Lonely Street

Track Listings

1. Over the Rainbow

2. Lonely Street

3. Summertime

4. Bad Bargain

5. Find Someone to Love

6. Here Today and Gone Tomorrow

7. Stop Lying to Yourself

8. Tell Me Why

9. You Don't Mean It

10. It's a Cryin' Shame

Lonely Street,The Ohio Players,Prime Cuts,Funk,Pop,Pop-Soul,R&B,Soul,Urban

Lonely Street

Tracks:

Mack The Knife - Nick Cave
Ballad Of The Soldier's Wife - P.J. Harvey
Alabama Song - David Johansen
Youkali Tango - Teresa Stratas
Lost In The Stars - Elvis Costello
Pirate Jenny - Lotte Lenya
Speak Low - Charlie Haden
Oh, Heavenly Salvation - The Persuations
Lonely House - Betty Carter
Surabaya- Johnny - Teresa Stratas
Furchte Dich Nicht - Mary Margaret O'Hara
September Song - Lou Reed
Mack The Knife - Bertolt Brecht
What Keeps Mankind Alive? - William S. Burroughs

Customer Reviews:

some brilliant renditions, but can't quite all mix together.......2006-10-19

I like the spirit of this album, which is to let the music of Kurt Weill attach itself to the many worlds it came from. This was classical music that also used elements of popular music at the time, all with a very dark and almost mechanical tone. So it would seem fitting to have exquisite voices like Teresa Stratas rub elbows with darker elements like Nick Cave in this collection. There are also the jazz influences developed by Charlie Haden and Betty Carter.

In all, there are some brilliant interpretations of Weill here. I am a fan of Cave's "Mack the Knife" and David Johansen's "Alabama Song," and how can someone NOT like Lotte Lenya herself on "Pirate Jenny" and the drolling of the immortal William S. Burroughs talking through "What Keeps Mankind Alive?"

But other tracks feel to be just too short of brilliance. I love that Lou Reed tries to turn "September Song" into a kind of rock ballad, almost a VU "It Was a Pretty Good Year," but the rendition seems a little short of energy and falls flat after a while. Elvis Costello, though magnificent as an overall artist, just doesn't bring new life to "Lost in the Stars."

Perhaps the problem in the end that the choices were a little too much of the Top 40 Weill (if there really can be such a term). These are songs that have for a long time been regarded as the best of Weill, and it might have furthered the purpose of his music to find new gems and bring them into the sunlight.

Cool and Camp.......2006-08-24

This is a very biased review- I originally had much of Weill's work on cassette tape- way back in the olden days- before CD's- so I am already very partial to many of the tracks on this CD- I would recommend it not only to Kurt Weill fans, and the fans of the various artists featured, but I would also strongly recommend this to anyone who likes artsy, camp, fun burlesque, Bohemian European stuff. The record, even though performed by contemporary artists still retains much of it's zeitgeist, it evokes the era in which Weill was writing and it rounds out any great eclectic record collection. It's a great musical discovery for fans of all sorts of genres, and EVERYONE should own at least one recorded arrangement of "Mack The Knife". (You know, for parties and stuff!)

September Song Music of Kurt Weill.......2006-08-22

Songs from the film-documentary done by various artists. Excellent choice if you like Mr Weill's music. I saw the film and always wanted the CD. Now I have and I recommend it highly.

It's a long time between January and December.......2004-06-11

Kurt Weill is one of those composers who juggles Jewish angst with Catholic guilt: and possibly vice versa. As a collection, it is nonpareil. Each interpretation becomes a definitive reading of the "song". Lord, it is one of the best assemblies of contemporary artists going. Lou couldn't be better; Ms O'Hara, in fine form, performs her deranged puppet-dance to the X. OK. An unknown. Roping-in, such a postmodern figure as, well, you-know-who, to orate Weill's lyrics is never less than exceptional. An amazing collection. Is there a DVD?

Paul

Ain't we Hip?!!?.......2003-07-23

This is the avant version of these songs, everything done with that Downtown fingers-across-the-blackboard screech. They even got Johanson doing it, which is no less than amazing. The sole exception is the Persuasions' "O Heavenly Salvation", but one song does not an album make.

Tracks:

Christopher Street
Ohio
One Hundred Easy Ways
What a Waste
A Little Bit in Love
Pass the Football
Conversation Piece
A Quiet Girl
Conga!
My Darlin' Eileen
Swing!
It's Love
Ballet at the Village Vortex
Wrong Note Rag
Opening (from the original Decca recording of "On the Town")
Carried Away (from "On the Town")
Lonely Town (from "On the Town")
I Can Cook Too (from "On the Town")
Lucky to Be Me (from "On the Town")
Ya Got Me (from "On the Town")

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Town is a wonderful show.......2004-10-25

This is a terrific show. It has a famous composer, great tunes and a good, upbeat story. Why it has so thoroughly faded from memory is a question that puzzles me greatly.

The orchestrations are attributed to another individual, but Bernstein must have taken some substantial role in their creation, for large parts of "Wonderful Town" resemble only one other musical, "West Side Story."

Rosalind Russell is the star here, and rightly so. She sings--or rather croaks--her material very well, indeed. Only in "Swing" is she overmatched by the musical requirements and even then she fights them to a draw.

