First complete recording, including all the verses of the songs, the Ballad of dependency (omitted from the published score) and Lucy's aria. The composer's original instrumentation is restored. Program notes by Goddard Lieberson, Hans W. Heinsheimer, and David Drew, synopsis by Guy Stern, and libretto, with English translation by Guy Stern (35 p.) laid in container. Automatic sequence.
Participant/Performer Note:
Starring Lotte Lenya as Jenny, with supporting soloists, chorus, and orchestra; Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg, conductor.
Data/Place of Event:
Recorded in the Afifa studio, Tempelhof, Berlin, Jan. 11-15, 1958.