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Weill: A Portrait

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Details

Composer
WEILL, KURT
Artist
Mossberg, Nyberg, Hultenberger, Agback, Hedlund, Karlqvist, Bergner, Larsson
Format
CD
Label
Sterling Records
Released
May 05, 2017
Catalog #
CDA1820
UPC
7393338182023

About

Kurt Weill was a completely groundbreaking composer in that he, along with Bertolt Brecht developed the characteristic cabaret style (Song) inspired by the American jazz music, minstrel shows and vaudeville with influences from Jewish klezmer music. Tango often played a major role, even in his operas. Often Weill sought after a Verfremdungseffekt, by using odd chords for the key, achieving a kind of desolation and unpleasant feeling. In the 1920s, his songs often sung by an actor. The performance was often characterized as Sprechgesang, recitative, helping the message to carry over the ramp. Lotte Lenya, Kurt Weill's wife, was a very successful actress with strong charisma but with an almost unlovely voice. She came to survive her husband by over 30 years and was his best ambassador. When Weill came to Paris he changed his style. The songs then had a softer image. When he later came to New York he toned down some of the characteristic cabaret style in favor of a more Broadway-customed style. Nevertheless, there remain elements of Hebrew flavour and typical Weill touches in these songs. Many of these are now considered to belong to The American Songbook. On this recording we have strived to portray the musical development of Kurt Weill, from Berlin to Broadway, from 1928 to 1950, and have selected songs that are characteristic for each period.

Tracklist 26 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Act II: Ballade vom angenehmen Leben (Ballade of Good Living): Ihr Herrn, urteilt jetzt selbst 03:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act II: Ballade vom angenehmen Leben (Ballade of Good Living): Ihr Herrn, urteilt jetzt selbst
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Curt Hedlund
  3. 2 Act II: Ballade von der sexuellen Horigkeit (Ballad of Sexual Obsession): Da ist nun einer schon der Satan selber 02:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act II: Ballade von der sexuellen Horigkeit (Ballad of Sexual Obsession): Da ist nun einer schon der Satan selber
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Anders Karlqvist
  4. 3 Act II: Zuhalterballade 03:31
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act II: Zuhalterballade
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Kia Nyberg, Anders Karlqvist
  5. 4 Act I: Meine Herren, heut sehn Sie mich Glaser abwaschen, "Seerauber-Jenny" (Pirate Jenny) 03:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I: Meine Herren, heut sehn Sie mich Glaser abwaschen, "Seerauber-Jenny" (Pirate Jenny)
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Kia Nyberg, Anders Karlqvist
  6. 5 Act III: Lied von der Unzulanglichkeit menschlichen Strebens (Song of the Insufficiency of Human Endeavour): Der Mensch lebt durch den Kopf 01:27
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act III: Lied von der Unzulanglichkeit menschlichen Strebens (Song of the Insufficiency of Human Endeavour): Der Mensch lebt durch den Kopf
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Curt Hedlund
  7. 6 Act II: Ballade uber die Frage, "Wovon lebt der Mensch" 04:30
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act II: Ballade uber die Frage, "Wovon lebt der Mensch"
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Karin Hultenberger, Curt Hedlund, Jan Bergnér
  8. 7 Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Alabama Song 03:10
    Track
    7
    Title
    Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Alabama Song
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Curt Hedlund
  9. 8 Happy End: Bilbao-Song 05:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    Happy End: Bilbao-Song
    Duration
    05:06
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Curt Hedlund
  10. 9 Das Berliner Requiem: Zu Potsdam unter den Eichen 02:35
    Track
    9
    Title
    Das Berliner Requiem: Zu Potsdam unter den Eichen
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Curt Hedlund
  11. 10 Konjunktur: Die Muschel von Margate (Petroleum Song) 04:34
    Track
    10
    Title
    Konjunktur: Die Muschel von Margate (Petroleum Song)
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Curt Hedlund
  12. 11 Je ne t'aime pas 03:34
    Track
    11
    Title
    Je ne t'aime pas
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Anders Karlqvist
  13. 12 Complainte de la Seine 03:57
    Track
    12
    Title
    Complainte de la Seine
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Anders Karlqvist
  14. Disc 2
  15. 1 The Eternal Road: Song of Ruth 05:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    The Eternal Road: Song of Ruth
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Stina Hellberg Agback
  16. 2 It never was you 04:22
    Track
    2
    Title
    It never was you
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Kia Nyberg, Anders Karlqvist, Hasse Larsson
  17. 3 September Song 03:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    September Song
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Anders Karlqvist, Hasse Larsson
  18. 4 My Ship 04:46
    Track
    4
    Title
    My Ship
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Stina Hellberg Agback
  19. 5 This is New 03:05
    Track
    5
    Title
    This is New
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg
    Ensemble
    Lars-Olof Norées Trio
  20. 6 Foolish Heart 01:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    Foolish Heart
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Anders Karlqvist, Hasse Larsson
  21. 7 Speak Low 03:54
    Track
    7
    Title
    Speak Low
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg
    Ensemble
    Lars-Olof Norées Trio
  22. 8 Street Scene: Lonely House 03:22
    Track
    8
    Title
    Street Scene: Lonely House
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Curt Hedlund
  23. 9 Love Life: Here I'll Stay 02:16
    Track
    9
    Title
    Love Life: Here I'll Stay
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg
    Ensemble
    Lars-Olof Norées Trio
  24. 10 Act I: Little Gray House: It'a a little gray house 04:58
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act I: Little Gray House: It'a a little gray house
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Stina Hellberg Agback
  25. 11 Act I: Thousands Of Miles: There is a great gulf between people 03:08
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act I: Thousands Of Miles: There is a great gulf between people
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Curt Hedlund, Jan Bergnér
  26. 12 Act II: Stay Well: If I tell truth to you, my love, my own 02:51
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act II: Stay Well: If I tell truth to you, my love, my own
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Curt Hedlund, Jan Bergnér
  27. 13 Act I: Lost in the Stars 02:51
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act I: Lost in the Stars
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Stina Hellberg Agback
  28. 14 Huckleberry Finn: No. 3. Apple Jack 02:11
    Track
    14
    Title
    Huckleberry Finn: No. 3. Apple Jack
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Kurt Weill
    Performer
    Torsten Mossberg, Curt Hedlund, Jan Bergnér