BBC Music Magazine 5 stars; Music Web International: Recording of the Month; Gramophone Editor's Choice; Diapason d'Or.
This album features cabaret songs by composers William Bolcom Kurt Weill Friedrich Holländer and Benjamin Britten Mezzo-soprano Malena Ernman and pianist Bengt-Åke Lundin bring to life the playful satirical and emotionally charged music of early 20th-century cabaret touching on themes of love loss and social critique Highlights include Bolcom's Twelve Songs from Cabaret Songs Weill’s Four Songs Holländer's iconic songs for Marlene Dietrich and Britten's Cabaret Songs set to texts by W H Auden This collection captures the essence of cabaret’s intimate and expressive style
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