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Die sieben Todsünden (Original Version) : Weill: Die sieben Todsünden (Original Version): II. Pride. Allegretto, quasi Andantino "Als wir aber" by Anne Sofie Von Otter album cover

Die sieben Todsünden (Original Version) : Weill: Die sieben Todsünden (Original Version): II. Pride. Allegretto, quasi Andantino "Als wir aber"

by Anne Sofie Von Otter

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About "Die sieben Todsünden (Original Version) : Weill: Die sieben Todsünden (Original Version): II. Pride. Allegretto, quasi Andantino "Als wir aber"" by Anne Sofie Von Otter

A jaunty allegretto masks the sharp teeth of pride. Von Otter's narrator glides through American cities with a smile that cuts, the original version's spare textures highlighting the irony. Weill's satirical bite is tempered by a strange, elegant melancholy.