Tracks: 1. All That Jazz (Chicago)
2. Don't Tell Mama (cabaret)
3. Don't Tell Mama (Legionnaire)
4. Whenever We Get Close (Appetite)
5. Careless Love Blues (Voyager)
6. Mack The Knife
7. Alabama-Song
8. Nannas Lied
9. Bibao-song
10. Surabaya-Johnny
11. Le Grand Lustucru
12. My Ship
13. Want To Buy Some Illusions
14. They Call Me Naughty Lola
15. L'Accordiste
16. La Vie En Rose
17. Psalm
18. When The Special Girlfriend
19. The Smart Set
20. I Am A Vamp!
21. The Lavender Song
Tracks: 1. All that jazz
2. Mein Herr
3. Don't tell mama
4. Whenever we get close
5. Careless love blues
6. Mack the Knife
7. Alabama Song
8. Nannas Lied
9. Bilbao Song
10. Surabaya Johnny
11. Le Grand Lustucru
12. My Ship
13. Want to buy some illusions
14. They call me Naughty Lola
15. L'Aoordeoniste
16. La Vie en Rose
17. Psalm
18. When the special girlfriend
19. The Smart Set
20. I am a vamp!
21. The Lavender Song
Posted 2007-08-05 20:52:48: Amazon.com Editoral Review: Many American theatergoers discovered Germany's Ute Lemper when she took on the part of Chicago's Velma Kelly on Broadway. Except that Lemper already was well known as an actress and singer in Europe, where she got noticed with her performance of Kurt Weill and Weimar cabaret songs. (I even remember seeing her as Sally Bowles in a 1986 Paris production of Cabaret, whose "Don't Tell Mama" is included here). To say Lemper is a mannered interpreter would be an understatement. On the Weill songs, she makes Lotte Lenya sound downright minimalist. In addition to Weill, this CD includes a fairly comprehensive selection of the range of Lemper's repertoire, from tunes popularized by Marlene Dietrich and Edith Piaf to an excerpt from the Michael Nyman Songbook album. (No trace of the singer's downright strange take on "The Ladies Who Lunch," though.) The embodiment of the European tradition of art-song interpretation, Lemper may be a bit of an acquired taste, but her fans are certainly as passionate as her detractors. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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