ONE TOUCH OF VENUS

ONE TOUCH OF VENUS

Composer: Kurt Weill
Lyricist: Ogden Nash

Opened: October 7, 1943, Imperial Theatre , N.Y.C.
Performances: 567

Artists' Ball (orchestral development of "Speak Low"):

1. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)

Bacchanal:

1. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Chorus with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)

Catch Hatch:

1. One Touch Of Venus, CD/Takarazaku Music Publishing TMPC-202-3 (Tokyo cast)
2. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Ron Raines, Victoria Clark, Jacob Smith, Michael "Tuba" McKinsey, Judy Kaye, and Anatolians with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)

Curtain Music (Scene One):

1. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Victoria Clark, Michael "Tuba" McKinsey, and Ron Raines with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)

Dr. Crippen:

1. Kurt Weill Revisited, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1375 (Chita Rivera and the Men) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-108]
2. One Touch Of Venus, CD/Takarazaku Music Publishing TMPC-202-3 (Tokyo cast)
3. Kurt Weill On Broadway, CD/Koch Schwann 3-1416-2 (Steven Kimbrough with the Kolner Rundfunkorchester conducted by Victor Symonette)
4. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Ron Raines, Judy Kaye, Henry Manning, Police Lieutenant, Brent Barrett, and Melissa Errico with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)

Entr'acte:

1. One Touch Of Venus, CD/Takarazaku Music Publishing TMPC-202-3 (Tokyo cast)
2. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)

Finaletto: Speak Low:

1. One Touch Of Venus, 78/Decca DA-361 (Kenny Baker with Mary Martin, Chorus, and the "One Touch Of Venus" Orchestra conducted by Maurice Abravanel) [reissued as One Touch Of Venus/Lute Song, CD/MCA MCAD-11354]
2. One Touch Of Venus, CD/Takarazaku Music Publishing TMPC-202-3 (Tokyo cast)
3. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Ron Raines, Brent Barrett, and Girl with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)

Foolish Heart:

1. One Touch Of Venus, 78/Decca DA-361 (Mary Martin with the "One Touch Of Venus" Orchestra conducted by Maurice Abravanel) [reissued as One Touch Of Venus/Lute Song, CD/MCA MCAD-11354]
2. September Song And Other American Theatre Songs Of Kurt Weill Sung By Lotte Lenya, Columbia (M) KL-5229 (Lotte Lenya with orchestra and chorus conducted by Maurice Levine) [reissued on Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill American Theatre Songs/Songs From The Threepenny Opera And Cabaret, CD/Sony Classical MHK 60647]
3. Weill Opera 2, Fonitcetra (S) LPX 88 (Katyna Ranieri with the Quartetto d'Archi directed by Riz Ortolani)
4. Songs Of Kurt Weill, Time (S) S/2007 (Felicia Sanders with music conducted by Irving Joseph)
5. Speak Low: The Great Music Of Kurt Weill For Orchestra, Warner Bros. (S) 1313 (The Warner Bros. Orchestra conducted by Maurice Levine)
6. One Touch Of Venus, CD/Takarazaku Music Publishing TMPC-202-3 (Tokyo cast)
7. Lenya, CD/Bear Family BCD-16019 (Lotte Lenya with orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock)
8. Kurt Weill In America, CD/Andrewsong AND-07 (Anna Bergman with musical conducted by Shelly Markham)
9. Kurt Weill Songs, CD/ASV CD DCA 790 (Carole Farley with Roger Vignoles, piano)
10. A Song About Forever: Songs By Kurt Weill, CD/Consolidated Artists Productions CAP1011 (Hilary Garner and The Kurt Weill Project)
11. Speak Low: Songs By Kurt Weill & The Seven Deadly Sins, CD/Deutsche Grammophon 439 894-2 (Anne Sofie Von Otter with the NDR-Sinfonieorchester conducted by John Eliot Gardiner)
12. Julie Wilson Sings The Kurt Weill Songbook, CD/DRG CDSL 5207 (Julie Wilson with William Roy, piano)
13. Stratas Sings Weill, CD/Nonesuch 79131-2 (Teresa Stratas with the Y Chamber Symphony conducted by Gerard Schwarz)
14. "Ich Liebe Dich Nicht": Anita Ammersfeld Singt Kurt Weill, CD/Preiser 90531 (Anita Ammersfeld with musical direction by Walter Breitner and Liselotte Theiner)
15. Tonight Kurt Weill, CD/Preiser PR 90726 (Elisabeth Von Magnus with Jacob Bogaart, klavier)
16. Kurt Weill Vom Broadway Nach Berlin, CD/Signum SIG X85-00 (Sara Musinowski with musical direction by Stefan Weinzierl)
17. Love Shouldn't Be Serious…: Rosamund Shelley Sings Kurt Weill, CD/Virtuosi Records mmp cd 1010 (Rosamund Shelley with Christopher Littlewood, piano)
18. Blue Moon Cat: Live At Joe's Pub, CD/Video Artists International 1203 (Catherine Malfitano with Joseph Thalken, piano)
19. Younger Than Springtime, CD/Arbors 19237 (Ross Tompkins, piano)
20. The Joy Of Weill, CD/Joy Bogen (Joy Bogen with musical direction by Paul Katz)
21. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Melissa Errico and Ron Raines with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)
22. September Song: Dick Hyman Plays The Music Of Kurt Weill, CD/Proscenium PRO 01 (Dick Hyman, piano)
23. Kurt Weill (1900-1950) A Portrait - From Berlin to New York, CD/Sterling CDA 1820/1821-2 (Torsten Mossberg)

