- Trude Hesterberg, Wolfgang Grunert, Lotte Lenya, Johanna von Koczian, Erich Schellow, Inge Wolffberg, Sender Freies Berlin Orchestra, Chor des Sender Freies Berlin, Wolfgang Neuss, Willy Trenk-Trebitsch
- Jean Sanders, William Malten, Thomas Stewart, Scott Merrill, Studio Orchestra, Studio Chorus, Lotte Lenya, Burgess Meredith, Jane Connell, Samuel Matlowsky, Bob Shaver, Hiram Sherman, Evelyn Lear
- Studio Orchestra, Studio Chorus, Jean Lenoir Orchestra, Dreigroschen Band, Lea Deganith, Theo Mackeben, Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, Gerda Madsen, Erika Helmke, Florelle, Marek Weber, Marek Weber Orchester, Erich Ponto, Kurt Gerron, Arthur Schroder, Lewis Ruth Band, Carola Neher, Bertolt Brecht, Studio Pianist, Lotte Lenya
- Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg, Gunther Arndt Orchestra, Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, Josef Hausmann, Paul Otto Kuster, Berlin Sender Freies Orchestra, Wolfgang Neuss, Wolfgang Grunert, Trude Hesterberg, Kurt Hellwig, Berlin Sender Freies Chorus, Lotte Lenya, Johanna von Koczian, Erich Schellow, Inge Wolffberg, Martin Hoeppner
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.