In thirties Germany the collaborative works of Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht invited a hostile reception from the increasingly dominant Nazi party and led both men to be placed on a wanted list, causing them to flee their native country. "One must treat a composer like Weill with distrust, especially when he, as a Jew, allows himself to use a German opera stage for his un-German purposes," wrote one Nazi sympathiser. Today Donald Macleod looks at the difficult but fruitful partnership between Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht.
Threepenny Opera Berthold Brecht,
Theo Mackeben and his Jazz Orchestra
Death in the Forest Peter Kooy (bass), Ensemble Musique Oblique, conductor Philippe Herreweghe
Seven Deadly Sins Marianne Faithfull , Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Dennis Russell Davies