composed by Kurt Weill tracks 1, 4 to 13, 20 to 22 lyrics by Bertolt Brecht tracks 2, 14, 15 lyrics by Georg Kaiser tracks 6 to 8 orchestra Lewis Ruth Band tracks 16 to 23 piano Kurt Weill tracks 4, 5, 11 to 13, 16 to 23 vocals Lotte Lenya subtitle: Historic Original Recordings 1928-1933; 1943/44
1 rec. Mar 1928, original release on Electrola (E.G. 853) 2 rec. Jan 1928, original release on Beka (B 6313) 3 rec. 1931, original release on Paloma (Wien) (3501) 4, 5 rec. 1929, original release on Orchestrola (2311) 6, 7 rec. 1929, original release on Electrola (E.G. 1590) 8 rec. 1929, original release on Electrola (E.G. 1569) 9 rec. 1930, original release on Ultraphon (A 198) 10 rec. 1931, original release on Columbia, Paris (DF 1114) 11, 12 rec. 1930, original release on Homocord (3671) 13 rec. 1932, original release on Electrola (E.H. 736) 14, 15 rec. Jan 1933, original release on Gloria (G.O. 10703) 16 to 21 rec. 1943, original release on Bost Records, New York (6 5017-19) 22, 23 rec. 1943/44, original release on Office of War Information (OWI) Washington