Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein – The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper)
| Label: | MGM Records – E3121 |
|---|---|
| Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, MGM Pressing |
| Country: | US |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Stage & Screen |
| Style: | Score, Ballad, Musical |
Tracklist
| The Threepenny Opera | |||
| A | Prologue | ||
| A1.1 | Overture | ||
| A1.2 | The Ballad Of Mack The Knife | ||
| A1.3 | Morning Anthem | ||
| A1.4 | Instead - Of - Song | ||
| A1.5 | Wedding Song | ||
| A1.6 | Pirate Jenny | ||
| A1.7 | Army Song | ||
| A1.8 | Love Song | ||
| A1.9 | Ballad Of Dependency | ||
| A1.10 | Melodrama And Polly's Song | ||
| A1.11 | Ballad Of The Easy Life | ||
| A1.12 | The World Is Mean | ||
| B1.1 | Barbara Song | ||
| B1.2 | Tango - Ballad | ||
| B1.3 | Jealousy Duet | ||
| B1.4 | How To Survive | ||
| B1.5 | Useless Song | ||
| B1.6 | Solomon Song | ||
| B1.7 | Call From The Grave | ||
| B1.8 | Death Message | ||
| B1.9 | Finale: The Mounted Messenger |
Companies, etc.
- Copyright © – Loew's Incorporated
- Pressed By – MGM Record Manufacturing Division
Credits
- Banjo, Guitar – Ralph Colicchio
- Clarinet – Charles Russo, Herbert Tishman
- Conductor [Musical Director] – Samuel Matlowsky
- Drums [Tympany], Percussion [Jercussion] – Stan Koor
- Music By – Kurt Weill
- Orchestra, Piano – The Threepenny Opera Orchestra*
- Performer [J. J. Peachum] – Martin Wolfson
- Performer [Jenny] – Lotte Lenya
- Performer [Lucy Brown] – Beatrice Arthur
- Performer [Macheath - Mack The Knife] – Scott Merrill
- Performer [Mrs. Peachum] – Charlotte Rae
- Performer [Polly Peachum] – Jo Sullivan (2)
- Performer [Prologue (Spoken)] – Gerald Price (tracks: A1)
- Performer [Streetsinger] – Gerald Price
- Performer [Tiger Brown] – George Tyne
- Photography By [Cover Photo] – Gene Cook
- Stage Manager [Production Staged By] – Carmen Capalbo
- Text By [Original Text] – Bert Brecht*
- Translated By [English Adaptation Of Lyrics] – Marc Blitzstein
- Trombone – Elliot Philips
- Trumpet – Bernard Ross, Harry Jenkins
Notes
This release version pressed on 1949-59 yellow deep groove labels with black print that includes: "M•G•M RECORDS - A DIVISION OF © LOEW'S INCORPORATED - Made in U.S.A." in rim text.
"THE COMPLETE SCORE" is noted on cover.
Runouts are stamped.
"THE COMPLETE SCORE" is noted on cover.
Runouts are stamped.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runouts): ⇧, MGM "crown"
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, var. 1): E3121 S1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, var. 1): E3121 S2
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, var. 2): E3121 S1 5 A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, var. 2): E3121 S2 ⇧ 1 D
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, var. 3): E3121 S1 [MGM "crown"] J
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, var. 3): E3121 S2 [MGM "crown"] Q
Other Versions (5 of 26)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Submission | The Threepenny Opera (LP, Album) | MGM Records | E3121 | Canada | 1954 | ||
New Submission | The Threepenny Opera (LP, Album, Reissue) | MGM Records | E-3121 | US | 1959 | ||
New Submission | The Threepenny Opera (LP) | TER | 1101 | UK & Europe | 1985 | ||
New Submission | The Threepenny Opera (CD, Album, Reissue) | Polydor | 820 260-2 | Germany | 1994 | ||
New Submission | The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper): Original Cast Album (CD, Reissue) | Decca Broadway | 012 159 463-2 | US | 2000 |
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Reviews
Edited 12 years ago"The Threepenny Opera" is earthy, cynical and quite nasty in its way. Leave it to Brecht and Weill to make it so humorous and quite frightening. The music and lyrics are all top-notch. I especially like the "Happy Ending" bit for the finale, which makes light fun of the human condition of working one's life away. Beatrice Arthur is especially comic in "Barbara Song" and Scott Merrill's rendition of "How to Survive" is chilling; Charlotte Rae as 'Mrs. Peachum' joining in his sentiment is even scarier.
And no one could possibly render such a bitter reading of 'Pirate Jenny' than the one and only Lotte Lenya.
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