Track Listings (12) - Disc #1| All Artists: A.J. Teshin Title: The Kurt Weill Project Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Lml Music Original Release Date: 1/1/2008 Re-Release Date: 8/12/2008 Genres: Pop, Classical, Broadway & Vocalists Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Cabaret Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 711788023128 |
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Sung in English, German, and French, The Kurt Weill Project is a futuristic reinterpretation of 20th Century German composer Kurt Weill (1900-1950). Tenor A. J. Teshin earnestly gender-bends the text and the drama of famil... more » |
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Album Description Sung in English, German, and French, The Kurt Weill Project is a futuristic reinterpretation of 20th Century German composer Kurt Weill (1900-1950). Tenor A. J. Teshin earnestly gender-bends the text and the drama of familiar Weill pieces to uncover new themes of prostitution, anti-war rage, murder, drug addiction, and heavenly redemption. Teshin's vocals soar through soundscapes of symphonic instrumentation, electric guitars, lush choral singing, and quietly undulating loops. His hyper-stylized orchestrations depict a gothic and pan-sexual universe where the shock and alienation of Weill's original work is given new meaning--this time, for the digital age. Includes The Alabama Song, Nanna's Lied, Lonely House, Le Train du Ciel, Speak Low, and It Never Was You. Surabaya Johnny is available as a bonus track when the album is purchased through iTunes. The Kurt Weill Project was produced in Los Angeles with Composer/Producer/Keyboardist Chuck Wild (Liquid Mind,Missing Persons, Max Headroom), Composer/Producer Shaun Drew (The Great Dissolve, Rojeh Band), Engineer/Producer Matt Forger (Quincy Jones, Giorgio Moroder, Michael Jackson), and TV/Film Composer Jeff Sudakin (That 70's Show, 3rd Rock from the Sun). Made possible in part by a grant from the Anna Sosenko Assist Trust in New York. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsIntimate and Innovative Jon P. Alman | Los Angeles, CA | 10/18/2008 (5 out of 5 stars) "If you like music at all... if you like singing, if you like hearing thought and emotion and amazing production values amalgamated into a wonderfully cohesive blend of old and new, you must hear A.J. Teshin and his beautiful renditions of Kurt Weill's music. These are thoughtful, heartfelt and deeply intimate presentations of timeless material. Pay close attention to "Alabama Song" and "It Never Was You": completely divergent yet both hauntingly poignant. Because of their unique melodies and the sheer poetry of their lyrics, Weill's songs have always been ripe for cabaret interpretation, and you'll find some of that here. But much of what Teshin has imagined is like nothing you've ever heard. If you listen once, these are recordings you'll go back to again and again. Thoroughly enjoyable! " Review by a "Weillophile" marco polo | washington dc usa | 02/28/2010 (5 out of 5 stars) "As a long-time fan of Kurt Weill (1948: Ava Gardner and Speak Low in the movie version of One Touch of Venus; 1956: Dick Hyman's a/o Richard Hayden's Moritat; 1961: Hugo Montenegro's LP version of Lost in the Stars; etc., etc., etc.) who has come, over the years, to own more than two dozen audio and visual recordings of his works (from Bobby and Ella through Ben Bagley, the London Sinfonetta and Julie Wilson to the Scottish and Metropolitan Opera Orchestras, Teresa Stratas, Elvis Costello, Thomas Hampson, and Hal Willner) let me say that THIS RECORDING RANKS UP THERE WITH THE BEST I'VE HEARD. Teshin has a nice high tenor voice, the arrangements are very "Weillian", and even the use of synthesizers (which I ordinarily dislike) works to the music's advantage. I think Weill would like it. I know I do." A Must for Weill Enthusiasts James Brennan | NYC | 03/21/2009 (4 out of 5 stars) "If Lotte Lenya and Moby had a love child...and then Moby took up with Judy Garland and they raised that child together, that child would grow up to be A.J. Teshin. I found this album by chance, and I'm so glad I did. Teshin places popular and obscure Weill tunes in modern, textured soundscapes. Sometimes he does it through orchestrations and sometimes through layered vocal arrangements. At the heart of it, his singing is exciting and engaging. If I had to pick a favorite, I'd have to say his tender take on "It Never Was You," but really, the whole album is a treasure.
I have to say I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed this cd because usually I think male singers don't do as well with Weill and female singers, but A.J. Teshin not only has a beautiful instrument and great production values, he also sings with an emotional understanding of the material." |
