Giselle Allen, Robert Hayward, Gillene Butterfield, Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North, James Holmes - Kurt Weill: Street Scene (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

CD1
01. Street Scene, Act I: Introduction and Opening Ensemble. Ain't It Awful, the Heat? (Greta Fiorentino, Emma Jones, Olga Olsen, Abraham Kaplan, Ensemble)
02. Street Scene, Act I: Blues. I Got a Marble and a Star (Henry Davis)
03. Street Scene, Act I: Scene and Trio. Get a Load of That (Greta Fiorentino, Emma Jones, Olga Olsen, Anna Maurrant, Sam Kaplan, Ensemble)
04. Street Scene, Act I: Arietta. When a Woman Has a Baby (Daniel Buchanan, Anna Maurrant, Ensemble)
05. Street Scene, Act I: Scene (Frank Maurrant, Anna Maurrant, Ensemble)
06. Street Scene, Act I: Aria. Somehow I Never Could Believe (Anna Maurrant)
07. Street Scene, Act I: Scene and Quartet. Get a Load of That (Emma Jones, Greta Fiorentino, George Jones, Carl Olsen, Anna Maurrant, Ensemble)
08. Street Scene, Act I: Ice Cream Sextet (Lippo Fiorentino, Greta Fiorentino, George Jones, Carl Olsen, Olga Olsen, Henry Davis, Frank Maurrant, Ensemble)
09. Street Scene, Act I: Aria. Let Things Be Like They Always Was (Frank Maurrant, Ensemble)
10. Street Scene, Act I: Scene and Ensemble. Wrapped in a Ribbon and Tied in a Bow (Jennie Hildebrand, Laura Hildebrand, Anna Maurrant, Frank Maurrant, Ensemble)
11. Street Scene, Act I: Arioso. Lonely House (Sam Kaplan)
12. Street Scene, Act I: Scene and Song. Wouldn't You Like to Be on Broadway? (Harry Easter, Rose Maurrant)
13. Street Scene, Act I: Cavatina and Scene. What Good Would the Moon Be? (Rose Maurrant, Harry Easter, Frank Maurrant, Ensemble)
14. Street Scene, Act I: Song, Scene and Dance. Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed (Mae Jones, Dick McGann, Rose Maurrant, Sam Kaplan, Ensemble)

CD2
01. Street Scene, Act I: Duet. Remember That I Care (Rose Maurrant, Sam Kaplan)
02. Street Scene, Act I: Finaletto (Rose Maurrant, Sam Kaplan, Frank Maurrant, Ensemble)
03. Street Scene, Act II: Introduction and Children's Game. Catch Me If You Can (Charlie Hildebrand, Mary Hildebrand, Willie Maurrant, Grace Davis, Anna Maurrant, Rose Maurrant, Sam Kaplan, Mae Jones, Dick McGann, Ensemble)
04. Street Scene, Act II: Scene and Trio. There'll Be Trouble (Frank Maurrant, Anna Maurrant, Rose Maurrant, Ensemble)
05. Street Scene, Act II: Song. A Boy Like You (Anna Maurrant, Willie Maurrant, Rose Maurrant, Ensemble)
06. Street Scene, Act II: Duet and Scene. We'll Go Away Together (Rose Maurrant, Sam Kaplan)
07. Street Scene, Act II: Scene (Anna Maurrant, Rose Maurrant, Sam Kaplan, Frank Maurrant, Harry Easter, Ensemble)
08. Street Scene, Act II: Scene (Frank Maurrant, Sam Kaplan, Ensemble)
09. Street Scene, Act II: Choral Scene and Lament. The Woman Who Lived Up There (Anna Maurrant, Rose Maurrant, Sam Kaplan, Ensemble)
10. Street Scene, Act II: Interlude
11. Street Scene, Act II: Scene and Lullaby (First Nursemaid, Second Nursemaid, Ensemble)
12. Street Scene, Act II: Scene. She Never Opened Her Eyes Again (Rose Maurrant, Sam Kaplan, Ensemble)
13. Street Scene, Act II: Finale. I Loved Her Too (Rose Maurrant, Frank Maurrant, Choir)
14. Street Scene, Act II: Don't Forget the Lilac Bush (Rose Maurrant, Sam Kaplan, Ensemble)

Today Street Scene is Kurt Weill's most frequently revived American stage work.A polystylistic blending of operatic arias and ensembles, musical comedy songs and dances, dramatic dialogue both unaccompanied and underscored, and extraordinary emotional drama, Street Scene is arguably Weill's breakthrough. Though Elmer Rice's play was set in the 1920s, the popular music references are pure 1940s style (Glenn Miller, Rodgers and Hammerstein). After the successful release of Love Life (Capriccio C5550) this recording fills up the meanwhile large Kurt-Weill-Catalogue of Capriccio, again with a powerful cast from Opera North.