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Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Singverein - Bach: St. Matthew Passion (2003)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Singverein - Bach: St. Matthew Passion (2003)

Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Singverein - Bach: St. Matthew Passion (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 520 Mb | Total time: 69:31+62:32+78:11 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Andante | AND1170 | Recorded: 1950

The performance of the St. Matthew Passion at the 1950 International Bach Festival still carries an enormous reputation. The Wiener Singverein and the Wiener Symphoniker were conducted by Herbert von Karajan. The singers were all said to be among the best of the early postwar period, and Kathleen Ferrier was at the peak of her tragically short career. And even his detractors had to admit that in the immediate postwar period Herbert von Karajan was at his least narcissistic when he was feeling slightly chastened by having picked the losing side and slightly nervous that someone might hold his choice against him. We are gratified that „Andante“ has reissued the performance and thrilled with the excellence of the digital remastering and with the richness of their packaging.

Kathleen Ferrier, Bruno Walter, New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Bach: Three Songs (2019)

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Kathleen Ferrier, Bruno Walter, New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Bach: Three Songs (2019)

Kathleen Ferrier, John Newmark, Bruno Walter, New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Set Svanholm - Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Bach: Three Songs (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 275 Mb | Total time: 78:28 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Somm Recordings | Ariadne 5007 | Recorded: 1948, 1950

SOMM RECORDINGS announces the release of Kathleen Ferrier in New York, historic performances of Mahler and Bach by the much-loved contralto during her triumphant visits to the United States in 1948 and 1950. Recorded live on Ferriers only appearances in Carnegie Hall in January 1948, four months after her acclaimed performance at the inaugural Edinburgh International Festival, Mahlers Das Lied von der Erde reunited her with the conductor Bruno Walter and saw her making first appearances with tenor Set Svanholm and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Re-mastered by Norman White and Adrian Tuddenham, this remarkable account pre-dates Ferriers often-reissued 1952 recording by four years and finds her in exhilarating fresh voice a vivid, vital display of a great artist at her peak.