Edith Adams is very good, too, as Eileen. I think of her as Edie Adams, a sixties icon, wife of comedian Ernie Kovacs, mayhem-minded member of the Nairobi Trio and super-sexy pitchwoman for White Owl Cigars. I had no idea that she had also starred on Broadway. It was a pleasant surprise to find her here.

The men in the lead parts sing in that typical Broadway growl: perfect diction and lousy tone. They are endearingly awful. And I mean that in the best possible sense.

Five stars, no doubt about it!

Light and lively musical comedy .......2004-08-07

The first cast album of WONDERFUL TOWN sounds even better than ever in Decca's latest remastering. The sound is still somewhat flat (as are all Decca albums from the 40s/50s) but the Decca engineers have worked wonders on the 50 year old tapes making them sound as good as possible. Rosalind Russell was a perfect choice to play the acerbic Ruth. She doesn't have much of a singing voice but the songs were tailored to her limited range and she makes the character come alive. Edith Adams sounds properly winsome as her sister Eileen. In the supporing roles, Jordan Bentley comes off best as Wreck, but George Gaynes makes for a ponderous, somehwat stuffy Bob Baker.

In terms of album production, Decca eliminated the Overture and some of the dance music, and re-arranged "Christopher Street" to eliminate the spoken vignettes. Otherwise the score is presented in a faithful aural re-creation. The booklet offers a detailed synopsis to guide you through the score.

The bonus tracks are six songs from ON THE TOWN originally recorded when that show was playing on Broadway. This is NOT the definitive recording of ON THE TOWN. For that you need the 1960 album avaialble on Sony. But, the excerpts heard here provide an enjoyable bonus.

a must-have recording for REAL Broadway fans.......2002-12-26

This marvellous new re-issue of WONDERFUL TOWN is a must-have for Broadway buffs. In fact, this is really two albums in one, as it also contains the rare 1945 studio recording of ON THE TOWN as a bonus!

The story is based on the play "My Sister Eileen", written by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov; as well as the stories written by Ruth McKenney. The play was later turned into a successful Columbia film starring Rosalind Russell (as Ruth Sherwood) and Janet Blair as Eileen. Several years later Columbia released a musical version (following the success of WONDERFUL TOWN) which starred Janet Leigh and Betty Garrett.

WONDERFUL TOWN originally starred Rosalind Russell (repeating her film role) as Ruth and Edith 'Edie' Adams as Eileen. The cast also included George Gaynes (GIGI, 'Punky Brewster') as the romantic male lead.

The score by Betty Comden and the late Adolph Green is gorgeous, and features the comical "100 Easy Ways", the lilting "A Little Bit in Love" and the showstopping "Conga!" and "Wrong-Note Rag".

No Broadway-recording collection is complete without the original cast of this landmark musical.

This re-issue from the superb Decca Broadway range also includes the rare 1945 set of ON THE TOWN, which featured original cast-members Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Nancy Walker singing their songs from the show, with Mary Martin singing "Lonely Town" and "Lucky to Be Me".

Highly-recommended.

Leonard Bart-stein? Listen for yourself...........2002-09-23

Leonard Bernstein never erred on the side of subtlety, and this original-cast album contains two of his most enjoyable essays in musical near-mayhem: "Christopher Street" and "The Wrong Note Rag." The former is vastly like the theme music to "The Simpsons," and the listener can decide for himself how much of a coincidence this is or isn't. "The Wrong Note Rag" uses the tritone of the scale and a varied meter to make life difficult for the singers and anyone trying to count along. Unlike so many send-ups of the 1920s, this song ingenioulsy captures the musical and lyrical feel of novelty numbers like 1924's "Fascinating Rhythm"--or, better yet, the slightly later "Crazy Rhythm." A parody of the 1920s that shows any sense of the 1920s is a rare item, indeed. "Wonderful Town" is an interesting, enjoyable, and valuable historical piece, and I can only imagine what later performers did with it. I don't want to know.

Quality over quantity.......2002-05-19

Yes, the original 1953 cast recording of "Wonderful Town" may not be the most complete cast recording of the hit musical BUT I would wholeheartedly reccommend this CD over any other version. Why? Because of its original cast members and its original orchestrations! Rosalind Russell is peerless as Ruth Sherwood (I consider her version of "One Hundred Easy Ways" one of the funniest songs in musical theatre history) and Edie Adams shines through radiantly. Listen to her sing "A Little Bit In Love" to understand what I'm talking about. Also, the original orchestrations gtive this CD more vibrance than any of the later incarnations INCLUDING the 1999 studio recording, which to me sounds too mechanical and the British orchestrator doesn't seem to get the rhythms right. The original cast recording is A MUST for the true theatre fan, abridged score or not

Side by Side: Pop and Country/Lonely Street

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L Starr

Side by Side: Pop and Country/Lonely Street
Lucille Starr , and The Canadian Sweethearts
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music

Canada | North America | International | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0002LO7H4
Release Date: 2004-10-05

Tracks:

Heartaches By The Number
Looking Back To See
I Love You
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Are You Mine
True Love
Winchester Cathedral
I Said My Pajamas (and Put On My
Prayers)
Canadian Sunset
Side By Side
Lonely Street
Too Far Gone
Missing You
If I Give My Heart To You
Who's Gonna Stand By Me?
Searching (for Someone Like You)
(Bonjour Tristesse) Hello Sadness
Cajun Love
Someone Up There Still Loves Me
Full House
Cry, Cry Darlin'
More Than Money Can Buy
Let's Wait A Little Longer
Hey Sue!
You Were Worth The Wait
I Don't Trust Me Around You
Before The Next Teardrop Falls
Too Lonely Too Long
Is It Love?

