Puccini, Rossini, Verdi, Bellini, and Blitzstein
Westminster XWN-19108 (LP)
Leighton & Wechsler, duo-pianists; Milt Hinton, bass and Osie Johnson, drums (includes arrangement of “Nickel under the Foot”)
Related Works: The Cradle Will Rock
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American Piano Music, vol. 2
Etcetera KTC 1036 (CD)
Bennett Lerner, piano (includes three short dances arranged for piano solo: Variations II, Pas de deux, Three-Four Dance)
Related Works: The Guests
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American Composers at the Piano
Concert Hall Society B9 (78 rpm)
In a collection called American Composers at the Piano, Blitzstein recorded three short selections from an earlier version of The Guests with the working title “Show.” The selections were titled “Variation III,” “Three-Four Dance,” and “Finale.” The recording was released as a numbered limited edition on Concert Hall Society B9 (78 rpm) in 1948.
Related Works: The Guests
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The Harpies
Premier Recordings PRCD 1009 (CD)
Studio Cast (1991): Rosalind Rees, Thomas Bogdan, Fay Kittelson, et al.; Adirondack Chamber Orchestra and the Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, conductor
Related Works: The Harpies
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Lotte Lenya Boxed Set
Bear Family BCD 16019 KL (CD)
(1937) Lotte Lenya, vocals
Songs included: the Suicide's Aria from I've Got the Tune ("And so, the last thing, too"); “Pirate Jenny,” “Solomon Song,” “Tango-Ballade” from The Threepenny Opera (1937, 1954)
Carpentersville
ABC Classics 481 0331 (CD)
(2013) Lucy Schaufer, soprano, with Ensemble; Kevin Amos, music director
Songs included: “Best Thing of All,” “I Wish It So”
I Wish It So
Nonesuch 9 79345-2 (CD)
(1994) Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Eric Stern, conductor
Songs included: "I Wish It So," "In the Clear," "Never Get Lost"
Jeff Harnar Sings the 1959 Broadway Songbook
Original Cast OC-916 (CD)
(1991) Jeff Harnar, vocals; Alex Rybeck, piano and arrangements
Songs included: “I Wish It So”
Related Works: Juno
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Open Your Heart
Delos DE 3483 (CD)
(2015) Laura Claycomb, soprano; Marc Teicholz, guitar
Songs included: “open your heart,” “until and I heard”
Related Works: Marc Blitzstein Songbook, Vol. I, II, III
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Songs I Taught My Mother: Silly, Sinful, and Satirical Selections
Vanguard VRS-9004 (LP)
(1955) Charlotte Rae, vocals; John Strauss, piano and arrangements
Songs included: "Modest Maid," "Fraught"
Related Works: Marc Blitzstein Songbook, Vol. I, II, III
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Songs of Free Men
Sony Masterworks Heritage MHK 63223 (CD)
(1997 Remaster) Paul Robeson, baritone; Lawrence Brown, piano
Songs included: “The Purest Kind of Guy” (1942)
Related Works: Marc Blitzstein Songbook, Vol. I, II, III
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“Where, Oh Where”: Rare Songs of the American Theater
Premier Recordings PRCD 1001 (CD)
(1986) Judy Kaye, soprano; Peter Howard, piano
Songs included: "I Wish It So"
Related Works: Juno
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Amiscellany
Nimbus NI 7720 (CD)
John Amis, vocals, Penelope Thwaites, piano (1992) (includes "Emily" from The Airborne Symphony)
Related Works: Airborne Symphony
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