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Weill: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 / Lady in the Dark - Symphonic Nocturne

2/1/2006, 10 Tracks, 1:13:59

Featuring

  • Marin Alsop
  • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Kurt Weill

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Composer Biography

Kurt Weill, the composer on this album, largely restricted his orchestral and instrumental compositions to his formative years, despite an extensive output of stage-works.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was recorded at the Lighthouse Concert Hall in Poole, UK, between January 12th and 14th, 2004.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The cover image for this album is 'The Storm' by August Macke, a German Expressionist painter who lived from 1887 to 1914.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Kurt Weill's Symphony No. 1, completed in 1921, reflects the turmoil of the post-World War I era.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Symphonic Nocturne on this album is adapted from Kurt Weill's 1940 Broadway musical, Lady in the Dark, a collaboration with Moss Hart and Ira Gershwin.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Kurt Weill composed his Symphony No. 2 in Paris after escaping to the city in 1933 when Hitler came to power.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

Kurt Weill's Symphony No. 2 is considered 'one of the 20th century's forgotten masterpieces'.

Source: Booklet

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