On Broadway

Thomas Hampson (Artist), Kurt Weill (Composer), John McGlinn (Conductor), London Sinfonietta (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: London Sinfonietta
• Conductor: John McGlinn
• Composer: Kurt Weill
• Audio CD (March 11, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B000002RVU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #426,798 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. One Touch Venus: Westwind

2. Knickerbocker Holiday: It Never Was You

3. Knickerbocker Holiday: How Can Tell An American

4. The Firebrand Of Florence Act 1, Scene Act 1: Song Of The Hangman

5. The Firebrand Of Florence Act 1, Scene Act 1: Civic Song- 'Come to Florence'

6. The Firebrand Of Florence Act 1, Scene Act 1: Aria-'My Lords And Ladies'

7. The Firebrand Of Florence Act 1, Scene Act 1: Farewell Song-'There Was Life, There Was Love'

8. The Firebrand Of Florence Act 1, Scene Act 1: Love Song-'You're Far Too Near Me'

9. Procession; Chant Of Law And Order-'The World Is Full Of Villians'

10. Trail By Music-'You Have To Do What You Have To Do Do

11. Duet-'Love Is My Enemy'

12. Love Life: Who Is Samuel Cooper?; My Name Is Samuel Cooper

13. Love Life: Here I'll Stay

14. Love Life: I Remember It Well

15. Love Life: This Is The Life

16. Johnny Johnson: Johnny's Song

Customer Reviews

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Too Little Broadway Weill, April 13, 2006

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G. Dowling (St. Louis, MO, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Broadway (Audio CD)

It would seem a bit disingenuous to criticize a disc called "Kurt Weill on Broadway" for excluding selections from "Die Dreigroschenoper," a work written in 1920's Berlin in a style so distinctly different from that of his Broadway years. There are many, many recordings of "3-Penny" in both German and English, both complete and selections; there's no reason for their inclusion here. These Broadway years called for a very different Weill, one whose work is not well-enough represented on disc. Would that these beautifully-assembled selections had been more extensive, in a 2-disc set -- and that the full scores from all his American productions could be so well presented as these little-known selections.

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4.0 out of 5 stars I didn't know Kurt Weill wrote that!, October 7, 2005

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B. Marold "Bruce W. Marold" (Bethlehem, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Broadway (Audio CD)

'Kurt Weill on Broadway' sung by Thomas Hampson is a good Kurt Weill album, but not the best it could have been. I have a strong suspicion that rather than do a collection of those English stage songs for which Weill is best known, Hampson simply did a collection of songs by Kurt Weill in which Hampson has already performed. Most of Weill's more famous English songs such as 'Sing Low' and 'September Song' are missing. And that doesn't even touch on the fact that there is nothing from 'The Threepenny Opera' which, although it was written in German, ran for a very long time on Broadway (or off Broadway)in a famous English translation by Mark Blitzstein. And, a third of the album is taken up by selections from 'The Firebrand of Florence', not one of Weill's best pieces.

I am happy to have these performances, but as an album, it probably only appeals to Kurt Weill fans. One thing I will say, however, is that it is really nice to have a male voice doing some Weill, since so much of his stuff was written and is performed by female Weill specialists.