Search - Kurt Weill, Wilhelm Bruckner-Ruggeberg, Hamburg North German Radio Symphony Orchestra :: Weill: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny

Weill: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny
Kurt Weill, Wilhelm Bruckner-Ruggeberg, Hamburg North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Weill: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny
Genre: Classical
 
  •  Track Listings (21) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (17) - Disc #2


     
?

Larger Image

CD Details

 

CD Reviews

The whole deal. Very important Brecht / Weill work
B. Marold | Bethlehem, PA United States | 11/03/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"'aufstieg und fall der stadt mahagonny' with music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by Berthold Brecht is a recording in the original languages of the ENTIRE opera, covering two disks with over 130 minutes of performance starring Weill's wife and premier interpreter, Lotte Lenya.



Like many important musical plays, 'Mahagonny' is probably much better known from the performance of it's 'Songspiel', a collection of six songs, featuring the famous 'Alabama Song' originally written in English and performed by a wide variety of acts, including The Doors on their second album, 'Strange Days'.



Even more than the earlier 'ThreePenny Opera' music, this score highlights Weill's jazz influences, especially in his use of the clarinet and other solo instruments.



This piece was recorded in Germany in 1956, when Lenya did several other recordings of Weill material originally released on the Columbia Masterworks label now owned by Sony.



I confess I have not heard any other recording of the complete opera, but compared to other performances of the 'Songspiel', this performance is first rate.



If you are a Weill fan, you must own this recording."
CAVEAT EMPTOR: great recording, BOO SONY
Caredhel | Sunnyvale, CA United States | 06/14/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)

"The recording is wonderful, but Sony has reissued it without the liner notes or libretto from the original Columbia album!!! I'm writing a term paper and ordered this CD to use as a resource--only to find that Sony, in its infinite wisdom, has declined to include a libretto or translation.



ARGH! This is a very annoying trend--especially since one can't just find the libretto on the web, with more modern works, because it can't be made public for copyright reasons.



And I repeat, ARGH!"