Product Description

1. Heartaches By The Number
2. Looking Back To See
3. I Love You
4. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
5. Are You Mine
6. True Love
7. Winchester Cathedral
8. I Said My Pajamas (And Put On My Prayers)
9. Canadian Sunset
10. Lonely Street
11. Too Far Gone
12. Missing You
13. If I Give My Heart To You
14. Who's Gonna Stand By Me!
15. Searching (For Someone Like You)
16. Hellow Sadness (Bonjour Tristesse)
17. Cajun Love
18. Someone Up There Still Loves Me
19. Full House
20. Cry Cry Darlin'
21. More Than Money Can Buy
22. Let's Wait A Little Longer
23. Hey Sue!
24. You Were Worth The Wait
25. I Don't Trust Me Around You
26. Before The Next Teardrop Falls
27. Too Lonely Too Long
28. Is It Love!

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

L Starr.......2005-10-14

I remember listening to Lucille Starr in the 60s, and for so long I have tried to get the album and then recently I just typed in Lucille Starr and voila, I now have my cd and with millions of sentimental memories and to this day I still adore her music, so now I can continue to listen to those golden days when Lucille started out.
Thanks Amazon for re-erupting my youth with this awsome cd of Lucille Starr.
Keith

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"Eloquent, Exquisite, Exciting"
A Gem!

Dreamer: A Portrait of Langston Hughes
Darryl Taylor , William Warfield , Maria Corley , Erik Santos , and Patricia Terry-Ross
Manufacturer: Naxos American
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Negro Speaks of Rivers: Art Songs by African-American Composers
You Can Tell the World: Songs by African-American Women Composers

ASIN: B00006I9HH
Release Date: 2002-09-17

Tracks:

My People - William Warfield
Heart
Island
The Weary Blues - William Warfield
Litany
A Black Pierrot
March Moon
Negro - William Warfield
The Negro Speaks Of Rivers
My People
Song To The Dark Virgin
Evil - William Warfield
Joy
Lonely House
Minstrel Man
Sunday Morning Prophecy - William Warfield
In Time Of Silver Rain
Carolina Cabin
Madam And The Census Taker - William Warfield
Lovely, Dark And Lonely One
Sylvester's Dying Bed - William Warfield
Sandman/Birth
Bound No'th Blues
To Artina
Down Where I Am
The Dream Weaver/Bouquet
Still Here - William Warfield

Customer Reviews:

"Eloquent, Exquisite, Exciting".......2004-08-18

"Dreamer" is unquestionably the finest recording of original songs by black composers available today. The singing of tenor, Darryl Taylor is superb and demonstrates a vocal beauty, musicianship, and interpretive sensitivy that is rarely equaled. The selection of poems of poet laureate, Langston Hughes is first rate, and even more important, the songs themselves are original, varied and well written. I think every listener will find "Dreamer" an exciting musical experience, and I predict for Darry Taylor a distinguished career as an interpreter of art songs. For the Naxos price, buy two albums and give one to a friend!

A Gem!.......2002-10-17

This collection is a gem! Langston Hughes was a very "musical" poet who was inspired by a variety of forms, from jazz to classical. His poetry in turn inspired a whole generation of composers, thirteen of whom are represented here in fifteen art songs. Additionally, eight Hughes poems are read by William Warfield.

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A "Sequel" that Surpasses the Original
Just Right for Internet Work

Viveza: Encore

Manufacturer: Skylark
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Jeeves & Wooster - The Complete Series [Region 2]
Not Too Late

ASIN: B000003Y22
Release Date: 1991-06-01

Tracks:

Jeeves and Wooster
Melodie
The Happy Home
None but the Lonely Heart
Hungarian Dance #6 in D
Songs My Mother Taught Me
Serenade Espagnole
Danse Espagnole
Playera
Malaguena
Lundu de Marqueza de Santos
Nesta Rua
Evocacao
Mood Indigo
Ballad of the Easy Life
Tango
Moritat (Mack the Knife)
Der Glocken Ruf
Simplemente... triste
Schreib mir einen Brief!
Milonga del Angel
Alegro Tangabile

Album Description

Viveza, one of the world's favourite salon groups does it again! With "Encore" this Canadian quintet brings alive salon music from Europe and South America with a freshness and vivacity that you have to hear to believe.

Salon music flourished in the 1920's and 30's, especially in the grand hotels. The repertoire of each ensemble was as varied as the patrons who frequented these fabled "palm courts." In an evening at the Ritz one was likely to hear music from Dvorak to Ravel, Lehar to Brahms or gypsy folksongs.

As you will discover with Viveza's Encore, the salon repertoire offers a cornucopia of tasty delights for your listening pleasure.

Customer Reviews:

A "Sequel" that Surpasses the Original.......2006-08-26

This album tops the previous "Viveza, Music in the Palm Court Style". The groups' inventiveness really shines in this CD. From a marimba version of Piazzola's "Milonga del Angel" to an absolutely smashing version of Moritat (Mack the Knife from Threepenny Opera), the selections are superb. I highly recommend this one!

