Kurt Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik; Darius Milhaud: La Création du Monde (1973)

Arthur Weisberg and the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble recorded many refined performances for Nonesuch in the 1970s. Two works to receive such attention were Kurt Weill's concert suite Kleine Dreigroschenmusik and Darius Milhaud's ballet La création du monde, paired on this CD as they were on the original 1973 LP. Both fit well together in duration and in terms of their popular- and jazz-inspired material, which both composers exploited to great effect. The instrumental suite from Die Dreigroschenoper gives a taste of the ... Read More

Arthur Weisberg and the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble recorded many refined performances for Nonesuch in the 1970s. Two works to receive such attention were Kurt Weill's concert suite Kleine Dreigroschenmusik and Darius Milhaud's ballet La création du monde, paired on this CD as they were on the original 1973 LP. Both fit well together in duration and in terms of their popular- and jazz-inspired material, which both composers exploited to great effect. The instrumental suite from Die Dreigroschenoper gives a taste of the full stage work without the sordid subject matter of the original songs. Lacking as well in this performance is the seedy treatment and roughness these numbers usually receive on the musical stage. To the contrary, the music's lyricism and real charm are allowed to flourish, giving the suite a harmless, puppet-theater quality. La création du monde, once a Parisian scandal, is also much gentler in this performance. The rowdy jazz fugue is the only section allowed to sound frenetic, and... Read Less

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  Service First Media BEST Taylorsville, KY, USA

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