PLAYLIST: Mondo Radio (08/13/25)

Here's the playlist for this week's edition of Mondo Radio, which you can download or stream here. This episode: "Art to the People", featuring classic Brechtian theater and more. If you enjoy it, remember to also follow the show on Bluesky, Facebook and Tumblr!

Artist - Song - Album

Dane Clark/Anne Jackson/Lotte Lenya/Viveca Lindfors/George Voskovec/Michael Wager - Of Poor B.B. - Brecht On Brecht

Dane Clark/Anne Jackson/Lotte Lenya/Viveca Lindfors/George Voskovec/Michael Wager - The Eternal Student - Brecht On Brecht

Members Of The Original Cast With The Lewis Ruth Band Conducted By Theo Mackeben - Overture; Moritat; Ballade Vom Angenehmen Leben; Liebeslied; Kanonensong; Die Seeräuberjenny; First Act Finale - Kurt Weills Die Dreigroschenoper (The Three-Penny Opera)

Orchestra And Chorus Conducted By Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg With Lotte Lenya - Surabaya-Johnny - Happy End

Orchestra And Chorus Conducted By Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg With Lotte Lenya - Matrosen-Tango - Happy End

Cadwallader, Asetta & Dixson - White Doves & Purple Silk - Quicker Than The Eye

Gisela May - Das Lied Vom Achten Elefanten - Gisela May Singt Brecht-Eisler-Dessau

Gisela May - Vier Wiegenlieder Einer Proletarischen Mutter - Gisela May Singt Brecht-Eisler-Dessau

Joseph Protschka/Lys Bert/Willibald Vohla/Walter Jenckel/Hans Markus/Alfons Holte/Dusseldorf Children's Chorus And Chamber Orchestra - Act One - Der Jasager: An Opera In Two Acts

The Playwrights' Company - The Hills Of Ixopo - Lost In The Stars

Folkways Records - Prologue; One: The Race Through The Desert; Two: The End Of A Much-Travelled Road - Bertolt Brecht's The Exception And The Rule

The Playwrights' Company - Train To Johannesburg-Reprise: Thousands Of Miles-The Search - Lost In The Stars

Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife (Live) - The Complete Ella In Berlin: Mack The Knife

Louis Armstrong - Mack The Knife - The Wonderful World Of Louis Armstrong

Eric Bentley/Folkways Records - October 30th 1947 Pt. 1 - Bertolt Brecht Before The Committee On Un-American Activities

London Records - Overture - The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) (Original Soundtrack)

Maurice Levine And His Orchestra - Westwind (From "One Touch Of Venus") - Speak Low: The Great Music Of Kurt Weill For Orchestra