Bentley on Brecht: Songs and Poems of Bertolt Brecht > Eric Bentley


Recording Details

Date
1965
Type
Audio / Vocal Recording
Method
Studio
Language
English
Music
Bertolt Brecht (100), Paul Dessau (18), Hanns Eisler (26), Kurt Weill (341), Stefan Wolpe (2)
Lyrics
Bertolt Brecht (100)
Translation
Eric Bentley (11)
Liner Notes
Eric Bentley (11)
Performer
Eric Bentley (11)
Notes
"BENTLEY ON BRECHT: SONGS AND POEMS OF BERTOLT BRECHT ADAPTED AND PERFORMED BY ERIC BENTLEY. All translations are by Eric Bentley. All accompaniments are played by Eric Bentley: on piano, prepared piano, or harmonium. The music is by Hanns Eisler, Kurt Weill, Stefan Wolpe, Paul Dessau, and, possibly, Bertolt Brecht himself."
Shortcode
[r10205]

Releases (2)

Format
Audio File
Label
Folkways Records
Released
2007-06-18
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Lists
6 collectors / 1 wish list
History
1 Revisions
Shortcode
[rl14361]
Format
LP
Label
Folkways Records FH 5434
Released
1965-01-01
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# Tracks
19
Length
56:42
Lists
6 collectors / 1 wish list
Shortcode
[rl14324]
Side A:
1. About Poor BB ("Von armen B.B.")
2. Ballad of the Dead Soldier ("Legende vom toten Soldaten")
3. Memory of Marie ("Erinnerung an Marie A.")
4. Doomed Generations ("Gezeichnete Geschlechter")
5. A Visit to the Exiled Poets ("Besuch bei den verbannten Dichtern")
6. Easter Sunday, 1935 ("Ostersonntag")
7. The Ballad of Marie Sanders ("Ballade von der Judenhure Marie Sanders" from Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches)
8. To the Little Radio ("An den kleinen Radioapparat")
9. To My Countrymen ("An mein Landesleute")
Side B:
1. The Hymn of the Great Baal / Orge's Hymn ("Orges Gesang" from Baal)
2. A Man's a Man ("Mann ist Mann" from Mann ist Mann)
3. Mack the Knife ("Ballade vom Mackie Messer" from Die Dreigroschenoper)
4. Ballad of Sexual Submissiveness ("Ballade von der sexuellen Hörigkeit" from Die Dreigroschenoper)
5. Supply and Demand ("Angebot und Nachfrage" from Die Maßnahme)
6. That's How It Should Be ("Und das ist gut so" from Die Ausnahme und die Regel)
7. Song of a German Mother ("Lied einer deutschen Mutter" from Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches)
8. Song of Mother Courage ("Lied der Mutter Courage" from Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder)
9. Ballad of the Wise Woman and the Soldier ("Ballade vom Weib und dem Soldaten" from Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder)
10. All or Nothing! ("Keiner oder Alle!")

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