Foolish Heart Dance:

1. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)

Forty Minutes For Lunch (ballet):

1. One Touch Of Venus, 78/Decca DA-361 ("One Touch Of Venus" Orchestra conducted by Maurice Abravanel) [reissued as One Touch Of Venus/Lute Song, CD/MCA MCAD-11354]
2. One Touch Of Venus, CD/Takarazaku Music Publishing TMPC-202-3 (Tokyo cast)
3. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)

Gloria Disappears:

1. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Melissa Errico and Lauren Worsham with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)

How Much I Love You:

1. Kurt Weill Revisited, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1375 (Arthur Siegel and The Girls) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-108]
2. One Touch Of Venus, CD/Takarazaku Music Publishing TMPC-202-3 (Tokyo cast)
3. Hooked On Weill, CD/PELA10262 (Lauren Carley with Daniel Lockert, piano)
4. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Brent Barrett and Lauren Worsham with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)
5. September Song: Dick Hyman Plays The Music Of Kurt Weill, CD/Proscenium PRO 01 (Dick Hyman, piano)

I'm A Stranger Here Myself:

1. One Touch Of Venus, 78/Decca DA-361 (Mary Martin with the "One Touch Of Venus" Orchestra conducted by Maurice Abravanel) [reissued as One Touch Of Venus/Lute Song, CD/MCA MCAD-11354]
2. One Touch Of Venus, CD/Takarazaku Music Publishing TMPC-202-3 (Tokyo cast)
3. The Broadway Musicals Of 1943, CD/Bayview RNBW015 (Sally Mayes with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
4. Stage 2: The Human Heart, CD/Dink 1997 (Ralph Pena with music direction by Robert Lee)
5. I'm A Stranger Here Myself: The Songs Of Kurt Weill, CD/AF001 (Allison Farrow with Aaron Powell, piano)
6. Kurt Weill In America, CD/Andrewsong AND-07 (Cast with musical conducted by Shelly Markham)
7. A Song About Forever: Songs By Kurt Weill, CD/Consolidated Artists Productions (Hilary Garner and The Kurt Weill Project)
8. Speak Low: Songs By Kurt Weill & The Seven Deadly Sin, CD/Deutsche Grammophon 439 894-2 (Anne Sofie Von Otter with the NDR-Sinfonieorchester conducted by John Eliot Gardiner)
9. Berlin To Babylon: The Songs Of Kurt Weill & Friedrich Hollaender, CD/Entrée Records ECD 8100 (Cameron Silver with music conducted by Steven Applegate)
10. Weill, CD/Illyria Records CD003 (Anne Kerry Ford with the WDR Big Band conducted by Roger Kellaway)
11. Stranger Here Myself, CD/Koch International 3-7087-2 K2 (Angelina Reaux with music conducted by Robert Kapilow)
12. Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill, CD/London 425 204-2 (Ute Lemper with the RIAS Berlin Kammerensemble conducted by John Maurceri)
13. Three Vile Men, CD/Middle Eight Music 3VM 001 (Mark Jones, Martin Croft, and John O'May with Mark Jones, piano)
14. Stratas Sings Weill, CD/Nonesuch 79131-2 (Teresa Stratas with the Y Chamber Symphony conducted by Gerard Schwarz)
