Personnel: Ute Lemper (vocals); Robert Ziegler (arranger, conductor); Jeff Cohen (piano); Matrix Ensemble. Recorded at CTS Studio 2, Wembley, London, England on January & February 1996. Includes liner notes by Peter Jelavich. Personnel: Ute Lemper (vocals); Robert Ziegler (arranger, conductor); Jeff Cohen (piano); Matrix Ensemble. Recorded at CTS Studio 2, Wembley, London, England on January & February 1996. Includes liner notes by Peter Jelavich. The different photos on the English and German-language versions of Ute Lemper's BERLIN CABARET SONGS are indicative of how differently these 18 songs come across in the two languages; the photo on the English album is sexy and vampy, while the photo on the German album is sexy and chilly. Get past Lemper's sex kitten purr, however, and a different picture emerges. These songs were performed in the German cabarets of the '20s and early '30s, and, hearing them in English, the political subtext of the lyrics becomes absolutely clear. Specifically, the defiantly g...