2 audio discs (145 min., 03 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
OCLC
ocm41535464
Credits
In the 1st-5th works: Jard van Nes, contralto (2nd work) ; San Francisco Symphony Chorus ; San Francisco Symphony ; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor. 6th work: Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; Stephen Cleobury, conductor. 7th-9th works: New English Singers ; Simon Preston, director and organist. 10th work: James King, tenor ; Ambrosian Chorus ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Claudio Abbado, conductor
All selections previously released by London Records.
Compact disc ; digital recording.
Program notes in English and texts in German with English translations (19 p.) inserted in container.
Recorded 1989, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco (1st-5th works); 1990, King's College Chapel, Cambridge (6th work); 1968, Kingsway Hall, London (7th-10th works.)
Sung in German.
Schicksalslied = Song of destiny, op. 54 (17:09) -- Altrhapsodie = Alto rhapsody, op. 53 (13:31) -- Begräbnisgesang = Funeral hymn, op. 13 (7:59) -- Nänie, op. 82 (12:45) -- Gesang der Parzen = Song of the Fates, op. 89 (11:37) -- Two motets, op. 29. Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (5:10) ; Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz (6:22) -- Two motets, op. 74. Warum ist das Licht gegeben (10:59) ; O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf (5:13) -- Three motets, op. 110. Ich aber bin elend (3:36) ; Ach, arme Welt (1:52) ; Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein (3:00) -- Geistliches Lied = Hymn, op. 30 (5:15) -- Rinaldo, op. 50 : cantata for tenor, male chorus and orchestra (39:55)