Weill - The Seven Deadly Sins & other works
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Label: LSO Live
Cat No: LSO0880
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 17th January 2025
Contents
Works
Die sieben Todsunden (The Seven Deadly Sins)Kleine Dreigroschenmusik
Street Scene
Walt Whitman Songs (4)
Artists
Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano)Andrew Staples (tenor)
Alessandro Fisher (tenor)
Ross Ramgobin (baritone)
Florian Boesch (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Simon RattleWorks
Die sieben Todsunden (The Seven Deadly Sins)Kleine Dreigroschenmusik
Street Scene
Walt Whitman Songs (4)
Artists
Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano)Andrew Staples (tenor)
Alessandro Fisher (tenor)
Ross Ramgobin (baritone)
Florian Boesch (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Simon RattleAbout
Created by the trail-blazing duo of the Weimer Republic, Kurt Weill and Bertold Brecht, the satirical ballet chanté The Seven Deadly Sins was to be the pair’s final collaboration. Hitler had come to power, and the Jewish Weill and Marxist Brecht had both left Germany in haste.
Weill was to come to terms with capitalist America more readily than Brecht, writing a series of popular musicals for Broadway with other collaborators. But, in The Seven Deadly Sins, Brecht’s pen is still dripping with venom as he excoriates the continent’s sleazy, materialistic values, the biblical septet of vices here given a contemporary twist.
The story tells of daughter Anna (Magdalena Ko˛enį), who is sent away from her family, tasked with bringing back enough money to build a house on the Mississippi River. Through seven years and seven cities – from Memphis and Los Angeles to Philadelphia and San Francisco – Anna encounters the seven deadly sins and is forced to make her choice between what is profitable and what is right.
Sir Simon Rattle, the London Symphony Orchestra and a star-studded line-up of soloists bring this shamelessly entertaining work to life alongside a collection of Weill’s other most memorable works, including Death in the Forest and Little Threepenny Music.
Generously supported by the Jeremy and John Sacher Charitable Trust. Funded in part by The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc., New York, NY.
Sound/Video
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1Die sieben Todsünden: 1. Prolog
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2Die sieben Todsünden: 2. Faulheit
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3Die sieben Todsünden: 3. Stolz
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4Die sieben Todsünden: 4. Zorn
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5Die sieben Todsünden: 5. Völlerei
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6Die sieben Todsünden: 6. Unzucht
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7Die sieben Todsünden: 7. Habsucht
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8Die sieben Todsünden: 8. Neid
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9Die sieben Todsünden: 9. Epilog
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10Vom Tod im Wald, op.23
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11Street Scene: Lonely House (Act I)
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12Four Walt Whitman Songs: 1. Beat! Beat! Drums!
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13Four Walt Whitman Songs: 4. Dirge for Two Veterans
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14Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: 1. Ouvertüre
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15Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: 2. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
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16Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: 3. Anstatt-dass Song
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17Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: 4. Die Ballade vom anganehmen Leben
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18Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: 5. Pollys Lied
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19Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: 6. Tango-Ballade
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20Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: 7. Kanonen-Song
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21Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: 8. Dreigroschen-Finale
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