The Unknown Kurt Weill

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Album Info

Release Date: 1981

Label: Nonesuch

About this Album

Lotte Lenya, Kurt Weill's widow, once told Teresa Stratas that "nobody can sing Weill's music better than you do" and offered the singer this set of previously unpublished songs to perform. The New York Times called it a "landmark" recording that "blended theatrical spunk with classical vocalism."

Nonesuch Records would like to express its appreciation to Diane Brooks, Ron Freed, Ruth Manne, and Edgar Vincent for their assistance in the making of this album.

Special thanks to Lotte Lenya Weill and the Kurt Weill Foundation.

Photographs reprinted courtesy of Lotte Lenya Weill.

Gatefold sleeve with 4 pg booklet glued to the inside at the fold.

Square plastic poly printed Nonesuch inner sleeve.
Inner sleeve info:
"Manufactured by Electra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records".
"Printed in Canada".

Back cover info:
℗ and © Electra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records.
Printed in U.S.A.

Nanna's Lied was composed in 1939.
Complainte De La Seine was composed in 1934.
Klops-Lied was composed in 1925.
Berlin Im Licht-Song was composed in 1928.
Und Was Bekam Des Soldaten Weib? was composed in 1943.
Die Muschel Von Margate: Petroleum Song was composed in 1928.
Wie Lange Noch? was composed in 1944.
Youkali: Tango Habanera was composed in 1935?
Der Abschiedsbrief was composed in 1933?
Es Regnet was composed in 1933.
Buddy On The Nightshift was composed in 1942.
Schickelgruber was composed in 1942.
Je Ne T'aime Pas was composed in 1934.
Das Lied Von Den Braunen Inseln was composed in 1928.

'SLM △' in the runout indicates that the lacquer disc was processed at, and the metal parts used to manufacture the record were made at Sheffield Lab Matrix.

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