The Collector's Three Penny Opera (1929-1931 original cast)

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

Annotation

Transfers by David Lennick
Source Material: Ben Lennick, Frasier McDonald

Annotation last modified on 2011-11-17 05:54 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 Die Dreigroschenoper: Overture
Kurt Weill 0:34
2 Die Dreigroschenoper: Moritat (Mack, the Knife)
Kurt Weill 1:27
3 Die Dreigroschenoper: Ballad of the Agreeable Life
Kurt Weill 1:17
4 Die Dreigroschenoper: Love Duet
Kurt Weill 1:42
5 Die Dreigroschenoper: Cannon Song
Kurt Weill 1:30
6 Die Dreigroschenoper: Pirate Jenny
Kurt Weill 3:08
7 Die Dreigroschenoper: Act I Finale
Kurt Weill 3:01
8 Die Dreigroschenoper: Barbara Song
Kurt Weill 2:00
9 Die Dreigroschenoper: Jealousy Song
Kurt Weill 1:18
10 Die Dreigroschenoper: Farewell
Kurt Weill 1:22
11 Die Dreigroschenoper: Act II Finale
Kurt Weill 2:04
12 Die Dreigroschenoper: Procurer's Ballad
Kurt Weill 1:37
13 Die Dreigroschenoper: Inadequacy of Life
Kurt Weill 1:30
14 Die Dreigroschenoper: Moritat, Reprise
Kurt Weill 1:58
15 Die Dreigroschenoper: Final Chorus
Kurt Weill 1:24
16 Die Dreigroschenoper: Moritat von Mackie Messer
Kurt Weill 2:47
17 Die Dreigroschenoper: Song of the Inadequacy of Life
Kurt Weill 2:45
18 Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: Moritat (Mack, the Knife)
Kurt Weill 2:33
19 Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: Ballade
Kurt Weill 2:18
20 Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: Tango-Ballade
Kurt Weill 2:43
21 Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: Kanonensong
Kurt Weill 2:09
22 Die Dreigroschenoper: Complainte de Mackie (Moritat)
Kurt Weill 2:20
23 Mahagonny: Alabama Song
Kurt Weill 2:58
24 Mahagonny: As You Make Your Bed
Kurt Weill 2:56
25 Mahagonny: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Selections
Kurt Weill 8:39
26 Happy End: Bilbao Song
Kurt Weill 3:04

