Choral Music (1947-1958)

~ Release by J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms; Herbert von Karajan (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Part of the Karajan Official Remastered Edition series.

Annotation last modified on 2023-02-04 11:11 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor - beginning
2▶CD: J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor - conclusion, Appendix
3▶CD: Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (1947)
4▶CD: Beethoven: Missa solemnis - beginning (1958)
5▼CD: Beethoven: Missa solemnis - conclusion (1958) / Ah! perfido / Fidelio - Abscheulicher! / Mozart: Ave verum corpus / Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder
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1Missa solemnis, op. 123: Agnus Dei. Agnus Dei
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
bass vocals:
Nicola Zaccaria (operatic bass) (from 1958-09-11 until 1958-09-15)
choir vocals:
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (from 1958-09-11 until 1958-09-15)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) (from 1958-09-11 until 1958-09-15)
soprano vocals:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano) (from 1958-09-11 until 1958-09-15)
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor) (from 1958-09-11 until 1958-09-15)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (from 1958-09-11 until 1958-09-15)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1958-09-11 until 1958-09-15)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt (engineer)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1958-09-11 until 1958-09-15)
partial recording of:
Missa Solemnis D‐Dur, op. 123: V. Agnus Dei (from 1958-09-11 until 1958-09-15)
premiered in:
Sankt-Peterburg (Saint Petersburg), Russia (on 1824-04-07)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1819 until 1823)
part of:
Missa solemnis D‐Dur, op. 123
Ludwig van Beethoven6:49
2Missa solemnis, op. 123: Agnus Dei. Dona nobis pacem
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
bass vocals:
Nicola Zaccaria (operatic bass) (from 1958-09-11 until 1958-09-15)
choir vocals:
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (from 1958-09-11 until 1958-09-15)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) (from 1958-09-11 until 1958-09-15)
soprano vocals:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano) (from 1958-09-11 until 1958-09-15)
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor) (from 1958-09-11 until 1958-09-15)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (from 1958-09-11 until 1958-09-15)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1958-09-11 until 1958-09-15)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt (engineer)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1958-09-11 until 1958-09-15)
partial recording of:
Missa Solemnis D‐Dur, op. 123: V. Agnus Dei (from 1958-09-11 until 1958-09-15)
premiered in:
Sankt-Peterburg (Saint Petersburg), Russia (on 1824-04-07)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1819 until 1823)
part of:
Missa solemnis D‐Dur, op. 123
Ludwig van Beethoven9:34
3Ah! perfido, op. 65
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
soprano vocals:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano) (on 1954-09-20)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1954-09-20)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1954-09-20)
balance engineer:
Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly) and Neville Boyling (engineer)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (on 1954-09-20)
recording of:
Scene and Aria for Soprano and Orchestra, op. 65 "Ah! perfido" (on 1954-09-20)
lyricist:
Pietro Metastasio
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1796)
part of:
Works of Ludwig van Beethoven by opus number (number: op. 65)
Ludwig van Beethoven14:22
4Fidelio: “Abscheulicher!”
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
soprano vocals:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano) (on 1954-09-20)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1954-09-20)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1954-09-20)
balance engineer:
Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly) and Neville Boyling (engineer)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (on 1954-09-20)
recording of:
Fidelio: Act I. No. 9a Recitative and Aria "Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?" (Leonore, Marzelline) (on 1954-09-20)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer)
librettist:
Jean-Nicolas Bouilly
translator:
Joseph Sonnleithner and Georg Friedrich Treitschke
part of:
Fidelio, op. 72: Act I, Scene II, no. 9a. Recitative "Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? " - Aria "Komm, Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern" (Leonore)
Ludwig van Beethoven2:12
5Fidelio: “Komm, Hoffnung”
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
soprano vocals:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano) (on 1954-09-20)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1954-09-20)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1954-09-20)
balance engineer:
Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly) and Neville Boyling (engineer)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (on 1954-09-20)
recording of:
Fidelio: Act I. No. 9b Aria. "Komm Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern" (Leonore, Marzelline, Rocco) (on 1954-09-20)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer)
librettist:
Jean-Nicolas Bouilly
translator:
Joseph Sonnleithner and Georg Friedrich Treitschke
part of:
Fidelio, op. 72: Act I, Scene II, no. 9a. Recitative "Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? " - Aria "Komm, Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern" (Leonore)
Ludwig van Beethoven5:32
6Ave verum corpus, K. 618
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
choir vocals:
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien (on 1955-07-28)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1955-07-28)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1955-07-28)
balance engineer:
Douglas Larter (on 1955-07-28)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1955-07-28)
recording of:
Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (for chorus, string and organ) (on 1955-07-28)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (until 1791-06-18)
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, first edition, 1862, K¹) (number: K. 618), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, third edition, 1937, K³) (number: K. 618), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, ninth edition, 2024, K⁹) (number: K. 618), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, original numbering) (number: 618) and Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: K. 618)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:12
7Vier letze Lieder: I. Frühling
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
soprano vocals:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano) (on 1956-06-20)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1956-06-20)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1956-06-20)
balance engineer:
Douglas Larter
recorded at:
Royal Festival Hall (Southbank Centre) in Lambeth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1956-06-20)
live recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: I. „Frühling“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 1. “Spring”) (on 1956-06-20)
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse (German‐Swiss poet, novelist, and painter)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-07-20)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss3:22
8Vier letze Lieder: III. Beim Schlafengehen
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
soprano vocals:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano) (on 1956-06-20)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1956-06-20)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1956-06-20)
balance engineer:
Douglas Larter (on 1956-06-20)
recorded at:
Royal Festival Hall (Southbank Centre) in Lambeth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1956-06-20)
live recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: II. „September“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 2. “September”) (on 1956-06-20)
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse (German‐Swiss poet, novelist, and painter)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-09-20)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
live recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: III. „Beim Schlafengehen“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 3. “When You Go to Sleep”) (on 1956-06-20)
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse (German‐Swiss poet, novelist, and painter)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-08-04)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss5:09
9Vier letze Lieder: IV. Im Abendrot
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
soprano vocals:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano) (on 1956-06-20)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1956-06-20)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1956-06-20)
balance engineer:
Douglas Larter
recorded at:
Royal Festival Hall (Southbank Centre) in Lambeth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1956-06-20)
live recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: IV. „Im Abendrot“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 4. “In the Afterglow”) (on 1956-06-20)
lyricist:
Joseph von Eichendorff
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-05-06)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss6:51
10Vier letze Lieder: II. September
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
horn:
Dennis Brain (horn player) (on 1956-06-20)
soprano vocals:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano) (on 1956-06-20)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1956-06-20)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1956-06-20)
balance engineer:
Douglas Larter
recorded at:
Royal Festival Hall (Southbank Centre) in Lambeth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1956-06-20)
live recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: II. „September“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 2. “September”) (on 1956-06-20)
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse (German‐Swiss poet, novelist, and painter)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-09-20)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss3:57