- Lotte Lenya, Johanna von Koczian, Erich Schellow, Trude Hesterberg, Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, Chor des Sender Freies Berlin, Wolfgang Neuss, Wolfgang Grunert, Inge Wolffberg, Sender Freies Berlin Orchestra
- William Malten, Burgess Meredith, Jane Connell, Lotte Lenya, Evelyn Lear, Studio Orchestra, Hiram Sherman, Scott Merrill, Bob Shaver, Thomas Stewart, Studio Chorus, Jean Sanders, Samuel Matlowsky
- Lotte Lenya, Marek Weber, Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, Gerda Madsen, Erich Ponto, Marek Weber Orchester, Studio Pianist, Lewis Ruth Band, Carola Neher, Erika Helmke, Florelle, Bertolt Brecht, Theo Mackeben, Jean Lenoir Orchestra, Dreigroschen Band, Lea Deganith, Studio Chorus, Kurt Gerron, Arthur Schroder, Studio Orchestra
- Kurt Hellwig, Berlin Sender Freies Orchestra, Gunther Arndt Orchestra, Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg, Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, Josef Hausmann, Paul Otto Kuster, Trude Hesterberg, Berlin Sender Freies Chorus, Lotte Lenya, Johanna von Koczian, Erich Schellow, Martin Hoeppner, Wolfgang Neuss, Wolfgang Grunert, Inge Wolffberg
- Sigmund Roth, Richard Münch, Horst Günter, Gisela Litz, Lotte Lenya, Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg, North German Radio Chorus, Georg Mund, Peter Markwort, Fritz Göllnitz, Studio Orchestra, Heinz Sauerbaum
Lotte Lenya
Biography
Known for her definitive interpretations of her husband Kurt Weill's songs, the singer and actress Lotte Lenya enjoyed a late-career resurgence after performing in the 1956 Off-Broadway debut of THE THREEPENNY OPERA as well as the original 1966 Broadway production of CABARET. Appearing in the premieres of all the major Brecht-Weill collaborations, including DIE DREIGROSCHENOPER (THREEPENNY OPERA), RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHAGONNY, and SEVEN DEADLY SINS. Lenya later participated in the definitive Columbia Masterworks recordings of these scores in the mid-'50s. Her 1955 Masterworks LP SINGS BERLIN THEATRE SONGS OF KURT WEILL is still considered the benchmark by which all subsequent interpretations of Weill are measured.