Stratas Sings Weill

Kurt Weill (Composer), Gerard Schwarz (Conductor), New York Chamber Symphony (Performer), Teresa Stratas (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: New York Chamber Symphony, Teresa Stratas
• Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
• Composer: Kurt Weill
• Audio CD (June 25, 1991)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nonesuch
• ASIN: B000005IXU
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,442 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Her voice is every color of dream, December 2, 2005

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Kenneth Wolman (Sea Bright, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews
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I don't care who knows it--I've been in love with Teresa Stratas since I was a senior in high school and saw her as Mimi in La Boheme one Friday night in 1961. That obsession preceded and outlasted my marriage:-). I lost a lot of years away from opera, then discovered that Stratas' recorded output is shamefully small. A difficult performer, probably, renowned for some unendearing quirks. But. What's there is gold. I have heard recordings I should not of her as Suor Angelica, Butterfly, and Melisande. I have seen her famous Zefirelli Boheme and Traviata. And Amahl. But the Weill material...it's unbelievable. When Lenya "ordained" her as her successor after seeing a performance of Mahagonny, the old lady knew what she was doing. Stratas has the perfect temperament for Weill's music. The voice coos, snarls, belts, and weeps. My favorite of all Weill songs, "Surabaya Johnny," is a mini-drama of love, hate, rage and despair. The only person who comes close to her in that song is the late Cathy Berberian.

Yes, get this. Get "The Unknown Kurt Weill." Lobby the Met to release her broadcasts, esp. The Bartered Bride. She was absolutely magnetic and the field isn't quite gone yet.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, June 28, 2000

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Jonathan Dorsch "Pangloss" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stratas Sings Weill (Audio CD)

Until I heard this and the Unknown Weill, I was a "stranger myself here,' as Stratas sings in the first selection. I simply did not appreciate nor understand the immediacy and importance of Weill to our musical heritage. Stratas simply transcends and reveals this music so intuitively that it is amazing.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It is dangerous to use words like "definative," but...., April 3, 2004

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tobb delow (Delray Beach, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stratas Sings Weill (Audio CD)

Stratas's interpretations make one rush headlong into that danger.

Many singers have done beautiful Surabaya Johnnys but have any been as shattering as Stratas? Though years later she stumbled with her ill-concieved and eccentric Seven Deadly Sins, this CD is Stratas at in her prime, making bold choices about the material that blows the cobwebs off song we thought we knew. Even 15 years later, this album is fresh, uncliched, deeply affecting, and enthralling.

Stratas proves herself not only a great singer, but a great actress as well.