Barry McDaniel, Heinz Kruse, Jan Latham-Koenig, Hilke Helling, Cologne Radio Chorus, Cologne Radio Orchestra, Thomas Lehrberger, Hans Franzen, Carla Pohl, Ulla Tocha, Marita Napier & Mario Brell - Kurt Weill: Der Zar Lässt Sich Photographieren / The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken (1984)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | 00:46:21 | 185 Mb
Classical, Opera | Label: Capriccio
“Yet another outstanding entry in Capriccio’s heroic Kurt Weill series and a major hole in Weill's recorded catalogue plugged. Georg Kaiser, perhaps Weill's favorite German collaborator (the Brecht collaboration, although it produced terrific work, came with nettles and thorns), supplied the libretto, and Weill subtitled the piece an ‘opera buffa.’ However, as with Mozart, this hardly qualifies as a light-hearted romp. Indeed, it features the kind of humanistic ethical dilemma that attracted Weill again and again … kudos for a fine recording of a rarity.”