15. Tonight Kurt Weill, CD/Preiser PR 90726 (Elisabeth Von Magnus with Jacob Bogaart, klavier)
16. Kurt Weill Vom Broadway Nach Berlin, CD/Signum SIG X85-00 (Sara Musinowski with musical direction by Stefan Weinzierl)
17. 1. Bamberger Chansontage, CD/Theater Bamberg P-Nr. K61064 (Jocelyn B. Smith)
18. Songs Of Kurt Weill, CD/Tomato R2 72198 (Helen Schneider)
19. This Is New, CD/Universal 016 884-2 (Dee Dee Bridgewater)
20. Love Shouldn't Be Serious…: Rosamund Shelley Sings Kurt Weill, CD/Virtuosi Records mmp cd 1010 (Rosamund Shelley with Christopher Littlewood, piano)
21. Kurt Weill: The Centennial, CD/LML Music LML CD-301 (Jodi Stevens with music direction by Ron Abel)
22. The Washington Guitar Quintet, CD/Concord Jazz CCD-42014 (Charlie Byrd and the Washington Guitar Quintet)
23. Tschaikowsky [And Other Russians], CD/Mark Nadler 4582 (Mark Nadler, piano and voice)
24. Verve Today 2002, CD/Verve 5834402 (unknown artist) (unverified)
25. Let Yourself Go, CD/Sony 89384 (Kristin Chenoweth with Rob Fisher and the Coffee Club Orchestra)
26. A Broadway Diva Swings, CD/Who's Who In Jazz 21054 (Ann Crumb with Harry Allen and His All-Star Jazz Band)
27. Remember Me And Other Intimate Songs, CD/Sepia 1063 (Greta Keller)
28. Lenya, CD/Bear Family BCD-16019 (Lotte Lenya and Dick Cavett)
29. Live!, CD/RCA Victor 61797 (Patti Lupone with orchestra conducted by John McDaniel)
30. Lost In The Stars, CD/Sunbow (Friederike Meinel with orchestra)
31. Love In Our Key, CD/Original Cast 9840 (Stephen Patric)
32. Let It Happen, CD/Clara Reeves (Clara Reeves)
33. It's For You, CD/Red Head Productions (Jinny Sagorin)
34. You're My Thrill, CD/Changes (Marc Smason and Joanne Klein)
35. For Good, CD/Unknown label 30711 (Mary Jo Vitale)
36. Ein Viertel Rotlicht: Hafen & Hurenlieder, CD/NRW 131 (Yvonne Werner-Mees)
37. I'm A Stranger Here Myself, CD/Laughing Willow (Alan White) (unverified)
38. Taking My Turn, CD/Susan Eichhorn Young (Susan Eichhorn Young)
39. Hooked On Weill, CD/PELA10262 (Lauren Carley with Steve Carter, piano, Jeff Buenz, guitar, Andrew Higgins, bass, and Babatunde Lea, drums and percussion)
40. Weill: Jazz Songs, CD/Sony 500616 (Noga-Quintett)
41. It’s Oh So Issy, CD/Dress Circle IVR-CD-1 (Issy Van Randwyck with Stuart Pedlar, piano)
42. Live At Don’t Tell Mama’s, CD/LML Music 21 (Courtenay Day with musical direction by Christopher Marlowe)
43. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Melissa Errico with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)
44. Songs From Berlin To New York, CD/XXI XXI-CD 2 1621 (Kerry-Anne Kutz)
45. I’m A Stranger Here Myself, CD/Karen Lotman Productions 8 84501 90372 1 (Mark Nadler, piano and voice, with William Schimmel, accordion, and Christine Kwak, violin)
46. Wanted: Songs Of Kurt Weill, CD/Supraphon SH 4226-2 (Dagmar Peckova with the Epoque Quartet & Orchestra and Miroslav Hloucal Jazz Band conducted by Jan Kucera)

