{"product_id":"rufus-wainwright-im-a-stranger-here-myself-wainwright-does-weill-rufus","title":"Rufus Wainwright \u0026 The Pacific Jazz Orchestra - I'm A Stranger Here Myself: Wainwright Does Weill [2LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI'm a Stranger Here Myself\u003c\/em\u003e is the tribute that Rufus Wainwright finally pays to Kurt Weill, a tribute he owed to him for decades, recorded live with the Pacific Jazz Orchestra on 2 vinyls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWainwright has been circling this repertoire since he was in his twenties, when he wore out the grooves of Teresa Stratas' famous Weill record, and traces of this fascination surfaced in his own compositions for years without ever really becoming the main event. This 2023 show at New York's Café Carlyle was the first time he committed to a full set, and Chris Walden's arrangements for the Pacific Jazz Orchestra give him an orchestral canvas big enough to match the theatrical scale of the material, part cabaret, part classical, part something Weill invented and no one has fully explained since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeptember Song opens the album with genuine pain, Wainwright's voice made for that kind of world-weary tenderness. Surabaya Johnny is the high point of the drama, a betrayed woman's monologue delivered with real venom beneath the melody, Mack the Knife is stripped of its reputation as a whimsical song and reduced to something closer to menace, and Youkali closes the evening with a tango that never ceases to sound slightly haunted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixteen songs, a singer who waited his entire career to defend this specific case. The wait was worth it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vinylestore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67910334971981,"sku":"732388009282","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/9131\/7325\/files\/4461127-3458181.jpg?v=1794005696","url":"https:\/\/vinylestore.shop\/products\/rufus-wainwright-im-a-stranger-here-myself-wainwright-does-weill-rufus","provider":"Vinylestore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}