Composer(s): Weill, Kurt
Lyricist(s): Brecht, Bertolt
Arranger(s): Blitzstein, Marc
Conductor(s): Matlowsky, Samuel
Label: Naxos Classical Archives
Genre: Opera
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 9.81196
Barcode: 747313119615
Distribution Note(s):
Not available in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions. Exclusively available for streaming and download. Not available on CD.
Release Date: 01/2013

WEILL, K.: Threepenny Opera (The) [Opera] (Price, Matlowsky) (1954)

Tracklist

Weill, Kurt
Blitzstein, Marc - Arranger
Brecht, Bertolt - Lyricist
Price, Gerald (narrator)
Price, Gerald (vocals)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
Wolfson, Martin (vocals)
Rae, Charlotte (vocals)
Astin, John (vocals)
Beruh, Joseph (vocals)
Bogin, Bernard (vocals)
Dooley, Paul (vocals)
Lenya, Lotte (vocals)
Merrill, Scott (vocals)
Tyne, George (vocals)
Sullivan Loesser, Jo (soprano)
Arthur, Beatrice (vocals)
Duell, William (vocals)
1 Prologue - Overture 02:12
Price, Gerald (narrator)
2 The Ballad of Mack the Knife (Street singer) 03:19
Price, Gerald (vocals)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
3 Act I: Morning Anthem (Peachum) 00:49
Wolfson, Martin (vocals)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
4 Act I: Instead-of Song (Peachum, Mrs. Peachum) 01:51
Wolfson, Martin (vocals)
Rae, Charlotte (vocals)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
5 Act I: Wedding Song (4 Gangsters) 01:06
Astin, John (vocals)
Beruh, Joseph (vocals)
Bogin, Bernard (vocals)
Dooley, Paul (vocals)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
6 Act I: Pirate Jenny (Jenny) 04:04
Lenya, Lotte (vocals)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
7 Act I: Army Song (Macheath, Brown, 4 Gangsters) 02:16
Astin, John (vocals)
Beruh, Joseph (vocals)
Bogin, Bernard (vocals)
Dooley, Paul (vocals)
Merrill, Scott (vocals)
Tyne, George (vocals)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
8 Act I: Love Song (Macheath, Polly) 01:58
Merrill, Scott (vocals)
Sullivan Loesser, Jo (soprano)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
9 Act II: Ballad of Dependency (Mrs. Peachum) 02:18
Rae, Charlotte (vocals)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
10 Act II: Melodrama and Polly's Song (Macheath, Polly) 02:31
Merrill, Scott (vocals)
Sullivan Loesser, Jo (soprano)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
11 Act II: Ballad of the Easy Life (Macheath) 01:43
Merrill, Scott (vocals)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
12 Act II: The World Is Mean (Polly, Peachum, Mrs. Peachum) 02:45
Wolfson, Martin (vocals)
Rae, Charlotte (vocals)
Sullivan Loesser, Jo (soprano)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
13 Act II: Barbara Song (Lucy) 03:17
Arthur, Beatrice (vocals)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
14 Act II: Tango-Ballad (Macheath, Jenny) 04:35
Lenya, Lotte (vocals)
Merrill, Scott (vocals)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
15 Act II: Jealousy Duet (Lucy, Polly) 02:21
Sullivan Loesser, Jo (soprano)
Arthur, Beatrice (vocals)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
16 Act III: How to Survive (Macheath, Mrs. Peachum) 03:11
Rae, Charlotte (vocals)
Merrill, Scott (vocals)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
17 Act III: Useless Song (Peachum) 00:42
Wolfson, Martin (vocals)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
18 Act III: Solomon Song (Jenny) 02:36
Lenya, Lotte (vocals)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
19 Act III: Call From the Grave (Macheath) 00:53
Merrill, Scott (vocals)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)
20 Act III: Death Message (Macheath) - Finale: The Monted Messenger (Messenger) 08:37
Merrill, Scott (vocals)
Duell, William (vocals)
Matlowsky, Samuel (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 53:04