Incidental Music:

1. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)

Introduction (Overture):

1. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)

The Jersey Plunk (unused; early version of "Way Out West In Jersey"):

1. Tryout, Heritage H 0051 (Kurt Weill, piano and voice) [reissued as CD/DRG 904]

Love In A Mist (cut):

1. Kurt Weill Revisited, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1375 (Jo Sullivan) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-108]
2. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Melissa Errico with James Holmes, piano)

Mrs. Moats Falls:

1. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Karen Ziemba, Brent Barrett, and Melissa Errico with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)

(Don't Look Now But) My Heart Is Showing (L: Ann Ronell) (written for the film version; same music as "Foolish Heart"):

1. Kurt Weill In Hollywood, Ariel (M) KWH 10 (Dick Haymes, Olga San Juan, Eileen Wilson, Robert Walker, and Chorus with orchestra conducted by Leo Arnaud) (as "Don't Look Now") [reissued on Dick Haymes In Hollywood, CD/Jasmine 124]
2. Kurt Weill: The Centennial, CD/LML Music LML CD-301 (Sharon Lawrence with music direction by Ron Abel) (as "Don't Look Now")
3. Songs From Berlin To New York, CD/XXI XXI-CD 2 1621 (Kerry-Anne Kutz) (as "Don't Look Now")
4. Thousands Of Miles, CD/Alpha-Classics 272 (Kate Lindsey with Baptiste Trotignon, piano)

My Week (L: Ann Ronell) (new lyric to "West Wind" written for the film version):

1. Kurt Weill In Hollywood, Ariel (M) KWH 10 (Dick Haymes and Olga San Juan with orchestra conducted by Leo Arnaud)
2. Weill Nur Die Liebe Zählt, CD/Nova 115 (Edeltraud Rupek and Urs John)

New Art Is True Art:

1. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Ron Raines, Matt Bogart, and Students with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)

One Touch Of Venus:

1. Kurt Weill Revisited, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1375 (Paula Laurence and the Girls) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-108]
2. Greta In The Waldorf, ABC-Paramount (M) ABC-429 (Greta Keller accompanied by Paul Mann and his music) [reissued on American Songbook Series: Kurt Weill, CD/Smithsonian AD 048-17]
3. One Touch Of Venus, CD/Takarazaku Music Publishing TMPC-202-3 (Tokyo cast)
4. Kurt Weill American Songs, CD/Bear Family BCD 16044 AH (Caterina Valente and the WDR Big Bad conducted by Jerry Van Rooyen)
5. Julie Wilson Sings The Kurt Weill Songbook, CD/DRG CDSL 5207 (Julie Wilson with William Roy, piano)
6. Jam And Spice: The Songs Of Kurt Weill, CD/EMA 12664 (Karen Kohler with music conducted by Robert Rene Galvan)
7. The Moons of Venus: Romancing Marlene Dietrich, CD/Karen Kohler (Karen Kohler)
8. A Lot Of Livin' To Do, CD/Original Cast 9750B (Ingrid Saxon with musical direction by Paul Trueblood)
9. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Victoria Clark and Girls with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)
10. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Chorus with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)
11. Live, CD/Original Cast 5391 (Barry Lloyd)

Overture (film):

1. Kurt Weill In Hollywood, Ariel (M) KWH 10 (orchestra conducted by Leo Arnaud)

Speak Low:

I have not attempted to provide discological information for this Weill standard.

