Weill, Kurt [Composer] > Klemperer, Otto

Time Traveller: Weimar Germany

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik no 1 with Finale, for 12 solo instruments, Op. 24 no 1; Kammermusik no 2, for 12 solo instruments, Op. 36 no 1; Kurt Weill: Alabama Song, for voice & orchestra (from "Aufs...
Performers: Archer, Robyn; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Vogt, Lars
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Muldowney, Dominic; Klemperer, Otto; Welser-Möst, Franz; Metzmacher, Ingo; Bertini, Gary; Jansons, Mariss

Famed for its divine decadence, explosive politics, rampant inflation and feverish creativity. Germany's Weimar Republic - born in the wake of World War I -...continue...

Ludwig van Beethoven Invents Jazz

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 32, Op. 111; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Cello no 2, Op. 99; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Claude Debussy: Children's Corner; La plus que len...
Performers: Braley, Frank; Capucon, Renaud; Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; de Peyer, Gervase; Ivaldi, Christian [Piano]; Lagerspetz, Juhani; Lee, Noel [Piano]; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Nat, Yves; Pommie...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Rattle, Simon, Sir; ; Zedda, Alberto; Klemperer, Otto; Marshall, Wayne; Järvi, Paavo; Metzmacher, Ingo
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London

Ludwig van Beethoven invented jazz. That statement might seem enough to provoke a paroxysm from a musicologist, but, with a passage in his final piano...continue...

Kurt Weill: Three Penny Opera; Songs (rec. 1928-1944) / Lotte Lenya, Ernst Busch

2 CD / Capriccio / 2011-08-30

Works: Kurt Weill: The Threepenny Opera; The Threepenny Opera, Kleine Dreigroschenmusik für Blasorchester; Alabama Song, for voice & orchestra (from "Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny"); Der Zar L&...
Performers: Busch, Ernst; Florelle, Odette; Gauty, Lys; Gerron, Kurt; Halmke, Erika; Lenya, Lotte; Madsen, Gerda; Neher, Carola; Oswald, Marianne; Pasetti, Otto; Paulsen, Harald; Schlee, Alfred; Schroder, Arthur...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto; Ruth, Lewis; Mackeben, Theo; Schindler, Hans; Weber, Marek; ; Chagnon, Pierre; Sommer, Hans; Abravanel, Maurice
Ensemble: ; Dobbri Saxophone Orchestra; Lewis Ruth Band

Capriccio presents a valuable addition to the history of recorded music. Between 1928 and 1930 more than 40 recordings of Kurt Weill's Dreigroschenoper (Threeepenny Opera)...continue...