Serious Cabaret is an album by singer Mary Carewe and pianist Philip Mayers who is also responsible for the arrangements.  It’s an eclectic mix of cabaret material from the 1920s to the 1970s.  There’s classic material from the Weimar Republic, including songs by Hollaender (“Oh just suppose”) and Spoliansky (“Maskulinum/Femininum”, “It’s All a Swindle”) and one I hadn’t heard before; Zemlinsky’s “Herr Bombardil” about a man who eats until he explodes. Continue reading →