Statue Returns:

1. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Ron Raines and Brent Barrett with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)

That's Him:

1. One Touch Of Venus, 78/Decca DA-361 (Mary Martin with the "One Touch Of Venus" Orchestra conducted by Maurice Abravanel) [reissued as One Touch Of Venus/Lute Song, CD/MCA MCAD-11354]
2. Tryout, Heritage H 0051 (Kurt Weill, piano and voice) [reissued as CD/DRG 904]
3. Together On Broadway, Friends Of The Theatre & Music Collection AG-77 (Mary Martin with orchestra conducted by John Lesko)
4. Hims, Epic N-3419 (Anita Ellis) [reissued as CD/Collectables 7446]
5. That's Him, Riverside RP-1107 (Abbey Lincoln with Sonny Rollins, tenor saxphone, Kenny Dorham, trumpet, Wynton Kelly, piano, Paul Chambers, bass, and Max Roach,drums) [reissued as CD/Riverside/OJC OJCCD-085-2]
6. Kurt Weill 1933-1950, Orizzonte (S) ORL 8028 (Laura Betti with musical direction by Bruno Maderna)
7. Berlin To Broadway With Kurt Weill, Paramount (S) PAS-4000 (Margery Cohen with orchestra conducted by Newton Wayland)
8. Lime Jello, RCA (S) AML 1-5830 (Joan Morris and William Bolcom) [reissued as CD/RCA 5830]
9. Nashville New York, That's Entertainment Records (S) TER 1001 (Leueen Willoughby with orchestra directed by David Wykes)
10. Kurt Weill In Hollywood, Ariel (M) KWH 10 (Eileen Wilson, Olga San Juan, and Eve Arden with orchestra conducted by Leo Arnaud)
11. One Touch Of Venus, CD/Takarazaku Music Publishing TMPC-202-3 (Tokyo cast)
12. The Broadway Musicals Of 1943, CD/Bayview RNBW015 (Heather MacRae with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
13. LoveMusik, CD/Ghostlight 8-4425 (Michael Cerveris with orchestra conducted by Nicholas Archer)
14. Kurt Weill In America, CD/Andrewsong AND-07 (Anna Bergman, Barbara Brusell, Maude Maggart, and Andrea Marcovicci with musical conducted by Shelly Markham)
15. Kurt Weill Songs, CD/ASV CD DCA 790 (Carole Farley with Roger Vignoles, piano)
16. Julie Wilson Sings The Kurt Weill Songbook, CD/DRG CDSL 5207 (Julie Wilson with William Roy, piano)
17. Stranger Here Myself, CD/Koch International 3-7087-2 K2 (Angelina Reaux with music conducted by Robert Kapilow)
18. Tonight Kurt Weill, CD/Preiser PR 90726 (Elisabeth Von Magnus with Jacob Bogaart, klavier)
19. Love Shouldn't Be Serious…: Rosamund Shelley Sings Kurt Weill, CD/Virtuosi Records mmp cd 1010 (Rosamund Shelley with Christopher Littlewood, piano)
20. Kurt Weill: The Centennial, CD/LML Music LML CD-301 (Nancy Dussault with music direction by Ron Abel)
21. I Wish It So, CD/Elektra Nonesuch 79345 (Dawn Upshaw with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)
22. Live From London, CD/Cabaret 5023 (Andrea Marcovicci with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
23. Finding My Way, CD/Denise Mihalik (Denis Mihalik)
24. Lonely Town: Jazz Cafe Presents Kai Winding, CD/GA 3899342 (Kai Winding, trombone)
25. Can’t Live With Him, Can’t Live Without Him, CD/Robin James (Robin James)
26. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Melissa Errico with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)
27. I Never Do Anything Twice, CD/Dress Circle MM777 (Morag McLaren with Bruce O’Neil, piano, and Stephen Pierce, saxophone and clarinet)
A radio transcription performed by Gwen Williams and Male Octet is known to exist.

