Evert Jan Nagtegaal and the Art of Song.
Kurt Weill (1900-1950), ‘Und der Haifisch, der hat Zähne’ (And the shark, it has teeth)
All works by Kurt Weill.
- Prologue from: Sieben Todsünden. text: Bertolt Brecht
Anne Dammers – vocals and René Veen – piano
2a. ‘Morgenchoral des Peachum’ from: The Threepenny Opera, text by Bertolt Brecht
2b. ‘Das Lied von der harten Nuss’ from: Happy End, text: Elisabeth Hauptmann and Bertolt Brecht
2c. ‘Bilbao Song’ from: Happy End, text: Elisabeth Hauptmann and Bertolt Brecht
Anne Dammers – vocals and René Veen – piano
3a. ‘Youkali’ text: Roger Fernay
Eisler Trio (soprano, cello and guitar)
3b. ‘Je ne t’aime pas’, text: Maurice Magre
Mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and Bengt Forsberg piano
4. Three songs from: Happy End (1929), text Bertolt Brecht (recorded in 1960 in Berlin)
a. Surabaya-Johnny
b. In der Jugend gold’nem Schimmer
c. Die Ballade von der Höllenlili
Lotte Lenya together with a Radio Orchestra conducted by Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg
- Johnny’s Song’ from: ‘Johnny Johnson’, text Paul Green
Baritone Thomas Hampson and the London Sinfonietta conducted by John McGlinn
- From: Mahagonny Songspiel, text: Bertolt Brecht
a. Alabama Song
b. Benares Song
Ian Partridge (tenor), Mary Thomas (mezzo-soprano), Michael Rippon (bass), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Philip Langridge (tenor), Meriel Dickinson (mezzo-soprano)
London Sinfonietta conducted by David Atherton
- ‘Mack the Knife’
Ella Fitzgerald – vocals, Paul Smith – piano, Jim Hall – guitar, WilfredMiddlebrooks – double bass, Gus Johnson – drums
- Matrosen-Tango from: Happy End (1929), text Bertolt Brecht (recorded in 1960 in Berlin)
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