"Actor: Ute Lemper"

• Ute Lemper - The Thousand And One Lives Of Ute Lemper - A Trilingual Portrait | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Thousand and One Lives of Ute Lemper, Valerie Esposito's 1998 documentary on the idiosyncratic singer and actress, is a fascinating study of an uncompromising performer who defies categorisation. Every facet of her career is represented here: the award-winning musical star of Chicago; the cabaret artist who sinks her teeth into Weill like nobody since Lenya; the avant-garde pop singer who has worked with modern composers from Elvis Costello to Philip Glass; and the muse who inspired Michael Nyman to write her a song cycle. But Lemper can be an acquired taste. She works at show songs with an intensity and individuality that set her apart from mainstream musical actors. The result can be so stylised that the emotional truth she strives for becomes self-conscious and even disengaged. There are some unanswered questions here--why, for example, does she no longer have any contact with Nyman?--but elsewhere her frankness in discussing her influences and her approach to work combines with the glimpses of her family life to provide a useful portrait of this extremely modern, versatile show woman. On the DVD: The Thousand and One Lives of Ute Lemper is presented in 4:3 picture format and has the quality of a top-class television production. The PCM stereo sound reproduces the various textures of Lemper's live and recorded work to good effect. There are no extras but the booklet notes are comprehensive. The running time stated on the cover is misleading: 145 minutes is actually the combined total of the English, German and French versions of the documentary.--Piers Ford

• Scott Walker 30 Century Man | DVD | (10/09/2007) from £14.25   |  Saving you £5.74 (40.28%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Scott Walker: 30 Century Man explores Scott Walker's music and career from his early days as a jobbing bass player on the Sunset Strip to mega-stardom in Britain's swinging 60's pop scene and finally to his transformation into a composer of true genius; an uncompromising and serious musician working at the peak of his powers. Featuring interviews with friends collaborators and fans including among others: David Bowie Radiohead Jarvis Cocker Brian Eno Damon Albarn Ne

• Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill | DVD | (03/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Ute Lemper sings Kurt Weill live at the Bouffes du Nord Paris and Ute Lemper sings Michael Nyman at the Musikhalle Hamburg. Tracks include: Le Grand Lustucru Train Du Ciel I'm A Stranger Here Myself Bilbao Song Die Rote Rosa Complainte De La Seine Barbara Song Moritat Vom Mackie Messer Surabaya-Johnny Alabama Song Denn Wie Man Sich Bettet Youkali / Tango Habanera Je Ne T'aime Pas J'attends Un Navire The Saga Of Jenny September Song Tchaikovsky Trouble Man My Ship

• Ute Lemper - A Tribute To Edith Piaf - Live At Montreux 2004 | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £14.88   |  Saving you £0.11 (0.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Edith Piaf is generally regarded as France's greatest ever popular singer and was the most popular French performer from the thirties right through to her early death in 1963. She has remained hugely influential ever since and this concert at Montreux in 2004 is a testament to her enduring popularity even 40 years after her death. Backed by a small jazz ensemble led by pianist Baptiste Trotignan local stars Michael von der Heide Rgine and Catherine Ringer are joined by international artists Ute Lemper Barbara Morrison and Anglique Kidjo to pay homage to the little sparrow as Piaf was affectionately known. Tracklisting: 01: Padam Padam (instrumental) - Baptiste Trotignan 02: Sous Le Ciel De Paris - Baptiste Trotignan 03: Mon Dieu - Michael von der Heide 04: Amants D'un Jour - Michael von der Heide 05: Elle Frquentait La Rue Pigalle - Ute Lemper 06: Embrasse-Moi - Ute Lemper 07: Accordoniste - Ute Lemper 08: Padam Padam - Rgine 09: Mon Mange Moi - Rgine 10: Autumn Leaves - Barbara Morrison 11: C'est Hambourg - Catherine Ringer 12: La Fille Et Le Chien - Catherine Ringer 13: La Goualante Du Pauvre Jean - Catherine Ringer 14: Johnny Tu N'es Pas Un Ange - Anglique Kidjo 15: Non Je Ne Regrette Rien - Anglique Kidjo 16: La Foule - Anglique Kidjo 17: La Vie En Rose - Everyone