Kurt Weill - American Songs

Kurt Weill - American Songs
Studio album by Caterina Valente and the WDR Big Band
Publication (s)	2000
Label (s)	Bear Family Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	jazz
Title (number)	10
running time	65 min 44 s
occupation	Singing : Caterina Valente Conductor : Jerry van Rooyen ; Piano , arrangements : Roger Kellaway Alto saxophone : Heiner Wiberny , Harald Rosenstein Tenor saxophone : Oliver Peters , Rolf Römer Baritone saxophone : Paul Peucker Oboe : Albrecht Bode, Jonel Radonici Trumpet: Andy Haderer , Jon Eardley , Klaus Osterloh , Rick Kiefer , Rob Bruynen Trombone : Henning Berg , Dave Horler , Bernt Laukamp , Roy Deuvall Piano : Bora Roković Harmonium : Eddie Teger Cello : Albert Jung, Michael M. Kasper Guitar : Milan Lulić Bass : Jean Warland Drums : Terry Clarke
production	Wolfgang Hirschmann
Studio (s)	WDR , Studio 4, Cologne

Kurt Weill - American Songs is a live CD from Caterina Valente .

In 1990, Caterina Valente prepared a concert with the WDR Bigband for the Cologne Philharmonic . The program included the American songs by Kurt Weill in jazzy big band arrangements by Roger Kellaway. The first concert took place on March 30, 1990 and the second on April 4, 1990. The well-known journalist Wibke Bruhns moderated the evening . The Bear Family Records label released a compilation of the concert on April 4, 1990 on CD on behalf of WDR in 2000.

Songs

1. Moon Faced, Starry Eyed (from Street Scene ) - T: Langston Hughes
2. One Life To Live (from Lady in the Dark ) - T: Ira Gershwin
3. Green-up Time (from Love Life) - T: Alan Jay Lerner
4. One Touch of Venus - T: Ogden Nash
5. Here I'll Stay (from Love Life) - T: Alan Jay Lerner
6. It Never Was You (from Knickerbocker Holiday ) - T: Ogden Nash
7. Speak Low / September Song / This Is New (from One Touch of Venus , Knickerbocker Holiday , Lady in the Dark ) - T: Ogden Nash, Maxwell Anderson , Ira Gershwin
8. Tchaikovsky (from Lady in the Dark) - T: Ira Gershwin
9. Sing Me Not a Ballad (from The Firebrand of Florence) - T: Ira Gershwin
10. Listen To My Song - T: Paul Greer

Reviews

The world praises this album as “perfect”, focusing on the singer's interpretation: “The moods are great and small variations are set. The voice is harsher, but more authentic. "

proof

1. ^ WDR discography
2. ↑ Manuel Brug: Where their sun shines in: Die Welt, January 13, 2001