BERLIN TO BROADWAY WITH KURT WEILL
Composer: Kurt
Weill
Lyricist: Various
Opened: October 1, 1972,
Theatre De Lys, N.Y.C.
Performances: 152
Note: Only recordings of songs not found on the original cast album, Paramount (S) PAS-4000, are noted below.
Happy Ending (L: Marc Blitzstein; Bertolt Brecht) (from THE THREEPENNY OPERA):
1. Three Penny Opera, RCA Victor
LSO-1086 (Cast with musical direction by Samuel Matlovsky)
Note: Only
recordings with lyrics in whole or in part by Marc Blitzstein are noted above.
Love Duet (aka "Love Song," "Liebeslied,"
and "Chant D'Amour") (L: Marc Blitzstein; Bertolt Brecht) (from THE THREEPENNY
OPERA):
1. Three Penny Opera, RCA Victor
LSO-1086 (George S. Irving and Jo Wilder with musical direction by Samuel
Matlovsky)
Note: Only recordings with lyrics in whole or in part by Marc
Blitzstein are noted above
Moon-Faced,
Starry Eyed (L: Langston Hughes) (from STREET SCENE):
1. 78/Capitol 376 (Johnny Mercer
with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) [reissued on Capitol Collectors Series:
Johnny Mercer, CD/Capitol C2-92125]
2. 78/Musicraft 462 (Teddy Wilson
Quartet) [reissued on The Chronological Teddy Wilson 1946, CD/Classics 997]
3. Street Scene, Columbia ML 4139 (Danny Daniels and Sheila Bond with
orchestra conducted by Maurice Abravanel) [reissued as CD/Columbia Masterworks
44668]
4. Street Scene, CD/Decca 433371 (Philip Gould and Mary Munger with
orchestra conducted by John Mauceri)
5. Street Scene, CD/Jay Records 1232
(Philip Day and Catherine Zeta Jones with orchestra conducted by Carl Davis)
6. Kurt Weill Revisited, Painted Smiles PS 1375 (Ann Miller) [reissued as
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-108]
7. Speak Low: The Great Music Of Kurt Weill For
Orchestra, Warner Bros. (S) 1313 (The Warner Bros. Orchestra conducted by
Maurice Levine)
8. Suddenly It's The Hi-Lo's/Harmony In Jazz,
CD/Collectables 6026 (The Hi-Lo's with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette)
9. Good
Vibes For Kurt Weill, CD/Audiophile ACD-236 (Warren Chiasso, vibes, with Earl
May, bass; Ray Mantilla, percussion; Gene Bertoncini, acoustic and electric
guitar; and Terry Clarke, drums)
10. John Bunch Plays Kurt Weill,
CD/Chiaroscuro 144 (John Bunch, piano)
11. The Complete Mercury Max Roach
Plus Four Sessions, CD/Mosaic 7201 (Max Roach)
12. No Place To Go But Up,
CD/Cambria 1707 (Stefan Karlsson Trio)
13. Songs From Berlin To New York,
CD/XXI - 21 Records 1621 (Kerry-Anne Kutz)
14. Kurt Weill Amercian Songs,
CD/Bear Family 16044 (Caterina Valente and the WDR Big Band conducted by Jerry
Van Rooyen)
15. Weill Nur Die Liebe Zählt, CD/Nova 115 (Edeltraud
Rupek & Urs John)
16. Bremer Sings Weill, CD/Bremner Duthie (Bremner
Duthie)
17. The American Songs Of Kurt Weill, CD/HR-Musik 0060 (Silvia
Droste, Jeff Cascaro, and the Hr Big Band conducted by Jorg Ach Keller)
18.
Meet Betty Carter And Ray Bryant/Little Susie, CD/Collectables 5676 (Ray Bryant
Trio)
19. Delishious, CD/blue rider records 001 (Adi Braun)
20. Walk On
The Weill Side, CD/Audiophile ACD-289 (Ronny Whyte, piano and voice; Edie
Monteiro, vocalize and accordion; Joe Cocuzzo, drums)
21. Love Shouldn't Be
Serious…: Rosamund Shelley Sings Kurt Weill, CD/Virtuosi Records mmp cd
1010 (Rosamund Shelley with Christopher Littlewood, piano)
Radio
transcriptions performed by Charlie Jordan and The Sweetwood Serenaders and by
the Freddy Martin Orchestra are also known to exist.
Morning Anthem (aka "Morning Chorale" and "Peachum's Morning
Song") (L: Marc Blitzstein; Bertolt Brecht) (from THE THREEPENNY
OPERA):
1. The Threepenny Opera, MGM
E-3121 (Martin Wolfson with music directed by Samuel Matlowsky) [reissued as
CD/Decca 159463]
2. Three Penny Opera, RCA Victor LSO-1086 (unknown singer
with musical direction by Samuel Matlovsky)
3. Mack The Knife, CD/CBS
MK-45630 (Richard Harris and Beggers with orchestra conducted by Dov Seltzer)
Note: Only recordings with lyrics in whole or in part by Marc Blitzstein
are noted above.
Song Of The Guns (L: Paul
Green) (from JOHNNY JOHNSON):
1. Johnny Johnson, MGM E 3447
(Chorus with orchestra conducted by Samuel Matlowsky) [reissued as CD/Polydor
831 384-2 Y-1]
2. Music For Johnny Johnson, CD/Erato 0630-17870-2 (Male
Chorus and the Otare Pit Band conducted by Joel Cohen)
Tango Ballad (aka "Tango Ballade") (L: Marc
Blitzstein; Bertolt Brecht) (from THE THREEPENNY OPERA):
1. The Threepenny Opera, MGM
E-3121 (Lotte Lenya and Scott Merrill with music directed by Samuel Matlowsky)
[reissued as CD/Decca 159463]
2. Three Penny Opera, RCA Victor LSO-1086
(George S. Irving and Martha Schlamme with musical direction by Samuel
Matlovsky)
3. A Kurt Weill Cabaret, MGM (S) SE-4180 OC (Martha Schlamme and
Will Holt with musical direction by Abraham Stokman)
4. LoveMusik,
CD/Ghostlight 84425 (David ittu, Judith Blazer, Ann Morrison, and Rachel
Ulanet)
5. Weill, CD/Illyria 003 (Anne Kerry Ford with the WDR Big
conducted by Roger Kellaway)
Note: Only recordings with lyrics in whole or
in part by Marc Blitzstein are noted above.