Kurt Weill: A Portrait from Berlin to New York

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Release Date: 5th May 2017
Catalogue No: CDA1820
Label: Sterling
Length: 89 minutes

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Excerpt, Weill, K: The Threepenny Opera

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Curt Hedlund, Anders Karlqvist, Jan Bergnér, Torsten Mossberg, Nia Nyberg, Kia Nyberg, Karin Hultenberger

I. Ballade vom angenehmem Leben

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II. Ballade von der sezuellen Hörigkeit

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III. Pimps Ballad

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IV. SeeräuberJenny

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V. Lied von der Unzulanglichkeit

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VI. Zweites Dreigroschenfinale: Wovon lebt der Mensch

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Weill, K: Alabama Song (from Mahagonny)

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Curt Hedlund, Torsten Mossberg

Weill, K: Bilbao Song (from Happy End)

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Curt Hedlund, Torsten Mossberg

Weill, K: Das Berliner Requiem: Zu Potsdam unter den Eichen

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Curt Hedlund, Torsten Mossberg

Weill, K: Konjunktur: Muschel von Margate

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Curt Hedlund, Torsten Mossberg

Weill, K: French Songs

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Anders Karlqvist, Torsten Mossberg

I. Je ne t'aime pas

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II. Complainte de la Seine

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Weill, K: The Eternal Road: Song of Ruth

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Stina Hellberg Agback, Torsten Mossberg

Weill, K: Knickerbocker Holiday

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Hasse Larsson, Anders Karlqvist, Kia Nyberg, Torsten Mossberg

I. It Never Was You

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II. September Song

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Weill, K: Lady in the Dark

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Stina Hellberg Agback, Hasse Larsson, Torsten Mossberg, Lars-Olof Norée

I. My Ship

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II. This Is New

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Weill, K: One Touch of Venus

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Hasse Larsson, Anders Karlqvist, Lars-Olof Norée, Torsten Mossberg

I. Foolish Heart

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II. Speak Low

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Weill, K: Street Scene: Lonely House

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Curt Hedlund, Torsten Mossberg

Weill, K: Love Life: Here I'll Stay

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Hasse Larsson, Lars-Olof Norée, Torsten Mossberg

Weill, K: Lost in the stars

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Jan Bergnér, Stina Hellberg Agback, Curt Hedlund, Torsten Mossberg

I. The Little Gray House

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II. Thousands Of Miles

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III. Stay Well

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IV. Lost In The Stars

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Weill, K: Huckleberry Finn: Apple Jack

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Jan Bergnér, Curt Hedlund, Torsten Mossberg

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Kurt Weill was a completely groundbreaking composer in that he, along with Bertolt Brecht developed the characteristic cabaret style (Song) inspired by the American jazz music, minstrel shows and vaudeville with influences from Jewish klezmer music. Tango often played a major role, even in his operas. Often Weill sought after a Verfremdungseffekt, by using odd chords for the key, achieving a kind of desolation and unpleasant feeling. In the 1920s, his songs often sung by an actor. The perfomance was often characterized as Sprechgesang, recitative, helping the message to carry over the ramp. Lotte Lenya, Kurt Weill's wife, was a very successful actress with strong charisma but with an almost unlovely voice. She came to survive her husband by over 30 years and was his best ambassador.

When Weill came to Paris he changed his style. The songs then had a softer image. When he later came to New York he toned down some of the characteristic cabaret style in favor of a more Broadway-customed style. Nevertheless, there remain elements of Hebrew flavour and typical Weill touches in these songs. Many of these are now considered to belong to The American Songbook.

On this recording we have strived to portray the musical development of Kurt Weill, from Berlin to Broadway, from 1928 to 1950, and have selected songs that are characteristic for each period.

Torsten Mossberg

Kurt Weill: A Portrait from Berlin to New York

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