With her Faustian ability to fathom the meaning behind every note on the page, Joana Mallwitz’s desire to establish a meaningful dialogue with her orchestra, and her determination to weave the finest individual performances into a seamless musical whole, she has earned a reputation as a truly exceptional conductor. Deutsche Grammophon is delighted to release her first album for the yellow label – The Kurt Weill Album. Mallwitz, the first woman ever to head a Berlin orchestra, combines Kurt Weill’s two symphonies, which the conductor calls “fantastic, exciting music firmly rooted in Berlin”. Also she has recorded Weill’s and Bertolt Brecht’s mordantly satirical Seven Deadly Sins, with singer-actress Katharine Mehrling and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin.