Die sieben Todsünden = The seven deadly sins (35:29) -- Die Dreigroschenoper = The Threepenny Opera: Moritat vom Mackie Messer = Mack the Knife (3:03) ; Barbarasong (4:22) ; Seeräuberjenny = Pirate Jenny (3:59) -- Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny = The rise and fall of the City of Mahagonny: Havanna Lied (1:56) ; Alabama song (4:06) ; Denn wie man sich Bettet = As you make your bed (3:54) -- Happy end: Bilbao song (4:35) ; Surabaya Johnny (4:23) ; Was die Herren Matrosen sagen = The sailors' tango (4:31) -- Das Berliner Requiem = Berlin requiem: Ballade vom ertrunkenen Mädchen = Ballad of the drowned girl (3:01) -- Der Silbersee, ein Wintermärchen = The silverlake, a winter's tale: Lied der Fennimore = I am a poor relative (2:53) ; Cäsars Tod = Ballad of Caesar (2:51).
Note
All texts by Bertolt Brecht, except the Silbersee selections, by Georg Kaiser.
Originally released by Columbia in 1955 (tracks 10-21) and 1957 (tracks 1-9).
Lotte Lenya, vocals, with (in 1st work) Julius Katona, Fritz Göllnitz, tenors, Ernst Poettgen, baritone, Sigmund Roth, bass ; unnamed orchestras ; Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg, (tracks 1-9), Roger Bean, (tracks 10-21), conductors.
Event
Recorded 1955 July 5-7 and 1956 September 1-8 Friedrich Ebert Halle, Hamburg, Germany.