Kurt Weill - Stratas Sings Weill [1986]

Teresa Stratas fulfills her promise to Lotte Lenya on her deathbed to "carry on the torch for Kurt Weill's music." Stratas's glorious soprano has never sounded better as she applies her operatic expertise to deliciously caress this music without losing any of the underlying subtext. Lacking the grittiness of other interpreters, she captures the emotional angles by letting her beautiful voice express the tortured heart beneath it; where others shout at you, Stratas sings at you. She casually bounces off the cheerier selections from One Touch of Venus and Happy End, letting Gerard Schwarz's brilliantly conducted orchestra display their wit. - Amazon

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Tracklisting
1. I'm a Stranger Here Myself
2. Havanna-Lied
3. Surabaya-Johnny
4. Foolish Heart
5. Ich bin eine arme Verwandte (Fennimore's Song)
6. One Life to Live
7. J'attends un navire
8. Das Lied von der harten Nuss (Song of the Big Shot)
9. Lonely House
10. Le Roi d'Aquitaine (The King of Aquitaine)
11. Denn wie man sich bettet (As You Make Your Bed)
12. Le train du ciel (The Train from Heaven)
13. Das Lied von der Unzulanglichkeit menschlichen Strebens
14. It Never Was You
15. Der kleine Leutnant des lieben Gottes (The Little Lieutenant of the Lord)