Swedish Chamber Orchestra: Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins – SUPER-AUDIO CD

Title: Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins
Artist: Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Label: Bis
Product Type: SUPER-AUDIO CD
UPC: 7318599927794
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2026-01-30
Number of Discs: 1

Following his acclaimed recording of Kurt Weill’s symphonies 1 and 2 and excerpts from The Silver Lake (BIS-2579), HK Gruber and his congenial partner, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, present three more works by the famous musical theatre composer, this time featuring sopranos Wallis Giunta and Jennifer France and violinists Katerina Andresson and Benjamin Herzl.This release opens with the ballet-chante satire The Seven Deadly Sins, a scathing critique of capitalist society that highlights the perpetual struggle between money and morality. Anna, a young girl, is sent away from her family with the mission of bringing back enough money to build a house on the Mississippi. The cantata The New Orpheus, which blends the very different styles of aria and song, tells the sad story of the singer who sets out to conquer the dreary walls of modern cities to save Eurydice, and with her, all of humanity. Finally, the Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, a central work from Weill’s early creative period, displays a theatricality that heralds the stage works to come. An exciting programme showcasing Weill’s inimitable language of mixing the sophisticated and the popular, the melodic and the dissonant, the complex and the streetwise.

Tracks:
1.2 Seven Deadly Sins (Die sieben Todsünden) Ballet chanté~No. 1. Sloth
1.8 Seven Deadly Sins (Die sieben Todsünden) Ballet chanté~No. 7. Envy
1.10 New Orpheus (Der neue Orpheus) Cantata for soprano, solo violin and orchestra, Op. 15~Part One. Moderato un poco largo – Molto deciso – Andantino grazioso
1.16 Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra Op. 12~III. Allegro molto, un poco agitato