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Kurt Weill and The Threepenny Opera

Tom Service takes a musical dive into the decadent sound world of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's epoque-making The Threepenny Opera.

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29 minutes

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Fri 25 Nov 2022 16:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Kurt Weill

    Die Dreigroschenoper - play with music in 3 acts

    Performer: Scott Merrill.
    • VERVE.
    • 00601215946321.

  • Kurt Weill

    Die Dreigroschenoper - play with music in 3 acts

    Performer: Beatrice Arthur.
    • VERVE.
    • 00601215946321.

  • Kurt Weill

    Die Dreigroschenoper - play with music in 3 acts

    Performer: Lotte Lenya. Performer: Scott Merrill.
    • VERVE.
    • 00601215946321.

  • Kurt Weill

    _Mack the knife

    Performer: Frank Sinatra.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 00600753839218.

  • Kurt Weill

    Die Dreigroschenoper - play with music in 3 acts

    Performer: GERALD PRICE.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 00601215946321.

  • Kurt Weill

    Die Dreigroschenoper - play with music in 3 acts

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 00601215946321.

  • Kurt Weill

    Die Dreigroschenoper - play with music in 3 acts

    Performer: Max Raabe. Performer: Dietmar Wiesner. Performer: Ensemble Modern Chor.
    • RCA.
    • 74321661332.

  • Kurt Weill

    _Mack the knife

    Performer: Bobby Darin.
    • AVID.
    • 190374956048.

  • Kurt Weill

    _Mack the knife

    Performer: Ella Fitzgerald. Performer: Paul Smith Quartet.
    • VERVE.
    • 00602567832775.

  • Kurt Weill

    _Mack the knife

    Performer: Gerald Price.
    • VERVE.
    • 00601215946321.

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Doktor Faust - opera [1916-24; compl. Jarnach 1925]

    Performer: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • ERATO.
    • 3984255012.

  • Alban Berg

    Wozzeck - opera in 3 acts Op.7

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 423 5872.

  • Richard Wagner

    Die Walkure [Part 2 of 'Der Ring des Nibelungen']

    Performer: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • ERATO.
    • 2564676702.

  • John Gay

    The Beggar's opera [with PEPUSCH]

    Performer: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.
    • HMV.
    • PCSD 1516 35.

  • Kurt Weill

    Die Dreigroschenoper - play with music in 3 acts

    Performer: RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • DECCA.
    • 00028947846208.

  • Kurt Weill

    _Mack the knife

    Performer: Tom Service.

  • Kurt Weill

    _Mack the knife

    Performer: Louis Armstrong.
    • AUDIOSONIC.
    • 1335647820314_AUDS35.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 20 Nov 2022 17:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Fri 25 Nov 2022 16:30
    BBC Radio 3

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