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Anja Silja made this recording when she was well into the fourth decade of her performing career, but the role of Anna in Weill's Die sieben Todsünden is well suited to a voice that sounds like it has had some experience. Silja, in fact, sounds more polished and refined than many of the singers who have taken this part, which Weill wrote for Lotte Lenya, who was hardly noted for the tonal beauty of her instrument. If anything, Silja sounds too operatic, and her performance lacks the rough-edged bite that can heighten the pathos of the piece. Overall, the 2002 performance, with Grezegorz Nowak leading SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, tends to be understated, letting the work's ironies speak for themselves rather than pushing them. The orchestral playing and singing of the male vocal quartet representing Anna's family are polished and precise, but it could be argued that this piece, one of Weill and Brecht's angriest indictments of bourgeois society, could use more wildness and spirit. Just as Silja's Anna is surprisingly undercharacterized, given her track record of fiercely evocative performances, the whole undertaking seems too well-mannered to accurately convey the work's bitter tone. It's such a strong piece, though, that even in a less than ideal performance, its impact is heartbreaking. Weill's Quodlibet from 1923 is a four-movement suite taken from a children's pantomime, Zaubernacht, that he had written the year before. It's an attractive piece that demonstrates the young composer's experimentation with a variety of styles, including late Romanticism, neo-Classicism, and modernism, with glimpses of his incipient characteristic originality popping up. Hänssler's sound is clean, detailed, and spacious.
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The 7 Deadly Sins (Kurt Weill)
Kurt Weill, Composer - Anja Silja, Artist - Grzegorz Nowak, Conductor - SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 SWR Classic (P) 2019 SWR Classic
Sloth (Kurt Weill)
Kurt Weill, Composer - Torsten Muller, Artist - Grzegorz Nowak, Conductor - SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julius Pfeifer, Artist - Bernhard Hartmann, Artist - Alexander Yudenkov, Artist
(C) 2019 SWR Classic (P) 2019 SWR Classic
Pride (Kurt Weill)
Kurt Weill, Composer - Anja Silja, Artist - Torsten Muller, Artist - Grzegorz Nowak, Conductor - SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julius Pfeifer, Artist - Bernhard Hartmann, Artist - Alexander Yudenkov, Artist
(C) 2019 SWR Classic (P) 2019 SWR Classic
Anger (Kurt Weill)
Kurt Weill, Composer - Anja Silja, Artist - Torsten Muller, Artist - Grzegorz Nowak, Conductor - SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julius Pfeifer, Artist - Bernhard Hartmann, Artist - Alexander Yudenkov, Artist
(C) 2019 SWR Classic (P) 2019 SWR Classic
Gluttony (Kurt Weill)
Kurt Weill, Composer - Torsten Muller, Artist - Grzegorz Nowak, Conductor - SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julius Pfeifer, Artist - Bernhard Hartmann, Artist - Alexander Yudenkov, Artist
(C) 2019 SWR Classic (P) 2019 SWR Classic
Lust (Kurt Weill)
Kurt Weill, Composer - Anja Silja, Artist - Torsten Muller, Artist - Grzegorz Nowak, Conductor - SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julius Pfeifer, Artist - Bernhard Hartmann, Artist - Alexander Yudenkov, Artist
(C) 2019 SWR Classic (P) 2019 SWR Classic
Covetousness (Kurt Weill)
Kurt Weill, Composer - Torsten Muller, Artist - Grzegorz Nowak, Conductor - SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julius Pfeifer, Artist - Bernhard Hartmann, Artist - Alexander Yudenkov, Artist
(C) 2019 SWR Classic (P) 2019 SWR Classic
Envy (Kurt Weill)
Kurt Weill, Composer - Anja Silja, Artist - Torsten Muller, Artist - Grzegorz Nowak, Conductor - SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julius Pfeifer, Artist - Bernhard Hartmann, Artist - Alexander Yudenkov, Artist
(C) 2019 SWR Classic (P) 2019 SWR Classic
Épilogue (Kurt Weill)
Kurt Weill, Composer - Anja Silja, Artist - Grzegorz Nowak, Conductor - SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 SWR Classic (P) 2019 SWR Classic
Quodlibet Op.9 from the Pantomime "Zaubernacht" Op.4 (Kurt Weill)
Kurt Weill, Composer - Grzegorz Nowak, Conductor - SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 SWR Classic (P) 2019 SWR Classic
II Molto vivace (Kurt Weill)
Kurt Weill, Composer - Grzegorz Nowak, Conductor - SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 SWR Classic (P) 2019 SWR Classic
III Un poco sostenuto (Kurt Weill)
Kurt Weill, Composer - Grzegorz Nowak, Conductor - SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 SWR Classic (P) 2019 SWR Classic
IV Molto agitato (Kurt Weill)
Kurt Weill, Composer - Grzegorz Nowak, Conductor - SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 SWR Classic (P) 2019 SWR Classic
Albumbeschreibung
Anja Silja made this recording when she was well into the fourth decade of her performing career, but the role of Anna in Weill's Die sieben Todsünden is well suited to a voice that sounds like it has had some experience. Silja, in fact, sounds more polished and refined than many of the singers who have taken this part, which Weill wrote for Lotte Lenya, who was hardly noted for the tonal beauty of her instrument. If anything, Silja sounds too operatic, and her performance lacks the rough-edged bite that can heighten the pathos of the piece. Overall, the 2002 performance, with Grezegorz Nowak leading SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, tends to be understated, letting the work's ironies speak for themselves rather than pushing them. The orchestral playing and singing of the male vocal quartet representing Anna's family are polished and precise, but it could be argued that this piece, one of Weill and Brecht's angriest indictments of bourgeois society, could use more wildness and spirit. Just as Silja's Anna is surprisingly undercharacterized, given her track record of fiercely evocative performances, the whole undertaking seems too well-mannered to accurately convey the work's bitter tone. It's such a strong piece, though, that even in a less than ideal performance, its impact is heartbreaking. Weill's Quodlibet from 1923 is a four-movement suite taken from a children's pantomime, Zaubernacht, that he had written the year before. It's an attractive piece that demonstrates the young composer's experimentation with a variety of styles, including late Romanticism, neo-Classicism, and modernism, with glimpses of his incipient characteristic originality popping up. Hänssler's sound is clean, detailed, and spacious.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:31
- Main artists: SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
- Composer: Kurt Weill
- Label: SWR Classic
- Genre: Klassiek
(C) 2019 SWR Classic (P) 2019 SWR Classic
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