Just Right for Internet Work.......2000-03-21

We have entertained ourselves with the video Jeeves and Wooster for the past two years. Since my wife and I played in classical orchestras, we greatly enjoy the quality and "just right" musical pace of the CD for office internet work stimulation. Now we ordered another copy for home entertainment.

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as good as it gets
Kurt Weill Interpreter

Weill: Stranger Here Myself

Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000001SEH
Release Date: 1994-04-20

Tracks:

Epitaph
Fennimore's Song
Barbara Song
Is It Him Or Is It Me?
Berlin Im Licht
Alabama Song
My Ship
Song Of The Big Shot
J'attends Un Navire
Je Ne T'aime Pas
Remember That I Care

Tracks:

I'm A Stranger Here Myself
Surabaya-Johnny
Sing Me Not A Ballad
Nanna's Lied
Lonely House
Le Train Du Ciel
Solomon Song
Youkali: Tango Habanera
Epitaph
That's Him
It Never Was You

Customer Reviews:

as good as it gets.......2002-10-04

No one will ever interperate Kurt Weill like this genious lady. She has the most captivating voice in show business! I could never give a good enough review to this excellent album. I wish everyday that I could've seen this show live.

Other albums of her's to buy:
La Boheme with Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Hadley, and Angelina Reaux and Frida, an album in which she portrays the famous artist Frida Kahlo.

Love this lady,
Zac Bush

Kurt Weill Interpreter.......2002-05-20

A singer's singer. This lady is an excellent interpreter of Kurt Weill. She has a an expressive classically trained big voice. Most of the famous Kurt Weill's are on here arranged in a song cycle... A woman in dark glasses in a fur coat checks in to a hotel room, sits on the bed and opens her suitcase... and we are shown through song the meagre contents of her life...

Good companion artists are Patricia O'Callaghan and Ute Lemper.

Tracks:

You Don't Know What Love Is
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
When Your Lover Has Gone
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Gone With The Wind
Summer Love
Say It Isn't So
Unchained Melody
Autumn Leaves
Willow Weep For Me
I'm So Alone
Lonely Street
Don't Go to Strangers
Dreamsville
Twilight Time
It's All In The Game
Lonely Street

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Lifelong fan's favorite Andy album.......2000-12-29

My mom was an Andy Williams fan so, as a toddler, I was exposed to this gentle crooner. I've been an Andy fan for 40 years and this superb collection of beautiful and haunting love songs is my all-time favorite Andy Williams album. "You Don't Know What Love Is" will make you weep. "In the Wee Small Hours", "Willow Weep for Me", "Unchained Melody" and "Lonely Street" are soothing delights. Andy has recorded a gazillion pop hits and covers, but there's something about this album that places it a cut above the others. It's classy and a classic.

Another Classic ANDY WILLIAMS Hit.......2000-05-10

WOW. How marvelous to have this wonderful album out on CD. Originally released in 1960 by Cadence Records, this was a smash hit for Andy. The title song Lonely Street was a number 5 charted hit single in late 1959. In January 1960 this album was released, and ended up spending several weeks on the charts, reaching number 38. Another fine hit collection by one of the greatest POP singers our our time.

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The Ultimate Lotte Lenya Collection

Manufacturer: Bear Family
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000251AF
Release Date: 1999-03-22

Tracks:

'Happy End': Surabaya-Johnny (1929)
'Happy End': Bilbao-Song (1929)
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Alabama-Song (1930) - Lotte Lenya/The Three Admirals
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Denn Wie Man Sich Bettet (1930) - Lotte Lenya/The Three Admirals
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Alabama-Song (1930)
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Denn Wie Man Sich Bettet (1930)
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Ouverture/Moritat/Ballade Vom Angenehmen Leben (1931) - Kurt Gerron/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Liebeslied/Kanonensong (1931) - Kurt Gerron/Erika Helmke/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Chorus
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Die Seerauberjenny (1931) - Kurt Gerron/Lotte Lenya
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Erstes Dreigroschen-Finale (1931) - Kurt Gerron/Lotte Lenya/Erika Helmke/Erich Ponto
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Barbarasong/Eifersuchtsduett (1931) - Kurt Gerron/Lotte Lenya/Erika Helmke
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Abschied/Zweites Dreigroschen-Finale (1931) - Kurt Gerron/Erika Helmke/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Chorus
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Zuhalter-Ballade/Lied Von Der Unzulanglichkeit Menschlichen Strebens (1931) - Kurt Gerron/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Lotte Lenya/Erich Ponto
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Moritat/Schlusschoral (1931) - Kurt Gerron/Lotte Lenya/Chorus
Querschnitt, 1. Tiel: 'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny' (1932)
Querschnitt, 2. Tiel: 'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny' (1932)
'Happy End': Surabaya-Johnny (1943) - Lotte Lenya/Kurt Weill
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Denn Wie Man Sich Bettet (1943) - Lotte Lenya/Kurt Weill
Complainte De La Seine (1943) - Lotte Lenya/Kurt Weill
J'Attends Un Navire (1943) - Lotte Lenya/Kurt Weill
'Lost In The Stars': Lover Man (1943) - Lotte Lenya/Kurt Weill
'Lost In The Stars': Lost In The Stars (1943) - Lotte Lenya/Kurt Weill
'I've Got The Tune': And So The Last Thing, Too (1937 Interview) - Lotte Lenya/Marc Blitzstein/Shirley Booth

Tracks:

