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