| The Seven Deadly Sins | ||||
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| Released | September 15, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | June 1997 | |||
| Genre | Musical theatre, jazz, classical crossover | |||
| Length | 50:43 | |||
| Label | BMG | |||
| Producer | Malgorzata Kragora | |||
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The Seven Deadly Sins is a studio recording of the Kurt Weill opera of the same name by British singer Marianne Faithfull, released in 1998. [2]
Marianne Faithfull had already performed The Seven Deadly Sins live at St. Anne's Cathedral in Brooklyn, [3] but it was only after working with Dennis Russell Davies on 20th Century Blues that the idea of recording the opera came to her. Davies agreed to collaborate again with her, and the album was recorded in June 1997 at the Vienna Konzerthaus with Davies conducting the Vienna Radio Symphony orchestra. [4]
The recording also includes other songs by Weill & Brecht like the "Alabama Song" and songs from The Threepenny Opera , which Marianne Faithfull also performed live in 1992 at the Dublin Gate Theater, playing the role of the prostitute Jenny and interpreting the famous Pirate Jenny song.
All tracks are written by Kurt Weill except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Prologue" | Weill, Bertolt Brecht | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Sloth" | 3:57 | |
| 3. | "Pride" | 4:50 | |
| 4. | "Anger" | 4:52 | |
| 5. | "Gluttony" | 3:32 | |
| 6. | "Lust" | 5:21 | |
| 7. | "Covetousness" | 3:02 | |
| 8. | "Envy" | 4:31 | |
| 9. | "Epilogue" | 1:30 | |
| 10. | "Alabama Song" | Weill, Brecht | 2:56 |
| 11. | "The Ballad of Sexual Dependency" | 2:38 | |
| 12. | "Bilbao Song" | Weill, Brecht, Johnny Mercer | 5:05 |
| 13. | "Pirate Jenny" | Weill, Brecht | 4:34 |
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Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull is an English singer and actress. She achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her hit single "As Tears Go By" and became one of the lead female artists during the British Invasion in the United States.
"Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their 1928 music drama The Threepenny Opera. The song has become a popular standard recorded by many artists, including a US and UK number one hit for Bobby Darin in 1959.
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