Weill, Kurt - Die Sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins) - May, Gisela / Schreier, Peter

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Gisela May, soprano
Peter Schreier, tenor
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, tenor
Günther Leib, baritone
Hermann Christian Polster, bass

Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig / Herbert Kegel

Kurt Weil wrote "Die Sieben Todsünden" in Paris (in exile) as a commission from a French ballet group. It is a "Ballet chanté" (a "sung ballet") for singers, dance group and orchestra. Weill and his librettist Bertolt Brecht present a satire of the pretty bourgeois morals, and turn the 7 deadly sins into virtues.

This recording from 1966 is a classic, and of the most authentic performances, starring the great Gisela May, grande dame of the German protest song. She is superbly seconded by Peter Schreier and the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig conducted by Herbert Kegel, unsurpassed in this repertoire.

Furthermore on this fascinating disc: songs from Berliner Requiem, Mahagonny and Dreigroschenoper.