Weill, Kurt - Love Life (2CD) - Holmes, James
- Product Code: C5550
As a concept musical, Love Life was a true pioneer that inspired musical theater favorites in the 1960s, 70s, and beyond—from Cabaret and Chicago (original subtitle "Musical Vaudeville") to Sondheim's Company (told through vignettes). It is "one of Weill's finest compositions" (conductor Jim Holmes), a masterpiece of combining different musical styles, "a collection of American musical idioms cleverly chosen to suit the dramatic material." Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner joined forces in 1947, both admiring each other's recent successes (Street Scene for Weill, Brigadoon for Lerner) and looking for new projects. When Love Life premiered on Broadway in 1948, Weill called it "a completely new form of theater." Stephen Sondheim described it as "a useful influence on his own work."