Credits

CD 1

additional translator:
Elisabeth Hauptmann (track 23)
composer:
Kurt Weill (tracks 1–26)
conductor:
Pierre Chagnon (Musician - Composer) (track 22)
Otto Klemperer (German-born conductor and composer, 1885-1973) (tracks 18–21)
Theo Mackeben (tracks 1–6, 9–15)
Theo Mackeben (1930-12-07) (tracks 7–8)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht (tracks 2–17, 22–26)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Lotte Lenya (1930-12-07) (tracks 7–8)
orchestra:
Ensemble und Orchester des Theaters am Kurfürstendamm Berlin (track 25)
Lewis Ruth Band (tracks 1–6, 9–15)
Theo Mackeben's Orchestra (tracks 16–17, 24)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra (tracks 18–21)
Lewis Ruth Band (1930-12-07) (tracks 7–8)
soprano vocals:
Erika Helmke (1930-12-07) (track 7)
translator:
André Mauprey (track 22)
vocals:
Bertolt Brecht (tracks 16–17)
Mme. Damia (track 22)
Erich Ponto (track 13)
Kurt Gerron (tracks 2, 5)
Erika Helmke (tracks 4, 9–10)
Lotte Lenya (tracks 6, 9, 12, 14, 23–26)
The Three Admirals (Germany, 1930s) (track 23)
Willy Trenk-Trebitsch (tracks 3–5, 10–12)
Erich Ponto (1930-12-07) (track 7)
arrangements:
Alabama Song (from "Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny") (track 23)
Bilbao Song (from "Happy End") (Arrangement for Jazz Orchestra) (track 26)
Kanonen-Song (from "Die Dreigroschenoper") (Arrangement for Jazz Orchestra) (track 5)
Lied der Jenny "Denn wie man sich bettet…" (from "Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny") (Slow-Fox Arrangement) (track 24)
Tango Ballade (from "Die Dreigroschenoper") (Arrangement for Jazz Orchestra) (track 12)
later translated parody versions:
Dicsi'r Clustie (tracks 2, 16)
later translated versions:
Alabama song (French version) (track 23)
Ballade de la vie agréable (track 3)
Balladen om det angenäma livet (track 3)
Bilbao song (Chanson de Bilbao) (track 26)
Chant de la vanité de l'effort humain (Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit des menschlichen Strebens) (extrait de l'opéra de quat'sous) (tracks 13, 17)
Complainte de Mackie (André Mauprey translation) (tracks 2, 16)
Complainte de Mackie (Boris Vian translation) (tracks 2, 16)
Duo de la jalousie (Das Eifersuchtsduett) (extrait de l'opéra de quat'sous) (track 9)
Jomfru Dilemma (Barbara-Song) (track 8)
Le Chant de Barbara (Barbara Song) (extrait de l'opéra de quat'sous) (track 8)
Le Chant de Polly (Pollys Lied) (extrait de l'opéra de quat'sous) (track 9)
L’amour dure ou ne dure pas (Liebeslied) (track 4)
Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation) (tracks 2, 16)
Mack the Knife: You'd Better Use Your Head (tracks 13, 17)
O malandro (tracks 2, 16)
Pimp Ballad (track 12)
The Ballad of Mack the Knife (1976 Manheim/Willett translation) (tracks 2, 16)
The Cannon Song (track 5)
The Threepenny Opera: Pirate Jenny (Marc Blitzstein translation) (track 6)
What Keeps Mankind Alive? (track 11)
later versions:
Mack the Knife: Mack the Knife Overture / Chase (track 1)
part of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt I (tracks 4–8)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt II (tracks 3, 9–12)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt III (tracks 13, 17)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel (tracks 1–2, 16)
L'Opéra de quat'sous (track 22)
Happy End (german original) (track 26)
Die Dreigroschenoper (tracks 14–15)
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Suite für Blasorchester) (tracks 18–21)
recording of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt III. Das Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit menschlichen Strebens (1929-05) (track 17)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (1929-05) (track 16)
Happy End: Bilbao-Song (1929-10) (track 26)
Alabama Song (From the songspiel "Mahagonny" & opera "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny") (1930-02-24) (track 23)
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Denn wie man sich bettet (1930-02-24) (track 24)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt I. Der Song vom Nein und Ja (Barbara-Song) (1930-12-07) (track 8)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt I. Die Seeräuberjenny (1930-12-07) (track 6)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt I. Erstes Dreigroschenfinale: Über die Unsicherheit menschlicher Verhältnisse (1930-12-07) (track 7)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt I. Kanonensong (1930-12-07) (track 5)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt I. Liebeslied (1930-12-07) (track 4)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt II. Das Eifersuchtsduett (1930-12-07) (track 9)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt II. Die Ballade vom angenehmen Leben (1930-12-07) (track 3)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt II. Die Zuhälterballade (1930-12-07) (track 12)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt II. Melodram (Abschied, Der Pferdestall) (1930-12-07) (track 10)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt II. Zweites Dreigroschenfinale: Ballade über die Frage: "Wovon lebt der Mensch?" (1930-12-07) (track 11)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt III. Das Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit menschlichen Strebens (1930-12-07) (track 13)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Epilog. Die Schluss-Strophen der Moritat (1930-12-07) (tracks 14–15)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (1930-12-07) (track 2)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Ouvertüre (1930-12-07) (track 1)
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: II. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (1931) (track 18)
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: IV. Die Ballade vom angenehmen Leben (1931) (track 19)
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: VI. Tango-Ballade (1931) (track 20)
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: VII. Kanonen-Song (1931) (track 21)
Complainte de Mackie (André Mauprey translation) (1931-06-10) (track 22)
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (medley) (1932) (track 25)
referred to in medleys:
Foxtrot Potpourri (from "Die Dreigroschenoper") (Arrangement for Dance Orchestra) (tracks 3, 5, 9)
Blues Potpourri (from "Die Dreigroschenoper") (Arrangement for Dance Orchestra) (tracks 2, 8, 12–13, 16–17)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (track 22)

Release

ASIN: US: B00008FEQP [info]