Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins

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Label
BIS
Release Date
January 30, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Kurt Weill
    • PERFORMER
      Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Wallis Giunta, Jennifer France, Katarina Andreasson, Benjamin Herzl
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 30, 2026
    • UPC
      7318599927794
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2779
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Modern Era
    Works ⌄

    1. Prologue

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Performer: Wallis Giunta

      Conductor: HK Gruber

    2. No. 1. Sloth

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Performer: Mats Carlsson, Love Tronner, Lars Johansson Brissman, Andreas Olsson

      Conductor: HK Gruber

    3. No. 2. Pride

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Performer: Wallis Giunta, Mats Carlsson, Love Tronner, Lars Johansson Brissman, Andreas Olsson

      Conductor: HK Gruber

    4. No. 3. Anger

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Performer: Wallis Giunta, Mats Carlsson, Love Tronner, Lars Johansson Brissman, Andreas Olsson

      Conductor: HK Gruber

    5. No. 4. Gluttony

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Performer: Mats Carlsson, Love Tronner, Lars Johansson Brissman, Andreas Olsson

      Conductor: HK Gruber

    6. No. 5. Lust

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Performer: Wallis Giunta, Mats Carlsson, Love Tronner, Lars Johansson Brissman, Andreas Olsson

      Conductor: HK Gruber

    7. No. 6. Covetousness

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Performer: Mats Carlsson, Love Tronner, Lars Johansson Brissman, Andreas Olsson

      Conductor: HK Gruber

    8. No. 7. Envy

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Performer: Wallis Giunta, Mats Carlsson, Love Tronner, Lars Johansson Brissman, Andreas Olsson

      Conductor: HK Gruber

    9. Epilogue

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Performer: Wallis Giunta

      Conductor: HK Gruber

    10. Part I: Moderato un poco largo - Molto deciso - Andantino grazioso

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Performer: Jennifer France

      Conductor: HK Gruber

    11. Part II: Cadenza - Variations - Allegro vivace - Più andante

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Performer: Jennifer France, Katarina Andreasson

      Conductor: HK Gruber

    12. I. Andante con moto

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Performer: Benjamin Herzl

      Conductor: HK Gruber

    13. IIa. Notturno: Allegro un poco tenuto

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Performer: Benjamin Herzl

      Conductor: HK Gruber

    14. IIb. Cadenza: Moderato

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Performer: Benjamin Herzl

      Conductor: HK Gruber

    15. IIc. Serenata: Allegretto

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Performer: Benjamin Herzl

      Conductor: HK Gruber

    16. III. Allegro molto, un poco agitato

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Performer: Benjamin Herzl

      Conductor: HK Gruber


Following his acclaimed recording of Kurt Weill's symphonies 1 and 2 and excerpts from The Silver Lake (BIS-2579), HK Gruber and his congenial partner, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, present three more works by the famous musical theatre composer, this time featuring sopranos Wallis Giunta and Jennifer France and violinists Katerina Andresson and Benjamin Herzl. This release opens with the ballet-chante satire The Seven Deadly Sins, a scathing critique of capitalist society that highlights the perpetual struggle between money and morality. Anna, a young girl, is sent away from her family with the mission of bringing back enough money to build a house on the Mississippi. The cantata The New Orpheus, which blends the very different styles of aria and song, tells the sad story of the singer who sets out to conquer the dreary walls of modern cities to save Eurydice, and with her, all of humanity. Finally, the Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, a central work from Weill's early creative period, displays a theatricality that heralds the stage works to come. An exciting programme showcasing Weill's inimitable language of mixing the sophisticated and the popular, the melodic and the dissonant, the complex and the streetwise.