- Composer: Kurt Weill
- Audio CD (26 Sep 1997)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Sony Classical
- ASIN: B000025JO4
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 218,709 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Mack The knife - Nick Cave |
| 2. Ballad of the Soldier's Wife - PJ Harvey |
| 3. labama Song - David Jahansen |
| 4. Youkali rango - Teresa Stratas |
| 5. Lost In The Stars - Elvis Costello |
| 6. Pirate Jenny - Lotte Lenya |
| 7. Speak Low - Charlie Haden |
| 8. O Heavenly Salvation - The Persuasions |
| 9. Loney House - Betty Carter |
| 10. Surabaya Johny - Tereas Stratas |
| 11. Furchte Dich Nicht - Mary Margaret O'Hara |
| 12. September Song - Lou Reed |
| 13. Mack The Knife - Bertolt Brecht |
| 14. What Keeps Mankind Alive - WIlliam Burroughs |
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The magic of Brecht and Weill's material shines through much of this compilation, but the delivery is truly a mixed bag of the good, the bad and the downright ugly.
In a sense, Weill would have approved the use of dramatic and emotional intent to infuse character within the operatic material, rather than the usual habit of cleaning and polishing songs to sound good; nobody for instance could accuse Nick Cave of understating the seedy glitz of Mack the Knife in his leering growl of a voice! Some songs reproduced are hugely authentic, none more so than Lotte Lenya's Pirate Jenny and Brecht's own gutteral version of Mack the Knife; others seem by comparison lightweight and ephemeral, Elvis Costello for example. Charlie Haden's bass is certainly atmospheric, but seems a strange addition to this collection.
However, it' not accidental that the tracks that work best are those with genuine divas. Teresa Stratas' rich soprano lends a haunting, lyrical quality to the Youkali Tango and Surabaya Johnny, and Betty Carter's recording of Lonely House could move the hardest heart. Those tracks stand out like beacons, and are worth the money on their own.
Overall, a bit of a ragbag, though it conveys much of the darker side of Weill's character quite effectively
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