Murray Grainger, the accordionist, is known for his ability to move between genres, performing traditional, classical, jazz, and popular music.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded using 24-bit / 96 kHz technology, which offers a dynamic range up to 48 dB greater and 256 times the resolution of standard 16-bit recordings.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Kurt Weill never distinguished between 'serious' and 'light' music, only between good and bad, and often reused musical ideas across his works.
Performer Biography
Katie Bray, the mezzo-soprano on this album, is a winner of the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.
Compositional Technique
Kurt Weill often used a three-note motif within an added sixth harmony, a chord that lent sweetness to much 20th-century popular music.
Composer Biography
Kurt Weill, a Jewish artist, was forced to flee Germany for Paris in March 1933 due to the rise of National Socialism.
Compositional Technique
Kurt Weill's music is characterized by 'self-borrowings,' where musical ideas easily move between vocal and instrumental works and even across continents.
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