Kurt Weill: Four Walt Withman Songs (1942/1947)

[@esarfmij]

And I thought I knew all Kurt Weill -- these are wonderful, as is Herr Holzmair. Thank you for posting and introducing me to this music (written the year of my birth) of a favorite composer, and poet.

[@theezrapound838]

James Frase-White .

[@Efranelas]

Beautiful song!

[@robertuskoppies444]

absolutely amazing. großartig. Thank you so much for sharing! And to all these American comments below....name only ONE outstanding American singer of the 20th Century....Holzmair humiliates them all....

[@a.f.4248]

Robertus Koppies « ... ONE outstanding American singer of the 20th Century... » : you mean, only male singers ? And only bass-baritones ? Milnes, Warren, Tibbett, Hampson, Stewart, Harrell, Merrill ... If you want more, just ask.

[@goodmanmusica]

molto belle!

[@easyaspi1177]

Composer on lived 50 years? Songs have the Weill melodic touch. Thanks to WelleszCompany for sharing. I'm just listening to the melody and tone of the singer, not the words.

[@Listenerandlearner870]

Wolfgang Holzmair sings with a British accent. Fine.

[@CynthsImMondschein]

Where can I find these lyrics in german, auf deutsch???

[@sclogse1]

Are you really going to leave the title misspelled like that? And also the text on the video?

[@1persme1persme-it36]

i read over that without realizing maybe they did too? oh, 11 years !!!!!

[@1persme1persme-it36]

holy shit! shocked at first, like are we even still alive after all that time .. well i seem to be at least, a conclusion i share not without some sompunction ..bah! never mind what i wanted to add: Walt the Withman, Withitman that's not too bad is it!?

[@peterflemstrom2134]

Terrible comments below. What are they after...

[@noteman42]

The poems are originally written in English... That should be the preferred language for performance

[@rogerknox9147]

Perhaps the singer learned to sing English with an English accent, rather than American.

[@DavidHHermanson]

He's attempting to sing in English, but his accent is so strong as to make the text impossible to understand. As to the American/English aspects, it simply doesn't matter much - they are mutually intelligible. This is neither.

[@tenorjamestaylor]

If an American had sung in German as poorly as he does in English here, you wouldn't have heard the end of it. Awful. And the text means nothing to him, which is weird, especially for him. Not my cup of tea. Fourth rate instrument, total lack of colors, and absolutely no gravitas in the performance of these songs whatsoever. I wouldn't pay to listen to it.

[@sohosean]

If you don't like the performance, demand your money back,

[@johngilbertnxxs]

+James Taylor This is for Walt Withman a different poet, so it's ok...btw aren't you that hippy singer

[@tenorjamestaylor]

No, he has the money, I have the hair. ;) I sang for the last thirty years as a baritone and a tenor. Sang with this guy once. He is an amazing musician to be honest.

[@easyaspi1177]

keep those wrists limp anyway.

[@easyaspi1177]

hahaha! Great reply!

[@williamdiffin28]

That's Walt WHITMAN