120776bk Dietrich2 9/7/04 8:08 PM Page 2 11. Ja, so bin ich 3:05 15. You Do Something to Me 2:57 (Robert Stolz–Walter Reisch) (Cole Porter) Also available from Naxos Nostalgia With Peter Kreuder conducting Wal-Berg’s With Victor Young’s Orchestra; in English Orchestra Decca 23139, mx DLA 1913-A Polydor 524182, mx 6470-1bkp Recorded 19 December 1939, Los Angeles Recorded c. July 1933, Paris 16. Falling in Love Again 2:55 12. Mein blondes Baby 3:14 (Friederich Holländer) (Peter Kreuder–Fritz Rotter) With Victor Young’s Orchestra; in English With Peter Kreuder, piano Decca 23141, mx DLA 1884-C Polydor 524181, mx 6471-4bkp Recorded 11 December 1939, Los Angeles Recorded c. July 1933, Paris 17. The Boys in the Back Room: Parody 13. Allein – in einer grossen Stadt 3:44 1:18 (Franz Wachsmann–Max Kolpe) (Friedrich Holländer–Frank Loesser) With Peter Kreuder conducting Wal-Berg’s With unknown piano; in English Orchestra Private pressing, mx VE 061492-1 8.120557* 8.120558 8.120601* Polydor 524181, mx 6476-3bkp Recorded 1941, Hollywood Recorded c. July 1933, Paris Transfers and Production: David Lennick 14. Wo ist der Mann? 3:08 (Peter Kreuder–Kurt Gerhardt) Digital Noise Reduction: Graham Newton With Peter Kreuder conducting Wal-Berg’s Original recordings from the collections of Orchestra David Lennick and Horst Weggler Polydor 524182, mx 6477 3/4bkp Original monochrome photo from Mary Evans Recorded c. July 1933, Paris Picture Library 8.120613* 8.120630* 8.120722 * Not Available in the U.S. NAXOS RADIO Over 50 Channels of Classical Music • Jazz, Folk/World, Nostalgia www.naxosradio.com Accessible Anywhere, Anytime • Near-CD Quality 5 8.120776 6 8.120776 120776bk Dietrich2 9/7/04 8:08 PM Page 1 English versions. The English translations quite the beginning of the decade. She reprised 1. Potpourri aus der Revue Es liegt in 5. This Evening, Children 2:37 MARLENE DIETRICH Vol.2 often tell a different story from the German Falling in Love Again and recorded some der Luft 8:25 from The Blue Angel ‘Naughty Lola’ originals: “Falling in Love Again”, in German, new songs and standards, the remainder of (Mischa Spoliansky–Marcellus Schiffer) (Friedrich Holländer–Robert Liebmann) was Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe which can be heard on the previous Dietrich With Margo Lion, Oskar Karlweis, Otto With Friedrich Holländer und sein Jazz- Original 1928-1941 Recordings eingestellt (From Head to Toe, I’m Made for collection (Naxos Nostalgia 8.120557) along Wallberg, Ida Wüst, Käte Lenz & Hubert Symphoniker; in English Love). “Kinder, Heut Abend, da such ich mir with her other early records. There would be von Meyerinck with Mischa Spoliansky & Electrola test, mx BLR 6080 Glamour, mystery, discipline, control, perfection dozen silent films before bringing Emil Jannings was aus”, in its English version, was titled This more recordings in the 1940s, many of them His Revue Orchestra Recorded January 1930, Berlin -- what other words come to mind in associa- to his knees in the classic Blue Angel in 1929. Evening, Children, words which never once made specially for propaganda purposes, and a Electrola EH 146, mx CL 4214-2, 4215-2 6. Wenn ich mir was wünschen Dürfte tion with the great Dietrich? Legs, trousers, Director Josef von Sternberg immediately appeared in the translated lyric; a more revived career in night clubs and on records in Recorded January 1928, Berlin 1:55 allure, enigma, ennui. Director Billy Wilder brought her to the United States, where she accurate title would have been “I Gotta Get a the ’50s and ’60s, but this set concludes with 2. Wenn die beste Freundin 3:10 (Friedrich Holländer) called her “a strange combination of the femme was groomed for stardom and put to work in Man”. “Blonde Women”and Naughty Lola one of her rarest items: a parody of the song From Es Liegt In Der Luft With Friedrich Holländer, piano fatale, the German Hausfrau and Florence Morocco and Dishonored. The Blue Angel was were closer to their German originals. she immortalized in Destry Rides Again, The (Mischa Spoliansky–Marcellus Schiffer) Electrola EG 2265, mx BLR 6130-2 Nightingale”. released in between the two American At this time, Dietrich began recording the Boys In The Back Room. Not listed in With Margo Lion & Oskar Karlweis; Recorded February 1930, Berlin Maria Magdalene Dietrich was born productions, and all three appeared between type of material that would form her cabaret discographies, virtually unknown among Mischa Spoliansky, piano 7. Peter 3:17 27 December 1901 in Schöneberg, near Berlin, November 1930 and March 1931. Von act in the ’50s and ’60s, beginning with Wenn collectors, the disc was probably intended as a Electrola EG 892, mx BL 4231-1 (Rudolf Nelson–Friedrich Holländer) and died 6 May 1992 in Paris. Some sources Sternberg would direct Marlene Dietrich in ich mir was wünschen Dürfte (If I Could souvenir for