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Saturday, April 18, 2026

Kurt Weill - In Search of Youkali (Katie Bray)


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Composer: Kurt Weill
  1. A Glimpse of Youkali - An Improvisation
  2. Barbarasong (from The Threepenny Opera)
  3. Berlin im Licht
  4. Overture to The Threepenny Opera
  5. Surabaya Johnny (from Happy End)
  6. A Vision of Youkali - An Improvisation
  7. Complainte de la Seine ("Beauties of the Night" from the Torn Dress)
  8. Je ne t’aime pas (from Marie Galante)
  9. J’attends un navire (from Marie Galant)
  10. A Dream of Youkali - An Improvisation
  11. Buddy on the Nightshift (from Lunchtime Follies)
  12. Nanna’s Lied
  13. September Song (from Knickerbocker Holiday)
  14. Apple Jack (from Huckleberry Finn)
  15. A Premonition of Youkali - An Improvisation
  16. Speak Low (from One Touch of Venus)
  17. My Ship (from Lady in the Dark)
  18. This Time Next Year (from Huckleberry Finn)
  19. Youkali

Katie Bray, mezzo-soprano
Murray Grainger, accordion
Marianne Schofield, double bass
William Vann, piano

Date: 2026
Label: Chandos

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Kurt Weill - Songs (Eleni Lydia Stamellou; Alexandra Listova)


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Composer: Kurt Weill
  1. Alabama Song (1927)
  2. Buddy on the Nightshift (1942)
  3. Die Ballade Von Der Sexuellen Hörigkeit (1966)
  4. Je Ne T'aime Pas (1933)
  5. Le Roi D'aquitaine (1934)
  6. Le Train Du Ciel (1934)
  7. September Song (1938)
  8. Johnny's Song ('To Love You and to Lose You') [1936]
  9. Stay Well (1949)
  10. Speak Low (1943)
  11. Und Was Bekam Des Soldaten Weib? (1942)
  12. Nanna's Lied (1939)
  13. Salomon-Song (1929)
  14. Zu Potsdam Unter Den Eichen (1928)
  15. Youkali (1946)

Eleni Lydia Stamellou, soprano
Alexandra Listova, piano

Date: 2026
Label: Brilliant

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Kurt Weill - American Theatre Songs (Lotte Lenya)


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Composer: Kurt Weill; Paul Dessau; Hanns Eisler; John Kander
  1. Weill - Knickerbocker Holiday: "September Song"
  2. Weill - Knickerbocker Holiday: "It Never Was You"
  3. Weill - Lady in the Dark: "Saga of Jenny"
  4. Weill - One Touch of Venus: "Foolish Heart"
  5. Weill - One Touch of Venus: "Speak Low"
  6. Weill - The Firebrand of Florence: "Sing Me Not a Ballad"
  7. Weill - Street Scene: "Lonely House"
  8. Weill - Street Scene: "A Boy Like You"
  9. Weill - Love Life: "Green Up Time"
  10. Weill - Lost in the Stars: "Trouble Man"
  11. Weill - Lost in the Stars: "Stay Well"
  12. Weill - Lost in the Stars: "Lost In The Stars"
  13. Weill - The Eternal Road: "Song of Ruth"
  14. Weill - The Threepenny Opera: "The Solomon Song"
  15. Dessau - Mother Courage: "Song"
  16. Eisler - "Song of a German Mother"
  17. Kander - Cabaret: "So What?"
  18. Kander - Cabaret: "What Would You Do?"
  19. Kander - Cabaret: "It Couldn't Please Me More (A Pineapple)"
  20. Kander - Cabaret: "Married"
  21. Weill - The Threepenny Opera: "Moritat vom Mackie Messer"
  22. Weill - The Threepenny Opera: "Mack The Knife"
  23. Weill - The Threepenny Opera: "Mack The Knife" (session takes)

Lotte Lenya
Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Maurice Levine
Harold Hastings & Orchestra
Louis Armstrong & his All-Stars

Date: 1957
Label: Sony

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Kurt Weill - The Seven Deadly Sins & Berlin Theatre Songs (Lotte Lenya)