'Die Dreigoschenoper': Moritat (1955)
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Barbara-Song (1955)
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Seerauberjenny (1955)
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Havanna-Lied (1955)
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Alabama-Song (1955)
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Denn Wie Man Sich Bettet (1955)
'Happy End': Bilbao-Song (1955)
'Happy End': Surabaya-Johnny (1955)
'Happy End': Was Die Herren Matrosen Sagen (Matrosen-Tango) (1955)
'Das Berliner Requiem': Ballade Vom Ertrunkenen Madchen (1955)
'Der Silbersee': Ich Bin Eine Arme Verwandte (1955)
'Der Silbersee': Casar-Ballade (1955)
'Die Sieben Todsunden': Prolog/Introduktion (1956) - Lotte Lenya/Julius Kantona/Fritz Gollnitz/Sigmund Roth/Ernst Poettgen
'Die Sieben Todsunden': Faulheit (1956) - Lotte Lenya/Julius Kantona/Fritz Gollnitz/Sigmund Roth/Ernst Poettgen
'Die Sieben Todsunden': Stolz (1956) - Lotte Lenya/Julius Kantona/Fritz Gollnitz/Sigmund Roth/Ernst Poettgen
'Die Sieben Todsunden': Zorn (1956) - Lotte Lenya/Julius Kantona/Fritz Gollnitz/Sigmund Roth/Ernst Poettgen
'Die Sieben Todsunden': Vollerei (1956) - Lotte Lenya/Julius Kantona/Fritz Gollnitz/Sigmund Roth/Ernst Poettgen
'Die Sieben Todsunden': Unzucht (1956) - Lotte Lenya/Julius Kantona/Fritz Gollnitz/Sigmund Roth/Ernst Poettgen
'Die Sieben Todsunden': Habsucht (1956) - Lotte Lenya/Julius Kantona/Fritz Gollnitz/Sigmund Roth/Ernst Poettgen
'Die Sieben Todsunden': Neid (1956) - Lotte Lenya/Julius Kantona/Fritz Gollnitz/Sigmund Roth/Ernst Poettgen
'Die Sieben Todsunden': Epilog (1956) - Lotte Lenya/Julius Kantona/Fritz Gollnitz/Sigmund Roth/Ernst Poettgen

Tracks:

'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 1, Szene 1 (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 1, Szene 2 (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 1, Szene 3 (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 1, Szene 4 (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 1, Szene 5 (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 1, Szene 6 (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 1, Szene 7 (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 1, Szene 8 (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 1, Szene 9 (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 1, Szene 10 (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 1, Szene 11 (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 2, Szene 12 (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 2, Szene 13 (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn

Tracks:

'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 2, Szene 14 (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 2, Szene 15a (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 2, Szene 15b (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 2, Szene 16 (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 2, Szene 17 (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 3, Szene 18 (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 3, Szene 19 (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Akt 3, Finale (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Chorus Des NDR/Max Thurn

Tracks:

'Knickerbocker Holiday': September Song (1957)
'Knickerbocker Holiday': It Never Was You (1957)
'Lady In The Dark': Saga Of Jenny (1957)
'One Touch Of Venus': Foolish Heart (1957)
'One Touch Of Venus': Speak Low (1957)
'The Firebrand Of Florence': Sing Me Not A Ballad (1957)
'The Eternal Road': Song Of Ruth (July Version) (1957)
'Street Scene': Lonely House (1957)
'Street Scene': A Boy Like You (1957) - Lotte Lenya/Darryl Richard
'Love Life': Green-Up Time (1957)
'Lost In The Stars': Trouble Man (1957)
'Lost In The Stars': Stay Well (1957)
'Lost In The Stars': Lost In The Stars (1957)
'The Eternal Road': Song Of Ruth (August Version) (1957)
'The Threepenny Opera': Pirate Jenny (1954)
'The Threepenny Opera': Solomon-Song (1954)
'The Threepenny Opera': Tango-Ballad (1954) - Lotte Lenya/Scott Merrill
'The Threepenny Opera': Lenya & Blitzstein TV Interview (1954) - Lotte Lenya/Marc Blitzstein
'Johnny Johnson': Mon Ami, My Friend (1956)
Young Blood (1969)
Welcome Home (1969)

Tracks:

'Die Dreigoschenoper': Ouverture (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Moritat (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Morgenchoral Des Peachum (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Anstatt-Dass-Song (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Hochzeitslied Fur Armere Leute (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Kanonensong (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Liebeslied (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Barbara-Song (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Erstes Dreigroschen-Finale (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Der Pferdestall (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Abschiedslied Der Polly (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Zwischenlied (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Ballade Von Der Sexuellen Horigkeit (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Die Seerauberjenny (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Zuhalter-Ballade (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Ballade Vom Angenehmen Leben (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Eifersuchtsduett (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Arie Der Lucy (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Zweites Dreigroschen-Finale (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Lied Von Der Unzulanglichkeit Menschlichen Strebens (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Solomon-Song (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Ruf Aus Der Gruft (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Ballade In Der MacHeath Jedermann Abbitte Leistet (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Der Reitende Bote (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Drittes Driegroschen-Finale (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...
'Die Dreigoschenoper': Schlusstrophen Der Moritat (1958) - Lotte Lenya/Erich Schellow/Willy Trenk-Trebitsch/Trude Hesterberg/Johanna Von Koczian...

