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Music : September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill |
from: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0074646304624
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: August 19, 1997
Studio: Sony
Sales Rank: 5331
MPN: 63046
Disc 1:- Mack the Knife - Blitzstein, Marc
- Ballad of the Soldier's Wife
- Alabama Song - Brecht, Bertolt
- Youkali Tango
- Lost in the Stars
- Pirate Jenny - Weill, Kurt
- Speak Low - Nash, Ogden
- Oh, heavenly salvation
- Lonely House - Weill, Kurt
- Surabaya Johnny
- Fürchte Dich Nicht
- September Song - Weill, Kurt
- Mack the Knife - Blitzstein, Marc
- What keeps mankind alive?
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After you will lissen this cd, the music not be tha same.
MUST HAVE!!!
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Ok c'est arrivé en bon état. Délai d'attente un peu long mais c'est loin l'Amérique!
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This might be a five star disc except that the producer, Hal Willner, had already created Lost in the Stars, with some of the same people (Lou Reed, Charlie Haden). This follow-up is a little less adventurous, and the choices are more obvious. Basically, this is a soundtrack from a film project, and camera presence was a factor in choosing singers. Elvis Costello is remarkable on the song 'Lost in the Stars' and the gospel arrangement of 'Oh, Heavenly Salvation' also stands out. Lou Reed does the ... Read More
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I like the spirit of this album, which is to let the music of Kurt Weill attach itself to the many worlds it came from. This was classical music that also used elements of popular music at the time, all with a very dark and almost mechanical tone. So it would seem fitting to have exquisite voices like Teresa Stratas rub elbows with darker elements like Nick Cave in this collection. There are also the jazz influences developed by Charlie Haden and Betty Carter.
In all, there are some ... Read More
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This is a very biased review- I originally had much of Weill's work on cassette tape- way back in the olden days- before CD's- so I am already very partial to many of the tracks on this CD- I would recommend it not only to Kurt Weill fans, and the fans of the various artists featured, but I would also strongly recommend this to anyone who likes artsy, camp, fun burlesque, Bohemian European stuff. The record, even though performed by contemporary artists still retains much of it's zeitgeist, it evokes ... Read More
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