Serena Wey, Othmar Sturm, Martin Müller, Werner Güra, Grzegorz Rozycki, Basel Sinfonietta, Mark Fitz-Gerald, Maxwell Anderson, Bertold Brecht - WEILL: Die Dreigroschenoper / Die sieben Todsünden / Suite panaméenne (2023)

Tracklist

01. Die Dreigroschenoper: Overture
02. Die Dreigroschenoper: Moritat von Mackie Messer [‘ballad of Mack the Knife’]
03. Die Dreigroschenoper: Liebeslied
04. Die Dreigroschenoper: Ballade vom angenehmen Leben [‘ballad of the Easy Life’]
05. Die Dreigroschenoper: Polly’s Lied
06. Die Dreigroschenoper: Kanonen-song
07. Die sieben Todsünden: Prolog
08. Die sieben Todsünden: Faulheit [‘sloth’]
09. Die sieben Todsünden: Stolz [‘pride’]
10. Die sieben Todsünden: Zorn [‘wrath’]
11. Die sieben Todsünden: Völlerei [‘gluttony’]
12. Die sieben Todsünden: Unzucht [‘lust’]
13. Die sieben Todsünden: Habsucht [‘greed’]
14. Die sieben Todsünden: Neid [‘envy’]
15. Die sieben Todsünden: Epilog
16. Suite panaméenne: Introduktion
17. Suite panaméenne: Marche de l’armée panaméenne [‘march of the Panamanian Army’]
18. Suite panaméenne: Tango habañera
19. Suite panaméenne: Tempo di Foxtrot
20. Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song
21. Happy End: Surabaya-johnny

German-born American composer Kurt Weill was a leading composer for the stage in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his fruitful collaborations with poet and playwrite Bertolt Brecht. Their collaborations were hugely successful at the time, and remain popular. In this present recording, the Weill-Brecht collaboration is featured in the classic The Seven Deadly Sins, possibly their most famous composition. Also presented in this release is the rarely heard yet charming Suite panameenne along with the ever popular orchestral suite from The Threepenny Opera.

This live concert recording, made in 1991 and 1993, was only ever released locally in Basel for a short period after the recording. FHR?s remastered recording will now make the release fully available on streaming platforms along with full worldwide CD distribution.

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