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Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper
 
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Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper [Import]

~ Kurt Weill (Composer), H. K. Gruber (Conductor, Performer), Roland Diry (Performer), Ensemble Modern (Performer), Thomas Fichter (Performer), et al.
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Disc: 1
1. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. 1. Ouvertüre (Overture)
2. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. 2. Die Moritat von ...
3. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. 3. Morgenchoral ...
4. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. 4. ...
5. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. A2a. Moritat Als Motiv
6. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. 5a., 5b & 5c. ...
7. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. 6. Seeräuberjenny ...
8. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. 7. Kanonensong ...
9. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. 8. Liebeslied ...
10. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. A7a. Kanonensong ...
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Disc: 2
1. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. 14. ...
2. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. A2b. Moritat Als ...
3. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. 15. Zweites ...
4. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. 16. Lied von der ...
5. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. 17. Salomon-Song ...
6. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. 18a & 18b. Ruf Aus der
7. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. 19. Grabschrift ...
8. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. 19a. Gang zum ...
9. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/No. 20. Drittes ...
10. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)/Ax. Arie der Lucy ...


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The Threepenny Opera is Kurt Weill's most popular work. Its signature song, "Mack the Knife," is a cultural artifact, sung and played in virtually all musical genres. Many of us are permanently imprinted with Lotte Lenya's Sony recording of the opera, so redolent of the decadent, world-weary spirit of the Weimar Republic. This new recording misses some of that spirit but has other, compensating virtues. One is the restoration of the original score in the new Kurt Weill Edition that uses the original instrumentation, adds or deletes numbers, and includes Bertolt Brecht's plot summaries prepared for a 1940 concert version. Other pluses include Max Raabe's oddly sympathetic Macheath and H.K. Gruber's Mr. Peachum, both well-sung characterizations, and Ensemble Modern's virtuoso performance, full of drive and enthusiasm. The sound is wide-ranging and impactful. With one exception, the rest of the cast ranges from good to acceptable. But punk rocker Nina Hagen's Mrs. Peachum is truly awful, with cackles and shrieks galore--a monumental piece of miscasting. So while this recording cannot displace the Lenya version, it's a welcome supplement, adding new dimensions to a familiar and beloved work. --Dan Davis


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On a tenté dans "l'Opéra de quat'sous" de restaurer la forme originelle du théâtre musical. La musique n'est plus ici porteuse de l'action, mais son intervention marque une pause. L'action devait être poursuivie entre les mouvements musicaux ; il en résulta une forme d'"opéra avec dialogues", genre mixte entre pièce et opéra. (Kurt Weill). On retrouve dans cette oeuvre à tout point de vue "révolutionnaire" une équipe allemande rompue à ce répertoire, qui a eu de plus la belle idée de proposer un retour à la partition originale de l'oeuvre. Depuis les enregistrements de la veuve de Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, on n'avait pas retrouvé la même verve, le même accent de la rue, la même folie, le même esprit. Le Berlin de Weimar comme si vous y étiez. --Pierre Massé

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4.0 out of 5 stars Nina rules!, May 18 2002
By Charlie Badders (West Hollywood, CA USA) - See all my reviews
First of all I'd like to comment on Dan Davis' remark about Nina Hagen. Calling her a 'punk rocker' is like calling Cher a 'TV star'. With a recording career spanning nearly 30 years to date, Nina has given us so much incredible music of many genres (yes, including some punk rock back in the 80's). She is a versatile, unpredictable, and brilliant performer. With that said, she is the reason I bought Weill: Threepenny Opera. I very much enjoy this CD. It is a very interesting piece of work. If you enjoy theatrical music and are open minded, then this is something you should buy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly decadent..., Mar 1 2002
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Actually--and contrary to the reviewer above--I found this a throrougly decadent version of this seminal work. It is also sonically, aesthetically, and textually superior to the Decca and Sony versions. As to Ms. Hagen, obviously she is not every listeners cup of tea. I very much liked her performance as well as that of the other cast members. In short, this is the finest version of the "opera" presently available.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Weill, Jan 13 2002
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Ignore the reviewers who find fault with Nina Hagen's Mrs. Peachum, this is a perfectly balanced cast & a beautiful recording, much closer to Brecht's & Weill's aesthetics (and political intent,) than the "classical" appropriations that some of these folks seem to prefer. Perhaps the real meaning of this masterpiece grates a little on their comfy caste dependent nerves! This recording is just as it should be. Bravo, Ms. Hagen!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Why would anyone sing like that!
I enjoyed this RCA recording (with one major exeption) until I heard the Decca Mauceri recording. It is a straightforward performance of the new Weill edition with the Lucy's aria... Read more
Published on Nov 23 2000 by Kelly Martino

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally, the Kurt Weill edition!
This recording is of the definitive version of THE THREEPENNY OPERA, the masterpiece of the musical theatre, the antiscendant of the modern book musical. Read more
Published on Jul 20 2000 by Sean

4.0 out of 5 stars Well performed, but possibly not what Brecht/Weill intended
I have the Lotte Lenya/Sony recording from the 1970s on CD. The present version IMHO is an overall sonic and performance improvement over that original. Read more
Published on Dec 22 1999

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