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The Kurt Weill Album w/Konzerthausorchester Berlin

The first female principal conductor and artistic director of a major Berlin orchestra has recorded her DG debut album Joana Mallwitz and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin present Kurt Weill’s Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 and the satirical ballet Die sieben Todsünden

Joana Mallwitz, the first woman to become chief conductor of one of Berlin’s major orchestras, has put the music of Kurt Weill at the heart of her first season with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Having signed with Deutsche Grammophon in June 2023, she was keen to devote her first DG album to a man whose name is synonymous with the city of Berlin. “Weill is one of the most fascinating composers of all time,” says Mallwitz. “His music is so unique. It has an honesty to it – it’s rough and edgy, but also incredibly beautiful. And as different as his works are, there’s something about his sound that is instantly recognisable. It’s good to be bringing his early music home to Berlin.”

The Kurt Weill Album presents three works that the conductor and her orchestra have also performed live during the 2023-24 season: Symphony No. 1 “Berliner Symphonie”, Symphony No. 2 “Fantaisie symphonique” and Die Sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins). It will be released digitally and on CD on 2 August 2024. The opening movement of Symphony No. 2 will be available to stream from 14 June, followed on 12 July by an excerpt from Symphony No. 1.