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Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! Kabarett und Exil album review – Anne Sofie von Otter turns to cabaret

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This enjoyably eclectic recital from the ever consummate Von Otter highlights the aesthetic friction between romantic ballads, saucy burlesque, cinematic dreamscapes and political firecrackers

The provocative, politically charged club scene that flourished in 1920s Berlin was not just a flash in the pan to be swept away by the Nazis. As Anne Sofie von Otter’s enjoyably eclectic recital demonstrates, its influence on film, musical theatre and popular song stretched across several decades. While émigrés such as Friedrich Hollaender and Mischa Spoliansky embraced Hollywood escapism, others, including Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler, wrapped anti-government rhetoric in satirical songs that pulled few, if any punches.

This programme is intentionally diverse, aiming to highlight the aesthetic friction between romantic ballads, saucy burlesque, cinematic dreamscapes and political firecrackers. In this it succeeds, though the stylistic through-line lurches at times. Regardless, the Salon Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin delivers thoroughly authentic performances under the strict, idiomatic baton of conductor Adam Benzwi, and the piquant orchestrations and arrangements are a treat.

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Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! Kabarett und Exil album review – Anne Sofie von Otter turns to cabaret

von Otter/Komische Oper Berlin/Benzwi(BIS)This enjoyably eclectic recital from the ever consummate Von Otter highlights the aesthetic friction between romantic ballads, saucy burlesque, cinematic dreamscapes and polit...

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