September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

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Tracklist

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1Mack the Knife
cover recording of:
The Ballad of Mack the Knife (1976 Manheim/Willett translation)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Mark Isham (American musician and score composer) and Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Ralph Manheim (translator of French and German to English) (in 1976) and John Willett (translator) (in 1976)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
Nick Cave4:54
2Ballad of the Soldier’s Wife
recording of:
Ballad of the Soldier’s Wife
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Ralph Manheim (translator of French and German to English) and John Willett (translator)
translated version of:
Und was bekam des Soldaten Weib? (music by Kurt Weill)
PJ Harvey4:26
3Alabama Song
arranger:
Ralph Schuckett (keyboard, composer, producer)
recording of:
Alabama Song (from the songspiel “Mahagonny” & opera “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny”)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Elisabeth Hauptmann
publisher:
Harms Co., Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc., Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Universal Edition (London) Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Alabama Song (from “Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny”)
David Johansen4:32
4Youkali Tango
accordion:
Joe Macerollo
piano:
Richard Woitach
recording of:
Youkali Tango (version instrumentale originale)
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
Teresa Stratas6:39
5Lost in the Stars
cover recording of:
Lost in the Stars (song, Ulysses Africanus)
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Hampshire House Publishing Corp.
part of:
Lost in the Stars, Act I
Elvis Costello and The Brodsky Quartet33:57
6Pirate Jenny
recording of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt I. Die Seeräuberjenny
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Arcadia and Universal (Universal Music Publishing Group Germany)
part of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt I
Lotte Lenya4:04
7Speak Low
piano:
Fred Hersch (American jazz pianist and composer)
arranger:
Fred Hersch (American jazz pianist and composer)
recording of:
Speak Low (One Touch of Venus)
lyricist:
Ogden Nash
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
One Touch of Venus (1943 musical)
Charlie Haden5:30
8Oh, Heavenly Salvation
recording of:
Oh Heavenly Salvation
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Arnold Weinstein
The Persuasions3:37
9Lonely House
recording of:
Lonely House (from “Street Scene”)
lyricist:
Langston Hughes
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
is based on:
Street Scene: Act I. No. 10 "Lonely House" (Sam Kaplan)
Betty Carter7:32
10Surabaya Johnny
recording of:
Surabaya Johnny (English translation)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Michael Feingold (translator)
translated version of:
Happy End: Teil 3. No. 10: Das Lied vom Surabaya‐Johnny. “Ich war jung, Gott, erst sechzehn Jahre” (original German version)
Teresa Stratas5:58
11Fürchte dich nicht
recording of:
Happy End: Teil 2. No. 6: Heilsarmeelied III. "Fürchte dich nicht"
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
librettist:
Elisabeth Hauptmann
part of:
Happy End: Teil 2: Lieder von der Unschuld
Mary Margaret O'Hara4:25
12September Song
recording of:
Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Hampshire House Publishing Corp., Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), Chappell & Co. (in 1938), TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp. (in 1938) and Crawford Music Corp. (on 1938-09-24)
part of:
Knickerbocker Holiday (Kurt Weill musical)
Lou Reed7:51
13Mack the Knife
recording of:
Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein (American composer) (in 1954)
publisher:
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
Bertolt Brecht2:48
14What Keeps Mankind Alive?
recording of:
What Keeps Mankind Alive?
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Ralph Manheim (translator of French and German to English) and John Willett (translator)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt II. Zweites Dreigroschenfinale: Ballade über die Frage: "Wovon lebt der Mensch?"
William S. Burroughs2:46