the company of The Lady is Recorded June 1928, Berlin With Peter Kreuder’s Orchestra give a birthdate of 1902 or 1904 and give her four more films: Shanghai Express, Blonde Wish Something) in 1930. In 1931 she Willing, a 1941 film produced and directed by 3. Naughty Lola 2:34 Ultraphon A 887, mx 16310 surname as “von Losch”, but this was the name Venus, The Scarlet Empress and The Devil Is a recorded Peter and Jonny, the latter reprised Mitchell Leisen. Only a few copies were from The Blue Angel Recorded c. April 1931, Berlin of her stepfather, and “Marlene”was simply a Woman, with Rouben Mamoulian’s Song of in the 1933 film Song of Songs. Two quite pressed, and a typed, pasted label reads only (Friedrich Holländer) 8. Jonny (Take 1) 3:05 contraction of Maria Magdalene. Her father Songs sandwiched in between. Other film different versions of Jonny were recorded at “Unpublished : Parody : Marlene Dietrich”. With Friedrich Holländer und sein Jazz- (Friedrich Holländer) was a military officer who died when Maria classics included Desire, The Garden of Allah the same sessions; both were issued on 78 and Off screen, Marlene Dietrich was a lover, a Symphoniker; in English With Peter Kreuder’s Orchestra was quite young. “I am a Prussian,”Dietrich and Destry Rides Again. Dietrich’s films in the both are included here. Friedrich Holländer led mother, and eventually “the world’s most Victor 22593, mx BLR 6079-2 Ultraphon A 887, mx 16311 once said. Discipline was everything in a 1940s were less memorable; those in the ’50s the accompaniment on her 1930 recordings, glamorous grandmother”. Her wartime efforts Recorded January 1930, Berlin Recorded c. April 1931, Berlin Prussian household; the same discipline that and ’60s are hardly worth mentioning, except and Peter Kreuder took over the task in 1931 brought her the Medal of Freedom and the 4. Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe 9. Jonny (Take 2) 2:57 enabled young Maria to study the violin, or to Witness For The Prosecution and Judgment at and again in 1933 when she recorded a Legion of Honour, and her performing range eingestellt 3:00 submit to the endless rigours of working in Nuremberg. But by this time, Marlene Dietrich number of sides for Polydor in Paris. These even extended to being part of Orson Welles’ (Friedrich Holländer) From The Blue Angel With Peter Kreuder’s Orchestra films without a word of complaint. was a stage legend, more glamorous than ever. included the jazzy Wo ist der Mann and the magic act. And as this CD is going into (Friedrich Holländer) Marlene actually played the violin As a recording artist, Marlene Dietrich first dramatic Allein – in einer grossen Stadt production, the Dietrich legend is about to Telefunken A 887, mx 16311-2 With Friedrich Holländer und sein Jazz- Recorded c. April 1931, Berlin professionally for a few years, mostly in theatre performed as part of the cast of a 1928 Berlin (Alone in a Big Town). Hot Voodoo was the appear on film screens once again, this time in Symphoniker orchestras and in the small ensembles that revue, It’s In The Air, and her voice is recog- feature number in the 1932 film Blonde Venus, a biographical picture with Gwyneth Paltrow Electrola EG 1770, mx BLR 6129-2 10. Hot Voodoo 3:23 provided mood music for silent films. The next nizable in the ensembles and brief solos on the with Dietrich strip-teasing her way out of a as Maria Magdalene. From Head to Toe, made Recorded February 1930, Berlin From Blonde Venus step was to acting companies such as Max two-sided medley that begins this compilation. gorilla suit. for love. (Sam Coslow–Leo Robin) Reinhart’s, followed by work on screen in the Her first solos were of the songs from The Blue By the time of her 1939 recordings, the With studio orchestra; in English movies themselves. She made more than a Angel, recorded in separate German and Dietrich voice was pitched much lower than at -- David Lennick, 2004 Private pressing, 1932; Hollywood 2 8.120776 3 8.120776 4 8.120776 120776bk Dietrich2 9/7/04 8:08 PM Page 1 English versions. The English translations quite the beginning of the decade. She reprised 1. Potpourri aus der Revue Es liegt in 5. This Evening, Children 2:37 MARLENE DIETRICH Vol.2 often tell a different story from the German Falling in Love Again and recorded some der Luft 8:25 from The Blue Angel ‘Naughty Lola’ originals: “Falling in Love Again”, in German, new songs and standards, the remainder of (Mischa Spoliansky–Marcellus Schiffer) (Friedrich Holländer–Robert Liebmann) was Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe which can be heard on the previous Dietrich With Margo Lion, Oskar Karlweis, Otto With Friedrich Holländer und sein Jazz- Original 1928-1941 Recordings eingestellt (From Head to Toe, I’m Made for collection (Naxos Nostalgia 8.120557) along Wallberg, Ida Wüst, Käte Lenz & Hubert Symphoniker; in English Love).