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September Songs: The Music Of Kurt Weill (CD)

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DISC 1 for September Songs: The Music Of Kurt Weill (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   Mack The Knife - Nick Cave/Spanish Fly/Kenny Wollesen
2   Ballad Of The Soldier's Wife, The - PJ Harvey
3   Alabama Song - David Johansen/Ellen Shipley/Bob Dorough/Ralph Schuckett
4   Youkali Tango - Teresa Stratas
5   Lost in the Stars - Elvis Costello
6   Pirate Jenny - Lotte Lenya
7   Speak Low - Charlie Haden
8   O Heavenly Salvation - The Persuasions
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
 
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Entertainment Weekly (9/12/97, p.139) - "The THREEPENNY OPERA composer is eclectically feted in this Hal Willner-supervised CD (not to be confused with his '85 Weill tribute, LOST IN THE STARS)..." - Rating: B+

Title Note

Original score composed by Larry Weinstein.

Includes liner notes by Jim Bessman.

The name Kurt Weill tends to conjure up images of dark, smoky cabarets in equally dark, smoky European cities. The connection is not undeserved. While this classically trained cantor's son embraced a myriad of musical forms throughout his career, it was in popular music and theater that he found his greatest success. Collaborations with contemporary playwrights, notably Bertold Brecht, added a dark perspective to his works, which began to incorporate thinly-veiled, slightly subversive social and political commentary.

Tribute is paid to the man behind "The Threepenny Opera" in the performance film SEPTEMBER SONGS. Modern takes on his compositions, such as PJ Harvey's cold, brooding "Ballad Of The Soldier's Wife" and David Johansen's "Alabama Song" are coupled with those of veteran Weill interpreters Teresa Stratas and Lotte Lenya. Nick Cave's characteristically aggressive "Mack The Knife" contrasts with Brecht's version from 1930. Betty Carter's vocal acrobatics help make "Lonely House" even more heartbreaking, and Elvis Costello's "Lost In The Stars" is an intimate, passionate homage. Closing with William S. Burroughs's "What Keeps A Man Alive?," SEPTEMBER SONG gives new voice to one of this century's most vital and truly modern composers.

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