Ute Lemper, vocalist ; Jeff Cohen, piano ; Matrix Ensmble, Robert Ziegler, conductor
Songs by Rudolf Nelson, Mischa Spoliansky, Friedrich Hollaender, and Berthold Goldschmidt; arr. by Robert Ziegler.
Original German lyrics principally by Kurt Tucholsky and Marcellus Schiffer; English lyrics by Jeremy Lawrence from translations by Alan Lareau, Kathleen L. Komar, and Michael Haas.
Program notes by Peter Jelavich, biographical notes on the performers, and lyrics ([29] p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Recorded at CTS Studio 2, Wembley, London, Jan. and Feb. 1996.
Compact disc.
Sung in English, originally in German.
It's all a swindle / Spoliansky ; arr. Schiffer (4:10) -- Sex appeal / Hollaender ; arr. Schiffer (6:10) -- Peter, Peter / Nelson ; arr. Hollaender (3:12) -- The smart set (4:16) ; When the special girlfriend (2:36) / Spolianksy ; arr. Schiffer -- I am a vamp! / Spoliansky ; arr. Schiffer, Gâeza Herczeg, Robert Klein (3:55) -- L'heure bleue / Spoliansky ; arr. Schiffer (3:44) -- Take it off Petronella! / Hollaender ; arr. Theobald Tiger [i.e.] Tucholsky (2:23) -- Chuck out the men! / Hollaender (2:34) -- The washed-up lover / Goldschmidt ; arr. Alice Eckert-Rotholz (3:57) -- O just suppose / Hollaender (4:12) -- I don't know who I belong to / Hollaender ; arr. Robert Liebmann, Hollaender (4:05) -- The lavender song / Arno Billing [i.e.] Spoliansky ; arr. Kurt Schwabach (2:59) -- Maskulinum-Femininum / Spoliansky ; arr. Schiffer (1:45) -- A little Attila / Nelson ; arr. Tiger (1:45) -- A little yearning (4:00) ; Oh, how we wish that we were kids again (3:48) ; Munchhausen (8:14) / Hollaender