That's How I Am Sick Of Love:

1. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Brent Barrett and Lauren Worsham with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)

The Trouble With Women (employing revised music for "Les Filles de Bordeaux" in MARIE GALANTE, itself a revision of "In Der Jugend Gold'nem Schimmer" from HAPPY END):

1. One Touch Of Venus, 78/Decca DA-361 (Kenny Baker with Male Quartet and the "One Touch Of Venus" Orchestra conducted by Maurice Abravanel) [reissued as One Touch Of Venus/Lute Song, CD/MCA MCAD-11354]
2. Tryout, Heritage H 0051 (Kurt Weill, piano and voice) [reissued as CD/DRG 904]
3. Nashville New York, That's Entertainment Records (S) TER 1001 (Bryan Murray, Christopher Benjamin, and Robert Cushman with orchestra directed by David Wykes)
4. Kurt Weill In Hollywood, Ariel (M) KWH 10 (chorus with orchestra conducted by Leo Arnaud)
5. One Touch Of Venus, CD/Takarazaku Music Publishing TMPC-202-3 (Tokyo cast)
6. Three Vile Men, CD/Middle Eight Music 3VM 001 (Mark Jones, Martin Croft, and John O'May with Mark Jones, piano)
7. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Jacob Smith, Ron Raines, Michael "Tuba" McKinsey, and Brent Barrett with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)

For recordings of "Les Filles De Bordeaux" (L: Jacques Deval) see:

1. Kurt Weill: Berlin/Paris/Broadway 1928-1938, CD/EPM Musique 984982 (Florelle with Wal-Berg and His Orchestra)
2. Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill Vol. 2, CD/London 436 417-2 (Ute Lemper with Jeff Cohen, piano, and the RIAS Sinfonietta Berlin conducted by John Mauceri)
3. Youkali, CD/Marquis Classics 7747 81217 2 1 (Patricia O'Callaghan with Jenny Crober, piano)
4. Youkali, CD/Animato 6021 (Stephanie Haas)
5. Marie Galante Suite/Songs From Davy Crockett, CD/Koch Schwann 3-6592-2 (Joy Bogen wit Thomas Hrynkiw, piano, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's conducted by Victor C. Symonette)
6. Kurt Weill, CD/BVHaast 9808 (Willem Breuker Kollektief with Loes Luca)
7. Cabaret Classics, CD/Unicorn Kanchana 9055 (Jill Gomez with John Constable, piano)
8. Kurt Weill À Paris, CD/Assai 207192 (Loes Luca with the Ensemble Dreigroschen directed by Giorgio Bernasconi)

For recordings of "In Der Jugend Gold'nem Schimmer (In Our Childhood's Bright Endeavor)" (L: Bertolt Brecht), see:

1. Berlin To Broadway With Kurt Weill, Paramount (S) PAS-4000 (Margery Cohen with orchestra conducted by Newton Wayland)
2. Happy End, CD/Capriccio 60015-1 (the Pro Musica Koln (chorus master Johannes Homberg) and the Konig Ensemble conducted by Jan Latham-Konig)
3. Happy End, CD/Ghostlight 7915584418-2 (Steven Anthony James with orchestra conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos)
4. Kurt Weill Songs, CD/ASV CD DCA 790 (Carole Farley with Roger Vignoles, piano)

Venus Awakening:

1. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Brent Barrett and Melissa Errico with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)

Venus Entrance 1:

1. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Brent Barrett and Melissa Errico with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)

Venus Entrance 2:

1. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Ron Raines and Melissa Errico with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)

Venus In Ozone Heights (ballet):

1. One Touch Of Venus, 78/Decca DA-361 ("One Touch Of Venus" Orchestra conducted by Maurice Abravanel) [reissued as One Touch Of Venus/Lute Song, CD/MCA MCAD-11354]
2. One Touch Of Venus, CD/Takarazaku Music Publishing TMPC-202-3 (Tokyo cast) (not authentic)
3. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Melissa Errico and Brent Barrett with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)

Very, Very [aka "Very, Very, Very"]:

1. Tryout, Heritage H 0051 (Kurt Weill, piano and voice) [reissued as CD/DRG 904]; Kurt Weill Revisited, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1375 (Paula Laurence) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-108]
2. One Touch Of Venus, CD/Takarazaku Music Publishing TMPC-202-3 (Tokyo cast)
3. Lost In The Stars And Stripes, CD/Anakreon Verlag ANA 1001 (Sona MacDonald, Alan Marks, and Udo Samel)
4. The Broadway Musicals Of 1943, CD/Bayview RNBW015 (Heather MacRae with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
5. LoveMusik, CD/Ghostlight 8-4425 (Michael Cerveris with orchestra conducted by Nicholas Archer)
6. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Victoria Clark with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)
7. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Victoria Clark with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes) (Encore)