Tracks:

'Happy End': Introduktion (Hosiannah) (1960)
'Happy End': Bilbao-Song (1960)
'Happy End': Der Kleine Leutnant Des Lieben Gottes (1960)
'Happy End': Geht Hinein In Die Schlacht (Heilsarmee-Lied 1) (1960)
'Happy End': Was Die Herren Matrosen Sagen (Matrosen-Tango) (1960)
'Happy End': Bruder, Gib Dir Einen Stoss (Heilsarmee-Lied 2) (1960)
'Happy End': Das Lied Vom Branntweinhandler (1960)
'Happy End': Der Song Von Mandelay (1960)
'Happy End': Furchte Dich Nicht (Heilsarmee-Lied 3) (1960)
'Happy End': Surabaya-Johnny (1960)
'Happy End': Das Lied Von Der Harten Nuss (1960)
'Happy End': In Der Jugend Gold'Nem Schimmer (Heilsarmee-Lied 4) (1960)
'Happy End': Die Ballade Von Der Hollen-Lili (1960)
'Happy End': Der Kleine Leutnant Des Lieben Gottes (1960)
'Cabaret': So What? (1966)
'Cabaret': It Couldn't Please Me More (1966) - Lotte Lenya/Jack Gilford
'Cabaret': Married (1966) - Lotte Lenya/Jack Gilford
'Cabaret': What Would You Do (1966)
'Cabaret': Finale (1966) - Lotte Lenya/Bert Convy/Jill Haworth/Jack Gilford/Joel Grey

Tracks:

Unter Der Linde (1958)
Menschlich Elende (1958)
Das Rosenband (1958)
Der Tod Und Das Madchen (1958)
Abendlied (1958)
Der Bauer (1958)
Lebenspflichten (1958)
Gesang Der Geister Uber Den Wassern (1958)
Aus 'Romische Elegein' (1958)
Gefunden (1958)
Wo Bist Du Itzt (1958)
Der Handschuh (1958)
Hyperions Schicksalied/Aus 'Hymnen Der Nacht' (1958)
Mondnacht (1958)
Das Schloss Boncourt (1958)
Kommen Und Scheiden (1958)
Auf Geheimem Waldespfade (1958)
Der Weiher (1958)
Das Verlassene Magdlein (1958)
Der Wirtin Tochterlein (1958)
Mit Dummen Madchen (1958)
Im Wunderschonen Monat Mai (1958)
Ich Wollte Meine Lieder (1958)
Nachtlich Am Busento (1958)
Kehr Ein Bei Mir! (1958)
Altassyrisch (1958)
Die Musik Kommt (1958)
Wer Weiss Wo (1958)
Der Romische Brunnen (1958)
Vereinsamt (1958)
Der Werwolf (1958)
Der Arbeitsmann (1958)
Die Bieden (1958)
Du Schlank Und Rein Wie Eine Flamme (1958)
Spanische Tanzerin (1958)
Ich Liebe Frauen (1958)
An Den Leser (1958)
Die Entwicklung Der Menschheit (1958)
Der Vater (1958)
Erinnerung An Die Marie A (1958)
Von Der Freundlichkeit Der Welt (1958)
Kinderkreuzzug (1958)

Tracks:

A Hunger Artist (1959)
An Imperial Message (1959)
A Fratricide (1959)
The Care Of A Family Man (1959)
Up In The Gallery (1959)
A Dream (1959)
The Bucket Rider (1959)
Vergnugungen: What I Enjoy (Last Song) (1962) - Diane Clark/Anne Jackson/Lotte Lenya/Viveca Lindfors/George Voskovec/Michael Wager
Inscription On A China Lion (The Lion) (1962) - Diane Clark/Anne Jackson/Lotte Lenya/Viveca Lindfors/George Voskovec/Michael Wager
'Die Dreigroscheneroper': The Solomon Song (1962) - Diane Clark/Anne Jackson/Lotte Lenya/Viveca Lindfors/George Voskovec/Michael Wager
'Buckower Elegien': Changing Wheels (1962) - Diane Clark/Anne Jackson/Lotte Lenya/Viveca Lindfors/George Voskovec/Michael Wager
Burning Books (1962) - Diane Clark/Anne Jackson/Lotte Lenya/Viveca Lindfors/George Voskovec/Michael Wager
Written On The Wall (1962) - Diane Clark/Anne Jackson/Lotte Lenya/Viveca Lindfors/George Voskovec/Michael Wager
Lied Der Courage (1962) - Diane Clark/Anne Jackson/Lotte Lenya/Viveca Lindfors/George Voskovec/Michael Wager
Song Of A German Mother (1962) - Diane Clark/Anne Jackson/Lotte Lenya/Viveca Lindfors/George Voskovec/Michael Wager
'Buckower Elegien': The Dog (1962) - Diane Clark/Anne Jackson/Lotte Lenya/Viveca Lindfors/George Voskovec/Michael Wager
To The Next Generation (1962) - Diane Clark/Anne Jackson/Lotte Lenya/Viveca Lindfors/George Voskovec/Michael Wager
Bad Times For Poetry (1962) - Diane Clark/Anne Jackson/Lotte Lenya/Viveca Lindfors/George Voskovec/Michael Wager
Und Was Bekam Des Soldaten Weib (1943) - Lotte Lenya/Kurt Weill
Wie Lange Noch (1943) - Lotte Lenya/Kurt Weill
Lied Einer Deutschen Mutter (1943) - Lotte Lenya/Kurt Weill

