Boesch Florian / Fisher Alessandro / Kožená Magdalena / London Symphony Orchestra / Staples Andrew

The Seven Deadly Sins

Barcode: 0822231188025 / Cat: LSO0880 / 2 SACD / Label: LSO Live

A stinging critique of capitalist society, 'The Seven Deadly Sins' brings into sharp focus the perpetual battle between money and morals. Created by the trail-blazing duo of the Weimer Republic, Kurt Weill and Bertold Brecht, the satirical ballet-chanté 'The Seven Deadly Sins' was to be the pair's final collaboration. Hitler had come to power, and the Jewish Weill and Marxist Brecht had both left Germany in haste. Weill was to come to terms with capitalist America more readily than Brecht, writing a series of popular musicals for Broadway with other collaborators. But, in 'The Seven Deadly Sins', Brecht’s pen is still dripping with venom as he excoriates the continent's sleazy, materialistic values, the biblical septet of vices here given a contemporary twist.