teresa stratas - stratas sings weill
gerard schwarz, y chamber symphony
recording really captures that decadent berlin vibe - closely mic'ed and intimate sounding.
stratas left the business to care for orphans in romania.
also made a notable recording of "lulu" by berg, not loutallica.
schwarz was an amazing trumpet soloist who one day decided that there was not anything that he could not play on the trumpet, so quit and turned to conducting and conducted the seattle symphony from 1985 - 2011.
his albums of herbert l. clarke cornet solos (on nonesuch) are legend.