Tracks:

'Die Dreigroscheneroper': Moritat Von Mackie Messer (1960)
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Havanna-Leid (1960)
'Das Berliner Requiem': Ballade Vom Ertrunkenen Madchen (1960)
'Happy End': Was Die Herren Matrosen Sagen (Matrosen-Tango) (1960)
'Das Berliner Requiem': Zu Potsdam Unter Den Eichen (1960)
'Die Dreigroscheneroper': Die Seerauberjenny (1960)
'Happy End': Bilbao-Song (1960)
Carnegie Hall Introduction (1965)
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Alabama-Song (1965)
'Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny': Havanna-Song (1965)
'Das Berliner Requiem': Ballade Vom Ertrunkenen Madchen (1965)
'Das Berliner Requiem': Zu Potsdam Unter Den Eichen (1965)
'One Touch Of Venus': Speak Low (1965)
'One Touch Of Venus': Foolish Heart (1965)
'One Touch Of Venus': Bilbao-Song (1965)
'One Touch Of Venus': Surabaya-Johnny (1965)
'Love Life': Love-Song (1965)
'Love Life': Susan's Dream (1965)
'Happy End': Was Die Matrosen Sagen (Matrosen-Tango) (1965)
'Happy End': Der Song Von Mandelay (1965)
'Happy End': Das Lied Von Der Harten Nuss (1965)
'Happy End': Lilli Of Hell (1965)
'Knickerbocker Holiday': September Song (1965)
'Die Dreigroscheneroper': Barbara Song (1965)

Tracks:

Moritat (1965)
Moritat (German Version) (1965) - Lotte Lenya/Turk Murphy
Mack The Knife (1965) - Lotte Lenya/Louis Armstrong
Mack The Knife (1965) - Lotte Lenya/Louis Armstrong
Lied Der Courage I (1965) - Lotte Lenya/Harry Buckwitz
Das Lied Vom Weib Und Soldaten (1965)
Lied Von Der Grossen Kapitulation (1965)
Lied Der Courage II (1965)
Lied Der Courage III (1965)
Eia Popeia, Was Ras Im Stroh (1965)
Lied Der Courage IV (1965)
The Dick Cavett Show (1975) - Lotte Lenya/Dick Cavett
Start (1975) - Lotte Lenya/Dick Cavett
American Films (1975) - Lotte Lenya/Dick Cavett
The Opening Night Ot The Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny (1975) - Lotte Lenya/Dick Cavett
'One Touch Of Venus': I'm A Stranger Here Myself (1975) - Lotte Lenya/Dick Cavett
Anita Berber (1975) - Lotte Lenya/Dick Cavett
The Great Inflation (1975) - Lotte Lenya/Dick Cavett
Thoughts On 'Oh, Calcutta' (1975) - Lotte Lenya/Dick Cavett
Berlin Visit 1955 (1975) - Lotte Lenya/Dick Cavett
Introduction To 'Bilbao-Song' (1975) - Lotte Lenya/Dick Cavett
Bilbao-Song (1975) - Lotte Lenya/Dick Cavett
Introduction (1966)
'Knickerbocker Holiday': How Can You Tell An American (1966)
'Knickerbocker Holiday': September Song (1966)

Lotte Lenya Sings American & Berlin Theater Songs of Kurt Weill

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The best of Weill
The best of Kurt Weill's songs by Lenya

Lotte Lenya Sings American & Berlin Theater Songs of Kurt Weill

Manufacturer: Sony
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Stratas Sings Weill
Kurt Weill - The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny / Peter Zadek · Denis Russell Davies - G. Jones · C. Malfitano · J. Hadley - Salzburg Festival 1997

ASIN: B0000026HM
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

September Song [From Knickerbocker Holiday]
It Never Was You [From Knickerbocker Holiday]
Saga of Jenny [From Lady in the Dark]
Foolish Heart [From One Touch of Venus]
Speak Low [From One Touch of Venus]
Sing Me Not a Ballad [From the Firebrand of Florence]
Lonely House [From Street Scene]
Boy Like You [From Street Scene]
Green-Up Time [From Love Life]
Trouble Man [From Lost in the Stars]
Stay Well [From Lost in the Stars]
Lost in the Stars [From Lost in the Stars]
Song of Ruth [From the Eternal Road][#]
Solomon Song [From The Threepenny Opera]
Song [From Mother Courage]
Song of a German Mother
So What [From Cabaret] - Harold Hastings, Lotte Lenya
What Would You Do? [From Cabaret] - Harold Hastings, Lotte Lenya
It Couldn't Please Me More (A Pineapple) [From Cabaret] - Jack Gilford, Harold Hastings, Lotte Lenya
Married [From Cabaret] - Jack Gilford, Harold Hastings, Lotte Lenya
Moritat Vom Mackie Messer [From The Threepenny Opera] - Lotte Lenya, Turk Murphy
Mack the Knife [From The Threepenny Opera] - Lotte Lenya, Turk Murphy
Mack the Knife [From The Threepenny Opera][Take] - Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong, Lotte Lenya

Customer Reviews:

The best of Weill.......2000-06-25

Very good CD. Good points: - Berlin+American theatre songs : complete panel of Weill's music on only 1 CD - Sung by Lenya (Weill's wife) : a reference - includes a booklet with the lyrics (which is not in sony heritage discs) "weak" points: - mono sound - does not include "vom ertrunkenen Mädchen", "Lied der fennimore", "Cäsars Tod", "Song of Ruth" => Excellent product for those who don't know Weill... but for the others too

The best of Kurt Weill's songs by Lenya.......2000-06-25

You perhaps know the famous "September song" or "Mack the knife". This CD includes these songs, but other songs from Berlin & Broadway plays by Kurt Weill. Contrary to the SONY "Digipacks", you have a booklet with the lyrics in the box : this is very pratical, because Weill's music and the texts cannot be separated. Moreover, you have songs in the German and in the American styles on the same CD, performed by Lenya - The best for Weill -. But this CD is mono and you don't have all the berlin theater songs of the digipack (Silbersee..). Anyway, it's a real good product.

