Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill's American Theatre Songs

~ Release by Kurt Weill; Lotte Lenya (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Label: Sony60647 digitally remastered originally recorded 1957

Annotation last modified on 2005-08-26 02:43 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Knickerbocker Holiday: September SongKurt Weill3:46
2Knickerbocker Holiday: It Never Was You
vocals:
Lotte Lenya
conductor:
Maurice Levine
recording of:
Knickerbocker Holiday: It Never Was You
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
part of:
Knickerbocker Holiday (Kurt Weill musical)
Kurt Weill2:26
3Lady in the Dark: Saga of JennyKurt Weill3:58
4One Touch of Venus: Foolish Heart
vocals:
Lotte Lenya
conductor:
Maurice Levine
recording of:
Foolish Heart (One Touch of Venus)
lyricist:
Ogden Nash
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
part of:
One Touch of Venus (1943 musical)
Kurt Weill3:10
5One Touch of Venus: Speak Low
vocals:
Lotte Lenya
conductor:
Maurice Levine
recording of:
Speak Low (One Touch of Venus) (in 1957-08)
lyricist:
Ogden Nash
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
One Touch of Venus (1943 musical)
Kurt Weill2:49
6The Firebrand of Florence: Sing Me Not a BalladKurt Weill4:15
7Street Scene: Lonely HouseKurt Weill3:36
8Street Scene: A Boy Like YouKurt Weill2:26
9Love Life: Green Up Time
vocals:
Lotte Lenya
conductor:
Maurice Levine
recording of:
Green-Up Time (from "Love Life")
lyricist:
Alan Jay Lerner
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
part of:
Love Life (Musical by Lerner & Weill)
Kurt Weill2:33
10Lost in the Stars: Trouble Man
vocals:
Lotte Lenya
conductor:
Maurice Levine
recording of:
Trouble Man (Lost in the Stars)
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
part of:
Lost in the Stars, Act I
Kurt Weill3:43
11Lost in the Stars: Stay Well
vocals:
Lotte Lenya
conductor:
Maurice Levine
recording of:
Lost in the Stars: Stay Well
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
part of:
Lost in the Stars (complete musical)
part of:
Lost in the Stars, Act II
Kurt Weill3:01
12Lost in the Stars: Lost in the Stars
vocals:
Lotte Lenya
conductor:
Maurice Levine
recording of:
Lost in the Stars (Song, Ulysses Africanus)
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Hampshire House Publishing Corp.
part of:
Lost in the Stars, Act I
Kurt Weill3:59
13The Eternal Road: Song of Ruth
vocals:
Lotte Lenya
conductor:
Maurice Levine
recording of:
Song of Ruth (The Eternal Road)
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
Kurt Weill2:12
14The Threepenny Opera: The Solomon Song
vocals:
Lotte Lenya
recording of:
The Threepenny Opera: Solomon Song
lyricist and librettist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein
part of:
The Threepenny Opera (Marc Blitzstein translation)
Kurt Weill3:37
15Mother Courage: Song
vocals:
Lotte Lenya
recording of:
Lied der Mutter Courage
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Émile Wesly
arranger:
Paul Dessau (composer and conductor)
is based on:
L'Étendard de la pitié
Paul Dessau3:05
16Song of a German MotherHanns Eisler2:27
17Cabaret: So What?
vocals:
Lotte Lenya
conductor:
Harold Hastings
recording of:
So What? (Cabaret)
lyricist:
Fred Ebb
composer:
John Kander
part of:
Cabaret (musical)
John Kander3:21
18Cabaret: What Would You Do?
vocals:
Lotte Lenya
conductor:
Harold Hastings
recording of:
What Would You Do? (Cabaret)
lyricist:
Fred Ebb
composer:
John Kander
part of:
Cabaret (musical)
John Kander3:25
19Cabaret: It Couldn't Please Me More (A Pineapple)
vocals:
Jack Gilford and Lotte Lenya
conductor:
Harold Hastings
recording of:
It Couldn’t Please Me More (A Pineapple) (Cabaret)
lyricist:
Fred Ebb
composer:
John Kander
part of:
Cabaret (musical)
John Kander3:17
20Cabaret: Married
vocals:
Jack Gilford and Lotte Lenya
conductor:
Harold Hastings
recording of:
Married (Cabaret) (in 1966)
lyricist:
Fred Ebb
composer:
John Kander
part of:
Cabaret (musical)
John Kander2:45
21The Threepenny Opera: Moritat vom Mackie MesserKurt Weill2:57
22The Threepenny Opera: Mack the Knife
vocals:
Louis Armstrong and Lotte Lenya
orchestra:
Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars
cover recording of:
Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein (in 1954)
publisher:
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
Kurt Weill3:16
23The Threepenny Opera: Mack the Knife, Session Takes
vocals:
Louis Armstrong and Lotte Lenya
orchestra:
Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars
cover recording of:
Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein (in 1954)
publisher:
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
Kurt Weill8:35

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ASIN:US: B00000JHIK [info]