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Kurt Weill, Brock Peters, Carole Cook
Kurt Weill: The Centennial
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Die Seeräuber-Jenny (Pirate Jenny), song for voice & piano (from "Die D - Anderson, Maxwell
2. I'm A Stranger Here Myself - Hughes, Langston
3. Economics - Hughes, Langston
4. Is It Him Or Is It Me? - Hughes, Langston
5. Barbara Song, for voice & piano (from "Die Dreigroschenoper") - Anderson, Maxwell
6. Lullaby - Hughes, Langston
7. That's Him - Gershwin, Ira
8. Don't Look Now (new lyric for Foolish - Gershwin, Ira
9. Apple Jack, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Huckleberry Finn No. - Brecht, Bertolt
10. Speak Low, song for voice & piano (from "One Touch of Venus") - Gershwin, Ira
11. September Song, song for voice & piano (from "Knickerbocker Holiday") - Blitzstein, Marc
12. Ice Cream Sextet, for 6 voices & piano (from "Street Scene") - Anderson, Maxwell
Track Listings (10) - Disc #2
1. Wouldn't You Like to Be On Broadway?
2. What Good Would The Moon Be?
3. It Never Was You, song for voice & piano (from "Knickerbocker Holiday")
4. We'll Go Away Together
5. Tschaikowsky
6. The Saga of Jenny, song for voice & piano (from "Lady in the Dark")
7. Surabaya-Johnny, song for voice & piano (from "Happy End")
8. My Ship
9. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife), song for
10. Lost in the Stars, song for voice & piano (from "Lost in the Stars")

CD Details

All Artists: Kurt Weill, Brock Peters, Carole Cook, Charlotte Rae, Nancy Dussault, Norm Lewis, Peter Becker, Rod McKuen, Shirley Jones, Tim Curry, Steve Orich
Title: Kurt Weill: The Centennial
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Lml Music
Release Date: 1/8/2002
Album Type: Live
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Vocal Pop, Cabaret, Musicals
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 711788030126

CD Reviews

Incredible Live Album

Zal Uyoot | 02/09/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This incredible concert (which i attended) benefitting The Actors' Fund of America, contains some absolute MUST performances for any Broadway collector.For me, the highlights are HUGH PANARO ("It Never Was You"), NANCY DUSSAULT ("It's Him") and TIM CURRY singing "Surabaya Johnny" in German!Loretta Divine, Brock Peters, they're all great!"

An Excellent Tribute!

Zal Uyoot | Surrey (BC) Canada | 05/04/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Kurt Weill continues to baffle me with his music. It is only through his interpreters that his work is defined from the theatrical styles of Ute Lemper, Lotte Lenya to the hip versions of Sinatra and Darin. And that makes his music so intriguing that his ouvres continues to be played in various styles and in more frequent fashion.

This Centennial collaboration is a welcome addition to that growing list of Weill tributes. Finally, I enjoyed his "Lost In The Stars" and "It Never Was You" compositions - works I find difficult to appreciate. Thank you Messrs. Peters and Panaro for singing these songs in a way I could understand musically! I wan't expecting the ubiquitous "Mack the Knife" would come out interesting but Shirley Jones' powerful rendition made the song worth giving attention. Even actress Sally Kellerman whom I thought wasn't a singer surprised me with "Speak Low".

Being a live album, one can hear the audience's delight to this wonderful night's celebration for Mr. Weill!"

Kurt Weill: Re-discovery...

J. Bousard | Anthem, AZ (Phoenix) | 11/09/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I am so impressed and pleased to have found this recording on Amazon.com. I am always amazed when I find these seemingly obscure recordings, and thrilled to know they exist. What a wonderful history of our musical world---and what a chance to hear interesting, challenging, and unusual performances from so many well-known people. The songs live on--the composer is 'new' again, and this recording becomes part of history re-discovered. Thank you Amazon.com for your continued professionalism and for having these recordings available."