Alfvén: Symphony No. 4 - Elisabeth Söderström; Gösta Winbergh; Stig Westerberg: Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra [1986] samples
The Powers of Heaven: Orthodox Music of the 17th & 18th Centuries - Paul Hillier: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir [2003] samples
This day in 1973: Bruce Springsteen - Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ At the time, I only knew Springsteen from his Born to Run album. Later (a year or two, maybe), Manfred Mann's Earth Band released "Blinded By The Light". I liked it, but by chance, a DJ just happened to mention that is was written by Bruce Springsteen; so I tracked down the album and............WOW! I had found a new religion.
The Threepenny Opera 1954 Original Off-Broadway Cast Music by Kurt Weill; Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht; English-language adaptation by Marc Blitzstein LP: M-G-M; CD: Decca Broadway This famous production had a difficult time getting interest from any record companies. MGM Records decided to do the cast album, but on the day of the recording session insisted Marc Blitzstein tone down his lyrics. What's heard here isn't what was heard in the theater. The censorship gives a false impression of Blitzstein's work as being too tame and mild. Blitzstein's adaptation was originally presented in concert at Brandeis University on June 14, 1952, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. The show opened on March 10, 1954 and ran for 96 performances. Despite critical acclaim and sell-out business, it had to close because the Theatre De Lys had previously booked another production to follow it. Finally re-opening on September 20, 1955 and playing 2,611 more performances.
I had absolutely no idea there was a version of this outside Bobby Darin's and Louis Armstrong's. It doesn't even sound like the same song. @riverplate I think I've mentioned it before, but I always enjoy the extra info you put in a lot of your posts.