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Composer: Kurt Weill
  1. Die sieben Todsünden: Prolog
  2. Die sieben Todsünden: Faulheit
  3. Die sieben Todsünden: Stolz
  4. Die sieben Todsünden: Zorn
  5. Die sieben Todsünden: Völlerei
  6. Die sieben Todsünden: Unzucht
  7. Die sieben Todsünden: Habsucht
  8. Die sieben Todsünden: Neid
  9. Die sieben Todsünden: Epilog
  10. Die Dreigroschenoper: "Moritat vom Mackie Messer"
  11. Die Dreigroschenoper: "Barbarasong"
  12. Die Dreigroschenoper: "Seeräuberjenny"
  13. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: "Havanna-Lied"
  14. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: "Alabama-Song"
  15. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: "Denn Wie Man Sich Bettet"
  16. Happy End: "Bilbao-Song"
  17. Happy End: "Surabaya-Johnny"
  18. Happy End: "Was die Herren Matrosen sagen"
  19. Das Berliner Requiem: "Ballade vom ertrunkenen Mädchen"
  20. Der Silbersee, Ein Wintermärchen: "Lied der Fennimore"
  21. Der Silbersee, Ein Wintermärchen: "Cäsars Tod"

Lotte Lenya
Orchestra conducted by Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg (1-9)
Orchestra conducted by Roger Bean (10-21)

Date: 1956; 1955
Label: Sony

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Friday, April 17, 2026

Kurt Weill - Die Sieben Todsünden; etc. (Gisela May)


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Composer: Kurt Weill
  1. Die Sieben Todsünden: Prolog. Andante sostenuto
  2. Die Sieben Todsünden: Faulheit. Allegro vivace
  3. Die Sieben Todsünden: Stolz. Allegretto, quasi Andantino
  4. Die Sieben Todsünden: Zorn. Molto agitato
  5. Die Sieben Todsünden: Völlerei. Largo
  6. Die Sieben Todsünden: Unzucht. Moderato
  7. Die Sieben Todsünden: Habsucht. Allgero giusto
  8. Die Sieben Todsünden: Neid. Allegro non troppo
  9. Die Sieben Todsünden: Epilog. Andante sostenuto
  10. Berliner Requiem: Vom ertrunkenen Mädchen
  11. Happy End: Surabaya Johnny
  12. Happy End: Bilbao-Song
  13. Happy End: Was die Herren Matrosen sagen
  14. Happy End: Ballade von der Höllen-Lili
  15. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Havanna-Song
  16. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Wie man sich bettet, so liegt man
  17. Die Dreigroschenoper: Barbara-Song
  18. Die Dreigroschenoper: Song von der sexuellen Hörigkeit
  19. Die Dreigroschenoper: Seeräuber-Jenny
  20. Berliner Requiem: Zu Potsdam unter den Eichen

Gisela May, soprano
Peter Schreier & Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, tenors
Günther Leib, baritone
Hermann Christian Polster, bass
Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Kegel, conductor

Studio-Orchester
Henry Krtschil & Heinz Rögner, conductors

Date: 1966; 1968; 1965 / 2015
Label: Brilliant

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Kurt Weill - Die Dreigroschenoper (Lotte Lenya; Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg)


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Composer: Kurt Weill
  • Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)

Wolfgang Neuss; Willy Trenk-Trebitsch; Trude Hesterburg
Erich Shellow; Johanna von Koczian; Lotte Lenya
Wolfgang Grunert; Inge Wolffberg; Kurt Helling
Paul Otto Kuster; Joseph Hausmann; Martin Hoepper

Günther-Arndt-Chor
Sender Freies Berlin
Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg, conductor

Date: 1958
Label: Sony

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Kurt Weill - Zaubernacht (Arte Ensemble)


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Composer: Kurt Weill
  • Die Zaubernacht, Op. 7 (Kinderpantomime in einem Akt)

Arte Ensemble
Date: 2012
Label: CPO

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Thursday, April 16, 2026

Kurt Weill - Symphonies; Quodlibet (Antony Beaumont)


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Composer: Kurt Weill
  • Symphony No. 1
  • Quodlibet, Op. 9
  • Symphony No. 2

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Antony Beaumont, conductor

Date: 2006
Label: Chandos

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Kurt Weill - Symphony No. 2; Violin Concerto; Mahagony Suite (Mariss Jansons)


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Composer: Kurt Weill
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Violin Concerto, Op. 12
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – Suite from the opera

Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor

Date: 1998
Label: EMI

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Kurt Weill; Paul Hindemith; Igor Stravinsky - Orchestral Works (Otto Klemperer)


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Composer: Kurt Weill; Paul Hindemith; Igor Stravinsky
  • Klemperer - Merry Waltz
  • Weill - Kleine Dreigroschenmusik
  • Hindemith - Nobilissima visione – Suite
  • Stravinsky - Symphony in Three Movements

Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor

Date: 1961; 1954; 1962
Label: EMI

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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Carl Orff - Trionfi (Herbert Kegel)


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Composer: Carl Orff
  • Carmina Burana
  • Catulli Carmina
  • Trionfo di Afrodite

