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
“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.
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