Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik / Milhaud: La Création du Monde

Kurt Weill (Composer), Darius Milhaud (Composer), Arthur Weisberg (Conductor), Contemporary Chamber Ensemble (Orchestra), Gilbert Kalish (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Gilbert Kalish
• Orchestra: Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
• Conductor: Arthur Weisberg
• Composer: Kurt Weill, Darius Milhaud
• Audio CD (May 7, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nonesuch
• ASIN: B000005IVP
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #476,404 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, suite for wind orchestra (based on 'Die Dreigroschenoper'): Overture

2. Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, suite for wind orchestra (based on 'Die Dreigroschenoper'): Die Moritat Von Mackie Messer (Ballad of Mack t

3. Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, suite for wind orchestra (based on 'Die Dreigroschenoper'): Anstatt dass-Song (Instead-of Song)

4. Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, suite for wind orchestra (based on 'Die Dreigroschenoper'): Die Ballade vom angenehmen Leben (Ballad of the

5. Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, suite for wind orchestra (based on 'Die Dreigroschenoper'): Pollys Lied (Polly's Song)

6. Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, suite for wind orchestra (based on 'Die Dreigroschenoper'): Tango-Ballade

7. Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, suite for wind orchestra (based on 'Die Dreigroschenoper'): Kanonen-Song (Canon Song)

8. Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, suite for wind orchestra (based on 'Die Dreigroschenoper'): Dreigroschen-Finale (Threepenny Finale)

9. La création du monde, ballet for orchestra, Op. 81

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Weill's entertaining suite from The Threepenny Opera is a real charmer. Scored for winds, brass, percussion, bandoneon, and banjo, it contains all of the best tunes, from the famous "Ballad of Mack the Knife," to the "Kanonen-Song." Milhaud's Création du Monde is an authentic distillation of the style of Harlem jazz--probably the best such piece ever attempted by a classical composer. It's a ballet that has since made a life for itself in the concert hall. At the original performance, the moment of creation was marked by the inflation of animal balloons, and the hiss of compressed air drowned out the music! Fortunately there's no such problem here. Great performances. --David Hurwitz