Weill: Jazz Songs [Import] [Limited Edition]

Track Listings
1. I'm A Stranger Here Myself    
2. My Ship    
3. Alabama Song    
4. Ballade Of The Nazi Soldier's Wife    
5. Lost In The Stars    
6. Surabaya Johnny    
7. Speak Low    
8. September Song    

Weill: Jazz Songs, Music, Noga-Quintett, Classical
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • some brilliant renditions, but can't quite all mix together
  • Cool and Camp
  • September Song Music of Kurt Weill
  • It's a long time between January and December
  • Ain't we Hip?!!?
 September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B0000029WM
Release Date: 1997-08-19

Tracks:

  1. Mack The Knife - Nick Cave
  2. Ballad Of The Soldier's Wife - P.J. Harvey
  3. Alabama Song - David Johansen
  4. Youkali Tango - Teresa Stratas
  5. Lost In The Stars - Elvis Costello
  6. Pirate Jenny - Lotte Lenya
  7. Speak Low - Charlie Haden
  8. Oh, Heavenly Salvation - The Persuations
  9. Lonely House - Betty Carter
  10. Surabaya- Johnny - Teresa Stratas
  11. Furchte Dich Nicht - Mary Margaret O'Hara
  12. September Song - Lou Reed
  13. Mack The Knife - Bertolt Brecht
  14. What Keeps Mankind Alive? - William S. Burroughs

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars some brilliant renditions, but can't quite all mix together.......2006-10-19

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 brilliant interpretations of Weill here. I am a fan of Cave's "Mack the Knife" and David Johansen's "Alabama Song," and how can someone NOT like Lotte Lenya herself on "Pirate Jenny" and the drolling of the immortal William S. Burroughs talking through "What Keeps Mankind Alive?"

But other tracks feel to be just too short of brilliance. I love that Lou Reed tries to turn "September Song" into a kind of rock ballad, almost a VU "It Was a Pretty Good Year," but the rendition seems a little short of energy and falls flat after a while. Elvis Costello, though magnificent as an overall artist, just doesn't bring new life to "Lost in the Stars."

Perhaps the problem in the end that the choices were a little too much of the Top 40 Weill (if there really can be such a term). These are songs that have for a long time been regarded as the best of Weill, and it might have furthered the purpose of his music to find new gems and bring them into the sunlight.

5 out of 5 stars Cool and Camp.......2006-08-24

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 the era in which Weill was writing and it rounds out any great eclectic record collection. It's a great musical discovery for fans of all sorts of genres, and EVERYONE should own at least one recorded arrangement of "Mack The Knife". (You know, for parties and stuff!)

4 out of 5 stars September Song Music of Kurt Weill.......2006-08-22

Songs from the film-documentary done by various artists. Excellent choice if you like Mr Weill's music. I saw the film and always wanted the CD. Now I have and I recommend it highly.

5 out of 5 stars It's a long time between January and December.......2004-06-11

Kurt Weill is one of those composers who juggles Jewish angst with Catholic guilt: and possibly vice versa. As a collection, it is nonpareil. Each interpretation becomes a definitive reading of the "song". Lord, it is one of the best assemblies of contemporary artists going. Lou couldn't be better; Ms O'Hara, in fine form, performs her deranged puppet-dance to the X. OK. An unknown. Roping-in, such a postmodern figure as, well, you-know-who, to orate Weill's lyrics is never less than exceptional. An amazing collection. Is there a DVD?

Paul

2 out of 5 stars Ain't we Hip?!!?.......2003-07-23

This is the avant version of these songs, everything done with that Downtown fingers-across-the-blackboard screech. They even got Johanson doing it, which is no less than amazing. The sole exception is the Persuasions' "O Heavenly Salvation", but one song does not an album make.

The mystery here is that there's a perfectly good compilation from the 80s, "Lost in the Stars: the Music of Kurt Weill", featuring many of the same songs--and, if I'm not mistaken some of the same performers. That's the one you want. Too bad it's OP.
September Songs: The Music of Wilder, Weill and Warren
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Not to be overlooked
  • Wesla is the best!
  • This is one of Weslia's best
 September Songs: The Music of Wilder, Weill and Warren
Wesla Whitfield
Manufacturer: Highnote
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000094Q42
Release Date: 2003-05-13

Tracks:

  1. September Song
  2. Speak Low - The Kronos Quartet, Wesla Whitfield
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  10. My Ship - The Kronos Quartet, Wesla Whitfield
  11. I Wish I Knew
  12. Lost in the Stars
  13. Here I'll Stay
  14. Moon and Sand - Tommy Flanagan Trio, Wesla Whitfield
  15. While We're Young - Tommy Flanagan Trio, Wesla Whitfield

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Not to be overlooked.......2006-05-14

Wesla Whitfield is an amazing song stylist, her phrasing is superb and her timbre knocks me for a loop... I've seen her twice in a cabaret format and own 4 of her albums and as of this visit to Amazon my total will be up to seven!!!

