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