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Another adventurous collection from the wonderful Ms. Upshaw
World So Wide
Dawn, why?
A Wonderful Selection of Arias from American Operas
"All velvet and diamonds."

The World So Wide

Manufacturer: Nonesuch
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006E4F
Release Date: 1998-05-26

Tracks:

Laurie's Song
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What a Movie
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Amazon.com

This refreshing jewel of 20th-century opera arias allows Upshaw to put her personal stamp on music written for a variety of voice types. While some are more successful than others, they're all performed with intelligence and musciality--an Upshaw trademark. Her consistently even tone along with her commitment to sensitive interpretation and precise diction is impressive. The most beautiful of these arias (Copland's "The World So Wide," Floyd's "Ain't It a Pretty Night") capture the brilliance of American homegrown musical lyricism, as the cornucopia of musical sounds flows like a waterfall from magical orchestral mountains. Upshaw's jubilance inspires joy for the listener as well. --Barbara Eisner Bayer

Customer Reviews:

Another adventurous collection from the wonderful Ms. Upshaw.......2006-08-24

On reflection, it's amazing that Dawn Upshaw has made a major career for herself without recording a note of Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, or Strauss. She's far from being a bread-and-butter soprano, as this marvelous colleciton of mostly obscure arias from mostly obscure American operas displays. The title aria form copland's The Tender Land sets the overall tone of rapt, romatnic charm. Her voice is too light to sing Barber's Celopatra onstage, but it works well in the studio, and the more popsy numbers, such as Delilah's big song from Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti, call on Upshaw's excellent crossover skills. Another revelation is how good Joh Adams's Nixon in China music sounds when performed expressively by a major artist.

Renee Fleming released a similar collection on Decca ("I Want Magic"), but the two CDs couldn't be more different. Upshaw is touching, informal, spontaneous, and charming. Fleming tires for the big effects, boosting the music (not too successfully) into the ralms of grand opera.

In all, I'm deeply grateful for every unusual program Upshaw delivers. Now that there are more than a dozen of them, we can see how beautifully she has managed a career devoted to music that few other major stars come close to trying.

World So Wide.......2001-08-26

This is not one of my favorite Dawn Upshaw albums, mainly because of the choice of music. The selections, generally, are quite dark and often lack lyrical continuity, which certainly has nothing to do with Upshaw. However, as a lost art form, they are still quite worth recording, but don't expect an easy-listening experience or to be humming the tunes around the house as is the case with Upshaw's broadway albums. That being said, Upshaw does a fantastic job with this selection of music, though she is a bit bright at times. The album is worth buying simply for the recording of the "Willow Song" from the Ballad of Baby Doe. Upshaw's interpretation is wonderful and the voice is obviously well-suited to the piece. In fact, I'm tempted to prefer her version over Beverly Sills' original. Bernstein's "What a Movie" shows Upshaw at her funniest-a great piece. And, as usual, one is amazed by her fantastic technique, which makes up for the brightness in the voice.

Dawn, why?.......2001-05-12

I used to be a huge Dawn Upshaw fan back when she put out her first few recordings. But, now she is one of my very least favorite singers. Why? The excessive nasality, the ridiculous swooping, and the overdone ...mannerisms. On top of that, she has lost the roundness in her upper register (as evidenced by places in Ain't it a Pretty Night). This music doesn't need someone to treat it like a cabaret showtune to be effective, it just needs to be beautifully sung. Once upon a time, I thought Ms. Upshaw was just the person to do this kind of performance...

I realize that there are diehard Upshaw fans out there that will completely disagree with me. This is just a warning to those that dislike this sort of approach to singing.

A Wonderful Selection of Arias from American Operas.......2001-04-27

The music on this CD is very beautiful and represents a wide variety of American opera. Dawn Upshaw does tend to scoop every now and then, but overall she does a good job. I would recommend this CD to anyone who enjoys opera.

"All velvet and diamonds.".......1999-10-08

"Beautiful" has pretty much gone out of fashion as a much abused and now empty word. And yet, I can't think of a word that would more accurately describe Dawn Upshaw's "The World so Wide." It is just that: sheer beauty. The incredible dynamic range of Upshaw's voice is a perfect match for this thoughtful selection of stylistically very different, and demanding contemporary pieces. Going from ironic, witty grit of Bernstein's "What a movie," to poignant restraint of "Mother's Prayer," and softly romantic exuberance of Moore's "Willow Song," this brilliant this CD doesn't disappoint for even a moment. In its last piece, Floyd's "Ain't it a Pretty Night," where Upshaw sings, literally, to the stars, she seems to effortlessly soar just as high. A great CD, it is indeed "all velvet and diamonds."

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