THE
THREEPENNY OPERA
musical show
19280831
1954 New York prod. MUSIC: Kurt Weill. WORDS: Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein. ORCH: Kurt Weill. COND: Samuel Matlowsky. CAST: Lotte Lenya of orig (Berlin) prod; Scott Merrill, Martin Wolfson, Jo Sullivan, Charlotte Rae, Gerald Price, Beatrice Arthur, George Tyne. (MGM 3121; CD/Polydor 820260-2; CD/Decca 012-159-463-2 (ALB-1993), with addl material. Excerpts: Lenya: "Pirate Jenny" (ALB-1587, ALB-2304) Price: "Mack the Knife" (ALB-2181).)
1962 German film soundtrack. WORDS: Bertolt Brecht. COND: Peter Sandloff. CAST: Curt Jurgens, Hildegarde Neff, Hilde Hildebrand, Gert Frobe, Maria Korber, Kurt Muhlhardt, June Ritchie, Marlene Warrlich, Adeline Wagner. (London(E) 76004)
1964 English soundtrack for 1962 German film. WORDS: Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein. COND: Samuel Matlowsky. CAST: Sammy Davis Jr, George S Irving, Martha Schlamme, Jo Wilder, Jane Connell. (RCA LSO-1086)
1930 Berlin studio prod. COND: Theo Mackeben of orig prod. CAST: Kurt Gerron, Lotte Lenya, Erich Ponto, & Erika Helmke of orig prod; Willy Trenk-Trebitsch of 1929 Prague prod. (78/Ultraphon(G) A-752/5; Telefunken(G) 10" TW-30074; ALB-1686; ALB-2101; Joker(I) SM-3061 (ALB-1056), with addl material; CD/Teldec(G) 9031-72025-2 (ALB-1334), with addl material; CD/Mastersound DFCDI-110 (ALB-1380), with addl material. Excerpts: "Die Seeraeuberjenny," "Barbara-Song," "Eifersuchtsduett" (ALB-1396).)
Records by members of 1931 French film cast. Albert Préjean, Jacques Henley: "Chant des canons" Préjean: "Ballade de la vie agréable" (1930: 78/Ultraphone(F) AP-114) Préjean: "Chant d'amour" Préjean, Margo Lion: "Tango-ballade" (1930: 78/Ultraphone(F) AP-113) (The above four sides are cond by Theo Mackeben of orig & 1931 film prods. They are reissued on Telefunken(G) NT-529, with addl material; ALB-1334; ALB-2101.) Odette Florelle: "La fiancée du pirate" (1931: 78/Polydor(F) 522172, ALB-1396, ALB-1554, ALB-1817) "Chant des canons" (1931: 78/Polydor(F) 522172, ALB-1554) "Chant de Barbara," "Complainte de Mackie" (1931: 78/Polydor(F) 522171, ALB-1554, ALB-2101)
Records by members of 1954 New York prod. Jerry Orbach (in that prod in 1959): "Mack the Knife" (1962: ALB-420) Beatrice Arthur: "Pirate Jenny" (2001: ALB-2046) Charlotte Rae: "Pirate Jenny" (2000: ALB-2047)
1976 New York prod. WORDS: Bertolt Brecht. Ralph Manheim, John Willett. COND: Stanley Silverman. CAST: C K Alexander, Ellen Greene, Raul Julia, Caroline Kava, David Sabin, Elizabeth Wilson, Roy Brocksmith, Blair Brown. (Col PS-34326; CD/ArkivMusic SONY-51520, with one addl song. Excerpt: Brocksmith: "Mack the Knife" (ALB-1110).)
Records by Lotte Lenya of orig (Berlin) & 1954 New York casts. "Moritat," "Barbara-Song" (1955, in German: ALB-463) "The Solomon Song" (1962: ALB-1717, ALB-1718) "Pirate Jenny" (1955, in German: ALB-463, ALB-1806) (1962: ALB-1718) With Marc Blitzstein (lyricist of 1954 prod), piano: "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" (ALB-1993)
1958 studio prod, sung in German. "Production supervised by Lotte Lenya." COND: Wilhelm Bruckner-Ruggeberg. CAST: Lotte Lenya of orig (Berlin) & 1954 New York casts; Willy Trenk-Trebitsch of orig (Berlin) cast; Wolfgang Neuss, Trude Hesterberg, Erich Schellow, Johanna V Koczian, Wolfgang Grunert, Inge Wolffberg. (Col O2S-201; CD/CBS MK-42637.)
