The Kurt Weill Album

Description

Joana Mallwitz places the music of Kurt Weill at the center of her first album for Deutsche Grammophon. As the first female conductor of a major Berlin orchestra, she is committed to dedicating this recording to a composer whose name is emblematic of the city of Berlin. The Kurt Weill Album features three works that the conductor recorded with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin: Symphony No. 1 "Berliner Symphonie," Symphony No. 2 "Fantaisie symphonique," and "Die Sieben Todsünden." The latter, based on texts by Bertolt Brecht, premiered in Paris in June 1933. As Mallwitz points out, this satirical ballet with singing in seven scenes, including a prologue and epilogue, tells the story of a young woman whose personality