The Kurt Weill Project

A.J. Teshin (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: A.J. Teshin
• Audio CD (August 12, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: LML Music
• ASIN: B001BPB1SI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #240,725 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intimate and Innovative, October 17, 2008

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Jon P. Alman (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Kurt Weill Project (MP3 Download)

If you like music at all... if you like singing, if you like hearing thought and emotion and amazing production values amalgamated into a wonderfully cohesive blend of old and new, you must hear A.J. Teshin and his beautiful renditions of Kurt Weill's music.

These are thoughtful, heartfelt and deeply intimate presentations of timeless material. Pay close attention to "Alabama Song" and "It Never Was You": completely divergent yet both hauntingly poignant. Because of their unique melodies and the sheer poetry of their lyrics, Weill's songs have always been ripe for cabaret interpretation, and you'll find some of that here. But much of what Teshin has imagined is like nothing you've ever heard. If you listen once, these are recordings you'll go back to again and again. Thoroughly enjoyable!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review by a "Weillophile", February 28, 2010

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marco polo "traveler" (washington dc usa) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Kurt Weill Project (Audio CD)

As a long-time fan of Kurt Weill (1948: Ava Gardner and Speak Low in the movie version of One Touch of Venus; 1956: Dick Hyman's a/o Richard Hayden's Moritat; 1961: Hugo Montenegro's LP version of Lost in the Stars; etc., etc., etc.) who has come, over the years, to own more than two dozen audio and visual recordings of his works (from Bobby and Ella through Ben Bagley, the London Sinfonetta and Julie Wilson to the Scottish and Metropolitan Opera Orchestras, Teresa Stratas, Elvis Costello, Thomas Hampson, and Hal Willner) let me say that THIS RECORDING RANKS UP THERE WITH THE BEST I'VE HEARD. Teshin has a nice high tenor voice, the arrangements are very "Weillian", and even the use of synthesizers (which I ordinarily dislike) works to the music's advantage. I think Weill would like it. I know I do.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Must for Weill Enthusiasts, March 21, 2009

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James Brennan (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Kurt Weill Project (Audio CD)

If Lotte Lenya and Moby had a love child...and then Moby took up with Judy Garland and they raised that child together, that child would grow up to be A.J. Teshin. I found this album by chance, and I'm so glad I did. Teshin places popular and obscure Weill tunes in modern, textured soundscapes. Sometimes he does it through orchestrations and sometimes through layered vocal arrangements. At the heart of it, his singing is exciting and engaging. If I had to pick a favorite, I'd have to say his tender take on "It Never Was You," but really, the whole album is a treasure.

I have to say I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed this cd because usually I think male singers don't do as well with Weill and female singers, but A.J. Teshin not only has a beautiful instrument and great production values, he also sings with an emotional understanding of the material.