Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik; Milhaud: La Création du Monde

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Weill's entertaining suite from The Threepenny Opera is a real charmer. Scored for winds, brass, percussion, bandoneon, and banjo, it contains all of the best tunes, from the famous "Ballad of Mack the Knife," to the "Kanonen-Song." Milhaud's Création du Monde is an authentic distillation of the style of Harlem jazz--probably the best such piece ever attempted by a classical composer. It's a ballet that has since made a life for itself in the concert hall. At the original performance, the moment of creation was marked by the inflation of animal balloons, and the hiss of compressed air drowned out the music! Fortunately there's no such problem here. Great performances. --David Hurwitz

Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik; Milhaud: La Création du Monde, Music, Jay Berliner, Bernadette Zirkuli, Donald MacCourt, Fred Sherry, Arthur Bloom, Stanley Walden, Darius Milhaud, Kurt Weill, Arthur Weisberg, Richard Fitz, Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Andrew Lolya, Paul Lustig Dunkel, Paul Ingraham, Georg Friedrich Haas, Raymond des Roches, Gilbert Kalish, Albert Regni, John Swallow, Thomas Lisenbee, Toby Hanks, Jeanne Benjamin, Thomas Kornacker, 20th/21st Century Ballet, Ballet, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Music For Wind Orchestra, Orchestral

Average customer rating: A lovely, nonessential CD

Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik; Milhaud: La Création du Monde Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Milhaud | Milhaud, Darius | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005IVP Release Date: 1992-05-07

Tracks:

1. Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Suite From The Threepenny Opera): Overture
2. Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Suite From The Threepenny Opera): Ballad Of Mack The Knife
3. Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Suite From The Threepenny Opera): Instead-Of Song
4. Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Suite From The Threepenny Opera): Ballad Of The Easy Life
5. Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Suite From The Threepenny Opera): Polly's Song
6. Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Suite From The Threepenny Opera): Tango-Ballad
7. Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Suite From The Threepenny Opera): Canon Song
8. Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Suite From The Threepenny Opera): Threepenny Finale
9. La Creation du Monde

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Customer Reviews:

A lovely, nonessential CD.......2003-04-28

Furthermore, La Creation du Monde is a great piece. It manages to combine early jazz with Classical in a remarkably logical mixture. The result is a fun, at times giddy piece of music...which also has truly breathtaking moments of solemn beauty.

However, this piece accounts for 15 minutes. The rest of this (rather short) CD is a suite from The Threepenny Opera. While the performance itself is fine, I don't see why one would be particularly driven to listen to a suite from the work. The opera itself is fine, but without the singers, the music runs a bit bland at times. Thus, saying this is probably the best recording of the Threepenny suite is sort of like saying a certain building is the tallest building in Omaha. It may be true, but does it really matter?

However, this is still a fun CD, that contains some nice quirky music. Overall, however, you can pass it up without many regrets.

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Classic Jazz-Gershwin, Weill, Stravinsky, Milhaud & Ravel Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Milhaud | Milhaud, Darius | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000004278 Release Date: 1996-06-11

Tracks:

1. Rhapsody In Blue - London Festival Orch/Black
2. The Threepenny Opera: Mack the Knife/Instead of/The Good Life (Foxtrot)/Polly's Song/Tango/The...
3. Ragtime
4. La Creation du monde
5. Five o'clock Foxtrot - LPO/Hermann
6. Vars on 'I got rhythm'

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