September Songs: The Music Of Kurt Weill

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Synopsis

German-born composer Kurt Weill's music has aged quite well through the years and has been rediscovered and reinterpreted by such diverse artists as Louis Armstrong, Bobby Darin, Willie Nelson, the Doors, and Teresa Stratas. Just prior to the 70th anniversary of the classic Three Penny Opera, which made its debut in 1928, producer Hal Wilner, who supervised the brilliant 1985 Weill tribute Lost in the Stars in association with filmmaker Larry Weinstein, gave fans old and new September Songs, a collection of interpretations from the film project of the same name. Weinstein, inspired by hearing the Lost in the Stars project, developed his film as a visual follow-up to the record, hiring Wilner to reprise his role as music supervisor. Wilner once again chose a wide array of artists for the project, ranging from pop musicians such as PJ Harvey and Elvis Costello to jazz vocalist Betty Carter, opera soprano Teresa Stratas, beat author William S. Burroughs, and the gospel stylings of the Persuasions. Among the true joys of September Songs, aside from the wonderful new renditions, is the inclusion of recordings by Weill's wife, Lotte Lenya, from 1955 on "Pirate Jenny," lyricist Bertolt Brecht performing "Mack the Knife" in 1930 in its original German, and Weill himself, joined via modern recording technology by bassist Charlie Haden, singing the beautiful "Speak Low." Without a weak performance on the entire album, Wilner once again has done an excellent job of capturing the beauty and scope of one of the 20th century's greatest composers. ~ Brett Hartenbach

Product details

EAN:: 074646304624
Genre:: Vocal
Format:: CD
Release Date:: 1997-08-19
Label:: Sony Classical

September Songs: The Music Of Kurt Weill track listing

Disc 1
1. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife), song for voice & piano (from "Die Dreigroschenoper") (5:53)
2. Und was bekam des Soldaten Weib? (The Ballad of the Soldier's Wife), song for voice & piano (4:26)
3. Alabama Song, for voice & orchestra (from "Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny") (5:31)
4. Youkali, tango habañera for voice & piano (7:38)
5. Lost in the Stars, song for voice & piano (from "Lost in the Stars") (4:56)
6. Die Seeräuber-Jenny (Pirate Jenny), song for voice & piano (from "Die Dreigroschenoper") (4:30)
7. Speak Low, song for voice & piano (from "One Touch of Venus") (6:30)
8. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), opera~Oh, heavenly salvation (4:36)
9. Lonely House, song for voice & piano (from "Street Scene") (8:31)
10. Surabaya-Johnny, song for voice & piano (from "Happy End") (6:57)
11. Fürchte dich nicht, song for voice & piano (from "Happy End") (4:25)
12. September Song, song for voice & piano (from "Knickerbocker Holiday") (8:51)
13. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife), song for voice & piano (from "Die Dreigroschenoper") (3:47)
14. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera), opera~What keeps mankind alive? (3:46)

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