Ute
Lemper Releases New DVD and New CD: "But One Day..."
New Recording Featuring
Cabaret Favorites And Four Original Songs
New DVD Ute Lemper
Sings Kurt Weill and Michael Nyman To Be Released Simultaneously With
CD March 11, 2003 From Decca Records/Universal Classics Group.
German
chanteuse Ute Lemper is set to reveal her most challenging and alluring
album to date, "But One Day..." A striking listening experience for
new and old admirers, "But One Day..." is Lemper's first-ever recording
to feature four self-penned songs, plus cabaret classics by Kurt Weill,
Hans Eisler and Jacques Brel that have long been highlights of her
dynamic live performances. In addition to the new CD, fans will be
treated to a DVD release - "Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill and Michael
Nyman" - combining two previous VHS releases never before available
on DVD. Both CD and DVD will be released on March 11th from Decca
Records/Universal Classics Group.
Ute Lemper is a true renaissance
woman who has proved her multi-faceted talent with her acclaimed recordings
and live performances, theatrical star turns in such Broadway hits
as "Chicago," in film and even on canvas with her fearless painting.
"But One Day..." is a return to Ute's roots with interpretations of
theatre songs, cabaret, Kurt Weill and French chanson fans have long
clamored for her to record. Highlights include Weill's "September
Song," Brel's, "Ne me quitte pas," and Piazzolla's "Buenos Aires."
Indeed, with "But One
Day..." Lemper officially joins Tom Waits and Nick Cave among others
on the list of current songwriters influenced by Weill and his contemporaries.
In the simmering "Lena" (featuring violinist Laurie Anderson), the
elegant "Little Face," and others, Lemper tells deeply personal stories
and paints vivid character portraits. The influence of contemporary
songwriting on "But One Day..." follows in the spirit of Lemper's
2000 album "Punishing Kiss," on which she performed songs written
for her by Waits, Cave, Elvis Costello, Neil Hannon and Philip Glass.
Recording old favorites
and new original songs in the studio reconciled traditional theatrical
material and contemporary pop stylings, creating a uniquely cohesive
whole. Throughout Lemper's originals and her interpretations of other
composers, her passionate and sultry voice is accompanied by swelling
strings and keyboards and hints of pop rhythms, electric guitar and
synths. The edgy arrangements bridge the gap between early 20th century
cabaret and contemporary sounds.
Audiences can see Ute
Lemper perform a variety of new and old repertoire when she tours
in the spring of 2003.
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