The Seven Deadly Sins

by Kurt Weill

The Seven Deadly Sins cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 29 September 1998
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 50:51
  • Community rating: 3.44/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Kurt Weill's 'The Seven Deadly Sins' in a concert recording of the sung ballet he wrote with Bertolt Brecht. The satirical score follows Anna through seven cities, each staging one of the deadly sins.

Genres

Descriptors: storytelling, conceptual, vocal, fantasy, suite

Tracklist

  1. Prolog = Prologue (3:51)
  2. Faulheit = Sloth (3:57)
  3. Stolz = Pride (4:50)
  4. Zorn = Anger (4:53)
  5. V枚llerei = Gluttony (3:32)
  6. Unzucht = Lust (5:22)
  7. Habsucht = Covetousness (3:02)
  8. Neid = Envy (4:32)
  9. Epilog = Epilogue (1:30)
  10. Alabama Song (2:54)
  11. The Ballad Of Sexual Dependency (2:37)
  12. Bilbao Song (5:04)
  13. Pirate Jenny (4:47)

Credits

  • Marianne Faithfull - primary artist, vocals [anna i, anna ii]
  • Kurt Weill - primary artist, composed by
  • Dennis Russell Davies - primary artist, conductor
  • Hudson Shad - ensemble [the family]
  • Peter Becker - musician [the family: members of hudson shad], baritone vocals
  • Wilbur Pauley - musician [the family: members of hudson shad], bass vocals
  • Hugo Munday - musician [the family: members of hudson shad], tenor vocals
  • Mark Bleeke - musician [the family: members of hudson shad], tenor vocals [hudson shad]

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