Don't Be Afraid > The Eastside Sinfonietta

Recording Details

Date: 2003
Type: Audio / Vocal Recording
Method: Studio
Language: English
Location: US / CA
Music: Hanns Eisler (26), Kurt Weill (341)
Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht (100), Roger Fernay (11)
Translation: Eric Bentley (11), Marc Blitzstein (56), Michael Feingold (25)
Producer: Joe Berardi, Weba Garretson
Liner Notes: Greg Burk
Music Director: The Eastside Sinfonietta
Orchestrations: The Eastside Sinfonietta
Vocal Arrangements: The Eastside Sinfonietta
Performer: The Eastside Sinfonietta, Weba Garretson, The Mighty Echoes (2)
Notes: A culmination of Weba Garretson's work on a West Coast Revival of "Brecht on Brecht" (as part of the Bertolt Brecht Centennial) as well as the Sinfonietta's own revival of "Happy End" (for the Kurt Weill Centennial). The Sinfonietta had intended to use their own orchestrations for "Happy End," but the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music declined their request; this recording features those arrangements.
Shortcode: [r10213]

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Format: CD
Label: True Classics 15
Released: 2003-06-24
Barcode: 641444929429
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# Tracks: 15
Length: 53:45
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01. Don't Be Afraid (from "Happy End")
02. Bilbao Song (from "Happy End")
03. The Liquor Dealer's Dream (from "Happy End")
04. Youkali Tango
05. The Drowned Girl (from "Das Berliner Requiem")
06. Sailor's Tango (from "Happy End")
07. Supply & Demand (from "Die Maßnahme")
08. Remembering Maria A.
09. Surabaya Johnny (from "Happy End")
10. The Ballad of the Lily of Hell (from "Happy End")
11. Mandelay Song (from "Happy End")
12. Hollywood (from "The Hollywood Elegies")
13. The Swamp (from "The Hollywood Elegies")
14. Solomon Song (from "Die Dreigroschenoper")
15. Moritat (from "Die Dreigroschenoper")