1963 studio prod. WORDS: Eric Bentley. COND: Alan Braden. CAST: Mike Sammes, John Huw Davies, Ruth Little, Stella Moray. (World Records(E) ST-253, with Irma la Douce)
1929 medley by the Dreigroschen Band. COND: Lewis Ruth. VOCALS: Kurt Gerron of orig prod; Carola Neher of orig prod in 1929; Arthur Schroeder. (78/Electrola(G) EH-301, ALB-1396, ALB-1686, ALB-2101, ALB-2251)
1930 records sung (in German) by Bertolt Brecht, lyricist. COND: Theo Mackeben (of orig prod). "Lied von der Unzulaenglichkeit menschlichen Strebens" (78/Orchestrola(G) 8" 2131, ALB-1056, ALB-1380, ALB-1686, ALB-2101, ALB-2251, ALB-2304) "Die Moritat vom Mackie Messer" (78/Orchestrola(G) 8" 2131, ALB-1056, ALB-1380, ALB-1686, ALB-1806, ALB-2101, ALB-2251, ALB-2304)
Soundtrack of 1989 film, titled "Mack the Knife." WORDS: Marc Blitzstein, Menahem Golan, Dov Seltzer. ORCH: Various. COND: Dov Seltzer. CAST: Raul Julia, Richard Harris, Julia Migenes, Roger Daltrey, Julie Walters, Erin Donovan, Rachel Robertson. (CD/CBS MK-45630)
1929 records by members of orig prod. Harald Paulsen: "Moritat," "Kanonensong" (78/Homocord(G) 4-3747, ALB-1396, ALB-1817, ALB-2251) "Der Mensch lebt nur von Missetat allein," "Ballade von angenehmen Leben" (78/Homocord(G) 4-3748, ALB-1396, ALB-1686, ALB-2251) Carola Neher (of orig prod in 1929): "Die Seeraeuberjenny," "Barbara-Song" (78/Orchestrola(G) 2132, ALB-1396, ALB-1817) Dreigroschenoper Band: "Kanonensong" (78/Odeon(G) O-2703, ALB-1396, ALB-2101) "Tangoballade" (78/Odeon(G) O-2703, ALB-1396)
1930 record by Gerda Madsen of 1930 Copenhagen prod. "Jomfru Dilemma" ("Barbara-Song") (78/HMV(Denmark) X-4362, ALB-1396, ALB-1817)
Records by Betty Buckley of 1992 Williamstown, MA prod. "Pirate Jenny" (1995: ALB-1721) (1996: ALB-1720)
1994 London prod. WORDS: Robert David MacDonald. COND: Gary Yershon. CAST: Tom Hollander, Tom Mannion, Beverley Klein, Sharon Small, Natasha Bain, Tara Hugo, Simon Dormandy. (CD/Jay CDJAY-1244)
1932 records by Lys Gauty of 1930 Paris prod. "La finacée du pirate" (78/Col(F) DF-873) "Chant de Barbara" (78/Col(F) DF-873, ALB-2101)
Soundtrack of 1930 French film prod. Margo Lion: "La fiancée du pirate" (ALB-2101)
Soundtrack of 1931 German film prod. COND: Theo Mackeben (of orig prod). CAST: Lotte Lenya (of orig & 1954 New York prods), Carola Neher (of orig prod in 1929), Rudolph Forster, Fritz Rasp, Valeska Gert, Reinhold Schuenzel, Hermann Thimig, Ernst Busch. (CD/Golden Stars(Portugal) GSS-5410, with addl material (ALB-2251).)
2006 record by Theodore Bikel, who was in a prod. "Mack the Knife" (ALB-2262)
From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
smor
loc.natlib.smor.19280831
Show Music on Record
/diglib/ihas/html/showmusic/showmusic-home.html
IHAS
120823
loc.natlib.smor.19280831