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Music by
Kurt Weill
Lyrics by
Langstone Hughes
Book by
Elmer Rice
Orchestrations by
Kurt
Weill
Starring:
Kristine Ciesinski
Janis Kelley
Bonaventura Bottone
Richard Van
Allen
Catherine Zeta Jones
English National Opera Orchestra
conducted by Carl Davis
Winner
of Best Operetta and Musical Award - MRA Awards
JAY Records present here the complete recording
of The English National Opera’s production of Kurt Weill’s
powerful modern masterpiece, STREET SCENE. Since it was
unveiled at the London Coliseum in October 1989, this magnificent
production has attained unprecedented acclaim.
Based on Elmer Rice’s 1929 stage play,
STREET SCENE is an intimate family tragedy set in a poor
section of Manhattan. It is an ideal work for the Dolby
Surround medium which has been used here to it’s finest
advantage. The unfolding human drama is set against the sound
of the big city, which are hauntingly present during dialogue
on the surround channel of this recording.
Kristine Ciesinski and Richard Van Allen lead a
strong cast which includes Janis
Kelley, Bonaventura Bottone
and Catherine Zeta Jones,
who has since become a star in both film and television. The ENO
Orchestra are conducted by Carl Davis.
This is the very first complete Original Cast
Recording of Weill’s opus. Produced by John
Yap and Engineered by John Kurlander, JAY Records’ STREET
SCENE includes the entire score and dialogue appears on double
CD sets only.
tracklist
 CD ONE |
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DIGITAL DOWNLOAD / PREVIEW |
CD1/Act One
1 - Introduction
2 - Ain't It Awful, The Heat ? Greta, Emma, Olga, Negro
Women, Carl, Shirley, Abraham, Salvation Army Girls
3 - I've Got A Marble And A Star/Scene Henry, Emma/Willie,
Anna, Greta, Olga
4 - Get A Load Of That/Scene Emma, Greta, Olga, Anna, Carl,
Sam, Daniel
5 - When A Woman Has A Baby Daniel, Greta, Anna, Emma, Mrs
Buchanan
6 - Scene/She Shouldn't Be Staying Out Nights Emma, Greta,
Frank, Anna, George, Olga, Children
7 - Somehow I Never Could Believe Anna
8 - Scene/Get A Load Of That Steve, Anna, George, Emma,
Greta, Carl
9 - Ice-cream Sextet/Scene Lippo, Emma, Greta, George, Carl,
Olga, Henry, Anna, Frank, Abraham, Shirley
10- Let Things Be Like They Always Was/Scene Frank, Greta,
Lippo, Carl, George
11- Scene/Wrapped In A Ribbon And Tied In A Bow Company
12- Lonely House Sam
13- Scene/Wouldn't You Like To Be On Broadway Rose, Greta,
Harry, Olga, Emma
14- What Good Would The Moon Be? Rose
15- Scene/Moon Faced, Starrey Eyed/Dance Daniel, Rose, Mae,
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CD2
1 - Scene/Come On Dick, Mae, Daniel, Rose, Vincent, Sam,
Emma
2 - Remember That I Care Sam, Rose
3 - Finaletto Daniel, Rose, Dr. Wilson, Frank, Sam, Henry
End Of Act One
Act Two
4 - Introduction/Catch Me If You Can/Scene Company
5 - Scene/There'll Be Trouble Frank, Rose, Anna, Emma
6 - I Tried To Be A Good Wife To Him Anna, Rose, George,
Willie
7 - A Boy Like You Anna, Willie, Rose, Shirley, Sam, Vincent
8 - We'll Go Away Together Rose, Sam, Harry, Daniel, Anna,
Steve
9 - The Murder Company
10- The Woman Who Lived Up There Emma, Sam, Intern, City
Marshall, Rose, Policeman
11- Interlude Orchestra
12- Scene/Lullaby Nurse 1, Nurse 2, Officer Murphy
13- Scene/Oh Officer Chorus
14- Finale - I Loved Her Too Frank, Rose, Officer Murphy
15- Finale - Don't Forget The Lilac Bush Sam, Rose, Olga,
Shirley, Emma
16- Finale - Ain't It Awful, The Heat? Greta, Olga, Emma,
Abraham, Chorus
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"It
is a beautiful recording produced in Dolby Surround Sound" H Collester-The Journal (NJ)
"Janis
Kelley’s beautifully clear but natural annunciation and her sense of emotional
involvement makes Rose’s "What Good Would The Moon Be?" a performance
of real beauty" - The Good CD Guide (Gramophone)
"Richard
Van Allen Knows how to make a cuckold husband, into a tormented silent person,
gripping in his despair and moving in his last encounter with Rose." -
Das Musical
"The
TER (JAY) recording is the one that I find the more consistently (compared to
the Decca recording) enjoyably sung" - Gramophone.
"Carl
Davis seems to have the idiom down to a tee" - Opera
Now
"TER
(JAY)’s lavish new recording is a tremendous complete document of the score.
It is thrilling to hear the right voices matched to the right material."
- Plays and Player
"Janis Kelley’s
impersonation remains, even on record, one of the most truthful, touching and
ultimately tragic operatic performances of recent times.
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Kristine Ciesinski’s Anna sounds utterly authentic in inflection.
….. Ciesinski’s
characterisation, especially in her scenes with Kelly’s Rose, has extraordinary
depth and resonance and, if anything could swing me round to TER (JAY Records)
as the better buy it would be this spell binding partnership. - Rodney
Milnes. Opera Magazine.
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