Die sieben Todsünden = The seven deadly sins (35:34) -- 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 (1:55) ; 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 as analog discs by Columbia in 1955 (tracks 10-21) and 1957 (tracks 1-9).
Credits (note)
Original producers, George Avakian and H. Gerhard Lichthorn ; senior executive producer, Thomas Frost ; reissue producer, Louise de la Fuente ; reissue engineer, Andreas Meyer.
Language (note)
Sung in German.
Author
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950, composer.
Title
Lotte Lenya sings Kurt Weill's The seven deadly sings and Berlin theatre songs.
Publisher
[New York] : Sony Classical, [1997]
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Series
Masterworks heritage vocal series
Masterworks heritage vocal series.
Performer
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.
Credits
Original producers, George Avakian and H. Gerhard Lichthorn ; senior executive producer, Thomas Frost ; reissue producer, Louise de la Fuente ; reissue engineer, Andreas Meyer.
Event
Recorded 1955 July 5-7 and 1956 September 1-8 Friedrich Ebert Halle, Hamburg, Germany.