Ballads of the Pleasant Life Kurt Weill, Weimar and Exile ABC Classics 5762204 Peter Coleman-Wright (baryton) Benjamin Burton, piano Nexas Quartet 23rd June 2017 |
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“You will hear music created on the brink of cataclysm, proclaiming as it
does with such intensity the survival of art and beauty in a hostile world. Any new recording of music from the short-lived Weimar Republic deserves our rapt attention, and now the world-renowned Australian baritone, Peter Coleman-Wright, offers a thrilling selection from this repertoire.” Barry Humphries, in his introduction to Ballads of the Pleasant Life. |
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01 | Kurt Weill (1900-50) | Die Dreigroschenoper : 14. Ballade vom angenehmen Leben (Ballad of the Pleasant Life) (from The Threepenny Opera) | 2:43 |
02 | Kurt Weill (1900-50) | Knickerbocker Holiday, Act 1 : 11. September Song | 3:43 |
03 | Kurt Weill (1900-50) | Marie Galante : 1. Les filles de Bordeaux (The Girls of Bordeaux) | 3:33 |
04 | Kurt Weill (1900-50) | Kleine Dreigroschenmusik : 7. Kanonen-Song (Arr. Gaetano Di Bacco) | 2:23 |
05 | Kurt Weill (1900-50) | Die Dreigroschenoper : 2. Moritat von Mackie Messer (Ballad of Mack the Knife) (from The Threepenny Opera) | 3:08 |
06 | Kurt Weill (1900-50) | The Firebrand Of Florence : 27. There'll Be Life, Love And Laughter | 2:38 |
07 | Kurt Weill (1900-50) | Lady In The Dark : 11. Tschaikowsky | 1:28 |
08 | Kurt Weill (1900-50) | Kleine Dreigroschenmusik : 3. Anstatt daß-Song (Arr. Gaetano Di Bacco) (Instead of Song) | 1:56 |
09 | Kurt Weill (1900-50) | Propaganda Songs : 1. Song Of The Free | 1:48 |
10 | Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) | 4 Balladen, Op. 22 : 3. Lied der Bergarbeiter (Arr. Michael Duke) (Song of the Miners) (No. 6 from Sechs Lieder, Op. 28) | 2:13 |
11 | Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942) | Symphonische Gesänge, Op. 20 : 2. Lied der Baumwollpacker (Arr. Michael Duke) (Song of the Cotton Packers) | 3:48 |
12 | Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) | Sechs Lieder, Op. 28 : 6. Stempellied (Arr. Michael Duke) (Benefit Stamp Song) | 4:05 |
13 | Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) | Gruß an die Mark Brandenburg (Arr. Michael Duke) (Greetings to Brandenburg March) | 2:52 |
14 | Kurt Weill (1900-50) | Kleine Dreigroschenmusik : 6. Tango-Ballade (Arr. Gaetano Di Bacco) | 2:49 |
15 | Robert Stolz (1880-1975) | Schön war’s heute Abend, Op. 90 : 2 (Arr. Michael Duke) (This Evening Was Beautiful) | 4:31 |
16 | Franz Schreker (1878-1934) | Jugendlieder : 1. Die Rosen und der Flieder (Arr. Michael Duke) (The Rose and the Lilac) | 3:03 |
17 | Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) | 2 Gesänge, Op. 1 : 1. Dank (Arr. Michael Duke) (Thank You) | 6:38 |
18 | Robert Stolz (1880-1975) | Ein schöner Herbst : Ein schöner Herbst (Arr. Michael Duke) (A Beautiful Autumn) | 3:56 |
19 | Robert Stolz (1880-1975) | Trauminsel : Ich hab' mich tausendmal verliebt (Arr. Michael Duke) (I’ve Fallen in Love a Thousand Times) | 4:33 |
20 | Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) | 5 Lieder, Op. 38 : 1. Glückwunsch (Arr. Michael Duke) (I Wish You Bliss) | 2:39 |