The Seven Deadly Sins (album)

The Seven Deadly Sins
Studio album by
Marianne Faithfull
ReleasedSeptember 15, 1998
RecordedJune 1997
GenreMusical theatre, jazz, classical crossover
Length50:43
LabelBMG
ProducerMalgorzata Kragora
Marianne Faithfull chronology
20th Century Blues
(1996) 		The Seven Deadly Sins
(1998) 		Vagabond Ways
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic [1]

The Seven Deadly Sins is a studio recording of the Kurt Weill opera of the same name by British singer Marianne Faithfull, released in 1998.[2]

Background and recording

Marianne Faithfull had already performed The Seven Deadly Sins live at St. Anne's Cathedral in Brooklyn,[3] but it was only after working with Dennis Russell Davies on 20th Century Blues that the idea of recording the opera came to her. Davies agreed to collaborate again with her, and the album was recorded in June 1997 at the Vienna Konzerthaus with Davies conducting the Vienna Radio Symphony orchestra.[4]

The recording also includes other songs by Weill & Brecht like the "Alabama Song" and songs from The Threepenny Opera, which Marianne Faithfull also performed live in 1992 at the Dublin Gate Theater, playing the role of the prostitute Jenny and interpreting the famous Pirate Jenny song.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kurt Weill except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Prologue"Weill, Bertolt Brecht3:50
2."Sloth" 3:57
3."Pride" 4:50
4."Anger" 4:52
5."Gluttony" 3:32
6."Lust" 5:21
7."Covetousness" 3:02
8."Envy" 4:31
9."Epilogue" 1:30
10."Alabama Song"Weill, Brecht2:56
11."The Ballad of Sexual Dependency" 2:38
12."Bilbao Song"Weill, Brecht, Johnny Mercer5:05
13."Pirate Jenny"Weill, Brecht4:34

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins - Dennis Russell Davies, Marianne Faithfull, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. ^ "The Seven Deadly Sins | Marianne Faithfull". Mariannefaithfull.org.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  3. ^ Rockwell, John (13 December 1989). "Review/Music; Marianne Faithfull Sings Weill's 'Seven Deadly Sins'". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Memories, Dreams & Reflections", Marianne Faithfull, Chapter: My Weimar Period (July 7, 2008), Harper Perennial