Vive La Difference (cut):

1. Kurt Weill Revisited, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1375 (Chorus) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-108] '
2. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Victoria Clark, Ron Raines, and Melissa Errico with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)

Way Out West In Jersey:

1. Kurt Weill Revisited Vol. II, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1376 (Arthur Siegel) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-109]
2. One Touch Of Venus, CD/Takarazaku Music Publishing TMPC-202-3 (Tokyo cast)
3. The Broadway Musicals Of 1943, CD/Bayview RNBW015 (Jason Graae with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
4. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Judy Kaye, Lauren Worsham, and Brent Barrett with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)
5. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Brent Barrett, Judy Kaye, and Lauren Worsham with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes) (Encore)

West Wind:

1. One Touch Of Venus, 78/Decca DA-361 (Kenny Baker and the "One Touch Of Venus" Orchestra conducted by Maurice Abravanel) [reissued as One Touch Of Venus/Lute Song, CD/MCA MCAD-11354]
2. Tryout, Heritage H 0051 (Kurt Weill, piano and voice) [reissued as CD/DRG 904]
3. Kurt Weill Favorites, MGM (M) E3323 (Richard Ellsasser, organ)
4. Songs Of Kurt Weill, Time (S) S/2007 (Felicia Sanders with music conducted by Irving Joseph)
5. Speak Low: The Great Music Of Kurt Weill For Orchestra, Warner Bros. (S) 1313 (The Warner Bros. Orchestra conducted by Maurice Levine)
6. One Touch Of Venus, CD/Takarazaku Music Publishing TMPC-202-3 (Tokyo cast)
7. The Broadway Musicals Of 1943, CD/Bayview RNBW015 (Heather MacRae with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
8. Kurt Weill In America, CD/Andrewsong AND-07 (Jeff Harnar and Andrea Marcovicci with musical conducted by Shelly Markham)
9. Kurt Weill On Broadway, CD/Angel 7243 5 55563 2 (Thomas Hampson with the London Sinfonietta Chorus and the London Sinfonietta conducted by John McGlinn)
10. John Bunch Plays Kurt Weill, CD/Chiaroscuro CD(D) 144 (John Bunch, piano)
11. Kurt Weill On Broadway, CD/Koch Schwann 3-1416-2 (Steven Kimbrough with the Kolner Rundfunkorchester conducted by Victor Symonette)
12. Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill, CD/London 425 204-2 (Ute Lemper with the RIAS Berlin Kammerensemble conducted by John Maurceri)
13. The Joy Of Weill, CD/Joy Bogen (Joy Bogen with musical direction by Paul Katz)
14. Kenny Baker Presents The Half Dozen After Hours, CD/Lake CD 88 (The Kenny Baker Group) (unverified)
15. Goody Goody, CD/Membran 223723 (unknown artist) (unverified)
16. Kurt Weill: No Place To Go But Up, CD/Cambria 1707 (Stefan Karlsson Trio)
17. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Ron Raines and Melissa Errico with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)

Who Am I? (cut; reinstated for the BBC Radio production):

1. Kurt Weill On Broadway, CD/Koch Schwann 3-1416-2 (Steven Kimbrough with the Kolner Rundfunkorchester conducted by Victor Symonette)
2. One Touch Of Venus, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1362) (Ron Raines with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Holmes)

Wooden Wedding:

Fresh Air And Exercise (exists in sketch form only)
It Must Be Ernie (unused; original version of "Catch Hatch")
Love Rhymes With You (assumed title) (L: Ann Ronell) (written for the film version but not used)
The Picture On The Wall (L: Ann Ronell) (written for the film version but not used)
Same Time Same Place (exists in sketch form only)
Too Soon (unused; original version of "Speak Low")
Venus Awakening (inst) (unused version)
Venus Was A Modest Goddess (unused; original version of "One Touch Of Venus")
Westwind Dance (unused)
Who Dealt? (unused; original version of "New Art Is True Art")
You'll Find It On The Bill (exists in sketch form only)