks / Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg
Recorded: 1956

CD 4
Die Sieben Todsünden (Der Kleinbürger) / The seven deadly sins (of the petty Bourgeoisie)
Cast:
- Anna: Lotte Lenya
- The Family: Julius Katona, Fritz Göllnitz, Siegmund Roth, Ernst Poettgen
Hamburger Sinfonieorchester / Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg
Recorded: 1956

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