Celestina Casapietra, soprano
Horst Hiestermann, tenor
Karl-Heinz Stryczec, baritone
Rundfunkchor Leipzig / Horst Neumann, chorusmaster
Dresdner Kapellknaben / Konrad Wagner, chorusmaster

Ute Mai, soprano
Eberhard Büchner, tenor
Jutta Czapski, Günter Philipp, Wolfgang Wappler & Gerhard Erber, pianos
Rundfunkchor Leipzig / Horst Neumann, chorusmaster

Isabella Nawe, soprano
Ebergard Büchner, tenor
Renate Krahmer, soprano
Horst Hiestermann, tenor
Reiner Süß, bass
Rundfunkchor Leipzig / Horst Neumann, chorusmaster
Rundfunkchor Berlin / Wolf-Dieter Hauschild, chorusmaster

Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Kegel, conductor

Date: 1974; 1971; 1975
Label: Berlin Classics

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Carl Orff - Carmina Burana (Eugen Jochum)


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Composer: Carl Orff
  • Carmina Burana

Gundula Janowitz, soprano
Gerhard Stolze, tenor
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone

Schöneberger Sängerknaben
Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Eugen Jochum, conductor

Date: 1967
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

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Monday, April 13, 2026

Enjott Schneider - Movie Themes Made in Germany (Frank Strobel)


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Composer: Enjott Schneider
  • Jenseits der Sehnsucht (Elegy for violin and strings, from the ARD television film "Ohne Dich" by Florian Baxmeyer)
  • Cararina von Siena "Die Mystikerin" (for piano and orchestra, based on the film by Jürgen Grundmann)
  • Violin Concerto "Augen der Erde": II. Mondsee
  • Die andere Frau (Poem for piano and orchestra, based on the film by Margarethe von Trotta)
  • Leise Schatten – Silent Shadow (Suite based on the film by Sherry Horman)
  • Movie Themes Made in Germany (Orchestral suite on themes from films)
  • Die Flucht (Orchestral suite based on the film by Kai Wessel)
  • Piano Concerto "Evolution" (based on the music from the film "The Evolution of Networks" by Richard A. Caesa)
  • Das Wunder des Mauerfalls – Leipzig 1989 (Orchestral suite based on the music for "Wunder von Leipzig" by Sebastian Dehnhardt and Matthias Schmidt)

Friedemann Eichhorn, violin
Andreas Skouras, piano
Inga Balzer-Wolf, soprano

WDR Funkhausorchester Köln
Frank Strobel, conductor

Date: 2025
Label: Solo Musica

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Enjott Schneider - Bridges To Infinity (Gabriel Venzago)


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Composer: Enjott Schneider
  • The Birds – Wisdom & Magic (Concerto for violin & chamber philharmonic)
  • Fatal Harmonies of black Sweetness (Concerto for viola & strings - Variations on Gesualdo's "Moro, lasso, al mio duolo")
  • Symphony No. 8 "The Bell – Bridge To Infinity"

Friedemann Eichhorn, violin
Alexia Eichhorn, viola
Julia Sophie Wagner, soprano

Chor der Klangverwaltung
Bodensee Philharmonie
Gabriel Venzago, conductor

Date: 2025
Label: Solo Musica

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Enjott Schneider - Reflecting Moons (Agata Kielar-Długosz; Łukasz Długosz; Andreas Skouras)


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Composer: Enjott Schneider
  1. Wenn Weiden vollmonds sich im Wasser spiegeln
  2. Water – Element of Infinity: I. Water Is the Way of Dao
  3. Water – Element of Infinity: II. Water Pearls
  4. Water – Element of Infinity: IV. III. Lowest Places
  5. Water – Element of Infinity: IV. Moon over Erquan Springs
  6. Water – Element of Infinity: V. Water - Metamorphosis of Power
  7. Despair & Longing – With Beethoven beyond all the time
  8. Notturno oscuro  "... erbärmlich gekrümmt"
  9. Sombras fragmentarias
  10. Mozart in New Orleans
  11. Beyond Stillness: No. 1, Heart Sutra
  12. Beyond Stillness: No. 2, Kama Sutra
  13. Beyond Stillness: No. 3, Diamond Sutra
  14. Circle of Life: I. Toccata primavera
  15. Circle of Life: II. Adagio "The Art of Quietness"
  16. Die Sehnsucht meines Geodreiecks
  17. Witches Dance
  18. Over Many Years

Agata Kielar-Długosz, flute
Łukasz Długosz, flute
Andreas Skouras, piano

Date: 2025
Label: Ambiente

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