She is a jazz singer with more than a tad of cabaret... definitely one of my favorites.

5 out of 5 stars Wesla is the best!.......2005-09-06

Once again Wesla interprets well-known songs & classics as only she can do. This is a collection you can listen to again & again.

5 out of 5 stars This is one of Weslia's best.......2003-11-29

All of Weslia Whitfield's cd's have merit to the, as she always sings teh verses to standards as well as great songs that aren't perfomred too aften, or have been overlooked. This set includes a great version of September Song, and has Mike Grinsell's amazing piano playing and great timeless arrangements(the only complaint is the track taht don't feature Grinsell on piano, the Kroso tracks), however the whole cd is listeneable and flows well, it's another Whitefild classic, which features interesting guests Kronos Quartet and Tommu Flanigan Trio(Ells' old pianist). A great romantic and sensitive set, boy Whitefiled & Grinsell really have charisma and know how to communicate to thier audiences, and they have the knack of picking the pefect songs too. Buy one or two dosay(give one to a friend)
Sings Wolf, Strauss, Rachmaninoff, Ives and Weill
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Upshaw's first recording. Good stuff.
 Sings Wolf, Strauss, Rachmaninoff, Ives and Weill

Manufacturer: Music Masters Jazz
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ASIN: B000000FN2
Release Date: 1994-04-05

Tracks:

  1. Poems By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: No.29: Anakreons Grab
  2. Poems By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: No.26: Die Sprode
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  4. Poems By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: No.24: Blumengruss
  5. Poems By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: No.7: Mignon III
  6. Poems By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: No.25: Gleich Und Gleich
  7. Poems By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: No.28: Fruhling Ubers Jahr
  8. Poems By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: No.50 Ganymed
  9. Drei Lieder Der Ophelia, Op.67a: No.1: Wie Erkenn Ich Mein Treulieb Vor Andern Nun?
  10. Drei Lieder Der Ophelia, Op.67a: No.2: Guten Morgen, 'S Ist Sankt Valentinstag
  11. Drei Lieder Der Ophelia, Op.67a: No.3: Sie Trugen Ihn Auf Der Bahre Bloss
  12. Six Songs, Op.38: No.1: In My Garden At Night
  13. Six Songs, Op.38: No.2: To Her
  14. Six Songs, Op.38: No.3: Daisies
  15. Six Songs, Op.38: No.4: The Pied Piper
  16. Six Songs, Op.38: No.5: A Dream
  17. Six Songs, Op.38: No.6: 'A-oo'
  18. Berceuse
  19. The World's Highway
  20. Berlin In Licht-Song
  21. Je Ne T'aime Pas

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Upshaw's first recording. Good stuff........2006-04-28

'Dawn Upshaw Sings Wolf, Strauss, Rachmaninoff, Ives, and Weill' seems to hedge its bets by touching many of the important modern art song bases. By so doing, it demonstrates Upshaw's range in conveying the romantic angst of Wolf's interpretation of Goethe poems to the stark modern angles of Kurt Weill's two songs.

While I believe Upshaw is not as strong as, for example, Anne Sofie Von Otter, I think her interpretation of Wolf songs comes off just a bit better. At least it is a very nice contrast. I also think she will not displace Ute Lemper as a Weill interpreter, but for us Weill fans, every new interpretation is welcome.

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Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)
Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
  • historic but flawed
 Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)

Manufacturer: Capriccio
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001WNQ
Release Date: 1992-11-12

Tracks:

  1. Die Dreigroschenoper - The Threepenny Opera: Moritat
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  10. Die Dreigroschenoper - The Threepenny Opera: Die Seererjenny
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  14. Die Dreigroschenoper - The Threepenny Opera: Tango-Ballade
  15. Die Dreigroschenoper - The Threepenny Opera: Kanonensong
  16. Die Dreigroschenoper - The Threepenny Opera: Moritat und Choral
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  22. Die Dreigroschenoper - The Threepenny Opera: Moritat
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Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars historic but flawed.......2005-02-11

This CD is a collection of various original recordings from 1928-1931 of music from the original Dreigroschenoper. Unfortunately, the CD includes scratches and static from the original records, which could have and should have been removed. Otherwise, the recordings are of great historical interest in terms of the different treatments of the music by the several artists involved.
Weill: Jazz Songs
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Weill: Jazz Songs
    Noga-Quintett
    Manufacturer: Sony
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00004Y2GW
    Release Date: 2002-07-15

    Tracks:

    1. I'm A Stranger Here Myself
    2. My Ship
    3. Alabama Song
    4. Ballade Of The Nazi Soldier's Wife
    5. Lost In The Stars
    6. Surabaya Johnny
    7. Speak Low
    8. September Song

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    7. American Portrait: From the Parlor to the Stage
    8. An American Excursion
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    10. Bartok: Piano Concertos 2 & 3

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