Kurt Weill: From Berlin to Broadway

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)


premiere recordings in these arrangements

Suite from 'Die Dreigroschenoper' (The Threepenny Opera) 21:44
arr. Anthony DiLorenzo
1 Overture 2:00
2 Moritat von Mackie Messer (Ballad of Mack the Knife) 2:00
3 Kanonen-Song (Cannon Song) 2:17
4 Zuhalter-Ballade (Ballad of Immoral Earnings) 2:59
5 Zweites Dreigroschen-Finale (Second Threepenny Finale) 1:17
6 Salomon-Song (Solomon Song) 3:25
7 Ruf aud der Gruft (Call from the Grave) 3:11
8 Grabschrift (Epitaph) 1:52
9 Drittes Dreigroschen-Finale (Third Threepenny Finale) 2:25

European Songs 17:38
arr. Stephen Prutsman
10 Surabaya-Johnny 4:42
11 Alabama Song 3:08
12 Je ne t'aime pas 5:10
13 Jennys Lied (Denn wie man sich bettet, so liegt man) 4:19

American Songs 16:03
arr. Robert Elkjer
14 Speak Low 4:00
15 Lost in the Stars 2:21
16 My Ship 5:03
17 One Life to Save 4:18
55:40
Center City Brass Quintet
Anthony DiLorenzo trumpet
Geoffrey Hardcastle trumpet
Richard King horn
Steven Witser trombone
Craig Knox tuba
Recorded in:
Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, Kensington, California
22-24 June 2001
Producer(s)
Michael Schulze
David Burkhart (Associate, Professor of trumpet at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, member of the Bay Brass and frequent performer with the San Francisco Symphony and Opera Orchestras)
Sound Engineer(s)
Michael Schulze
Format: DDD
Bit Rate: 20 Bit