Big Boxes: Klemperer’s Incomparably Grand Sacred Choral Music

David Hurwitz

Artistic Quality:

10

Sound Quality:

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Otto Klemperer was a pioneer in period instrument performance, after […]

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Recording Details:

Reference Recording: St. Matthew Passion and Missa Solemnis: This One

BACH, J.S.:
St. Matthew Passion; B minor Mass
HANDEL, G.F.:
Messiah
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN:
Missa solemnis

Soloist: Baker, Janet
Soloist: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich
Soloist: Gedda, Nicolai
Soloist: Ludwig, Christa
Soloist: Pears, Peter
Soloist: Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Soloist: Söderström, Elisabeth
Conductor: Klemperer, Otto
Orchestra: BBC Chorus
Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra: Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra

Record Label: Warner Classics - 9 93540 2
Medium: CD

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