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柏林！柏林！柏林！德式卡巴萊劇場的流亡歲月 - 來自動盪不安年代的歌曲
安.蘇菲.范歐塔 女中音
亞當·班茲維 鋼琴/音樂總監
柏林喜歌劇院沙龍管弦樂團
Songs from a tumultuous era by Anne Sofie von Otter
Reflecting a society marked by profound upheaval, the music of 1920s–1940s Germany was caught between vitality and despair. The era featured a diverse blend of classical traditions, popular rhythms, and early jazz, yielding everything from energetic cabaret chansons to somber ballads. The period’s signature sound, Berlin’s own ‘Prussian swing’, fused rigid marching rhythms with jazz syncopation, creating a uniquely austere yet light style that avoided authentic African-American influences. By masking melancholy and sharp political commentary behind cheerful melodies, these songs captured a nation’s collective tension and rebellion. Acting as a cultural seismograph from the Weimar awakening to the collapse of the Third Reich, this music continues to resonate today as a testament to finding beauty and humor amid adversity.
Renowned and versatile mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, accompanied by the Salon Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin under the baton of Adam Benzwi, presents a recital featuring songs with plenty of lyricism, crazy nonsense, seriousness, beautiful melodies and operetta numbers; a colourful mix enabling us to experience the underlying sadness beneath the glamour of beauty.
1 Mein Gorilla hat ‘ne Villa im Zoo (instrumental) 1'41
From the movie Heut kommt’s drauf an (1933)
(Walter Jurmann & Bronislaw Kaper / Peter Kuckuck)
Musikverlag Hans Sikorski GmbH
2 Heut’ Abend lad’ ich mir die Liebe ein 3'11
From the movie Lied der Wuste (1939)
(Nico Dostal / Bruno Balz)
Universal Music Publishing
3 Illusions 3'36
From the movie A Foreign Affair (1948)
(Friedrich Hollaender)
Boosey & Hawkes
4 Der Onkel Jonathan 3'21
From the movie Manner mussen so sein (1938)
(Michael Jary / Paul Kirsten)
Edition Intro Meisel GmbH
5 Ach, wie schon, man singt immer tiefer (1941) 4'04
(Gunter Neumann)
Gunter-Neumann-Stiftung
6 Keiner weiB, wie ich bin, nur Du 3'28
From the play Nina (1930)
(Friedrich Hollaender)
Boosey & Hawkes
7 Vorbei (1935) 3'18
(Rolf Marbot / Bert Reisfeld)
peermusic France
8 Uber den Selbstmord 1'42
From the Hollywooder Liederbuch (1943)
(Hanns Eisler / Bertolt Brecht)
Breitkopf & Hartel
9 Marterl 2'26
From Das Berliner Requiem (1928)
(Kurt Weill / Bertolt Brecht)
Universal Edition
10 Kann denn Liebe Sunde sein? (instrumental) 2'00
From the movie Der Blaufuchs (1938)
(Lothar Bruhne / Bruno Balz)
Dreiklang-Dreimasken
11 Musik! Musik! Musik! 2'12
From the movie Hallo, Janine (1939)
(Peter Kreuder / Hans Fritz Beckmann)
Universal Music Publishing
12 Merci, mon ami, es war wunderschon 3'55
From the movie Premiere (1937)
(Peter Fenyes / Johannes Brandt)
Boosey & Hawkes
13 An den kleinen Radioappara 2'01
From the Hollywooder Liederbuch (1943)
(Hanns Eisler / Bertolt Brecht)
Breitkopf & Hartel
14 Das „Vielleicht“-Lied (1932) 2'00
From the play Die Rundkopfe und die Spitzkopfe
(Hanns Eisler / Bertolt Brecht)
Breitkopf & Hartel
15 Erinnerung an die Marie A. (1927) 4'00
(Franz S. Brunier / Bertolt Brecht)
Breitkopf & Hartel
16 Marion-Tango (1939) 2'53
(Friedrich Hollaender)
Warner Chappell Music Germany GmbH
17 Oui, Madame (1928) 3'05
(Michael Jary / Bruno Balz)
Ries & Erler
18 Der Wind hat mir ein Lied erzahlt (1932) 3'58
From the movie La Habanera (1937)
(Lothar Bruhne / Bruno Balz)
Universal Music Publishing
19 Leben ohne Liebe kannst Du nicht 3'19
From the movie Nie wieder Liebe (1931)
(Mischa Spoliansky / Robert Gilbert)
Universal Music Publishing
TT: 55'02
Anne Sofie von Otter vocalist
Adam Benzwi piano and musical director
Peter Tomek musical assistant
Daniel Busch arrangements (all tracks except 3, 9, 13 and 14)
Svante Henryson orchestrations (tracks 3, 9, 13 and 14)
Salon Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin |
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