Mack the Knife : songs of Kurt Weill : original 1929-1956 recordings
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Mack the Knife : songs of Kurt Weill : original 1929-1956 recordings
Naxos Nostalgia, c2007
Musical Sound Recording（Compact Audio Disc）
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Collection of historical recordings of songs by Kurt Weill
For 1-2 vocals and 1-2 orchestras (1st-3rd, 7th-8th, 14th, 16th and 19th-20th works); for vocal, chorus and orchestra (4th, 9th-10th and 17th); for vocal and piano (5th-6th and 11th-13th); for violin and piano (15th); for vocal, piano and rhythm section (18th)
Sung in English (4th, 7th-14th and 16th-20th works) and German (1st-3rd and 5th-6th)
Bertolt Brecht (1st and 3rd works), Lotte Lenya (2nd, 4th-6th, 11th-12th and 19th), Walter Huston (7th), Gertrude Lawrence (8th and 10th), Danny Kaye (9th), Kurt Weill (13th), Mary Martin (14th), Kenny Baker (14th), Johnny Mercer (16th), Buddy Clark (17th), Greta Keller (18th), vocals ; The Three Admirals (4th) ; Louis Armstrong and his all-stars (20th) ; chorus (9th-10th and 17th) ; Jascha Heifetz, violin (15th) ; Kurt Weill (5th-6th and 11th-13th), Emanuel Bay (15th), Cy Walter (18th), pianos ; rhythm section (18th) ; Theo Mackeben's Jazz Orchestra (1st-3rd) ; Benny Goodman and his orchestra (16th) ; Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra (17th) ; orchestras (4th, 7th-10th, 14th and 19th) ; Victor Young (7th), Maurice Abravanel (7th, 9th and 14th), Leonard Joy (8th and 10th), Samuel Matlowsky (19th), conductors
Compact disc; analog recording
Naxos Nostalgia: 8.120831
Contents of Works
- Die Moritat von Mackie Messer : from "Die Dreigroschenoper" = The ballad of Mack the Knife : "The threepenny opera"
- Bilbao song : from "Happy end"
- Die Ballade von der Unzulänglichkeit : from "Die Dreigroschenoper" = The ballad of the futility of all human endeavour : "The threepenny opera"
- Alabama song : from "Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny" : "Rise and fall of the City of Mahagonny"
- Surabaya Johnny : from "Happy end"
- Wie man sich bettet : from "Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny" = As you make your bed : "Rise and fall of the City of Mahagonny"
- September song : from "Knickerbocker holiday"
- My ship : from "Lady in the dark"
- Tchaikovsky (and other Russians) : from "Lady in the dark"
- The saga of Jenny : from "Lady in the dark"
- Lost in the stars : from "Ulysses Africanus & lost in the stars"
- Lover man (Trouble man) : from "Ulysses Africanus & lost in the stars"
- Speak low (I) : from "One touch of Venus"
- Speak low (II) : from "One touch of Venus"
- Moderato assai from "The threepenny opera" / arr. Stefan Frenkel
- Moon-faced, starry-eyed : from "Street scene"
- Here I'll stay : from "Love life"
- Green-up time : from "Love life"
- Pirate Jenny : from "The threepenny opera"
- Mack the Knife : a theme from "The threepenny opera"