Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Irmgard Seefried, sopranos ; Gerald Moore, piano (1st-9th works) ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Josef Krips, conductor (10th work) ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor (11th work)
Madrigals (1st-4th works), cantatas (5th-8th works), and opera excerpts (10th-11th works).
Previously released material (p1947, p1949, p1956); this compilation previously issued p1988.
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, Sept. 26-27, 1947 (10th work) and May 25-27, 1955 (1st-9th works), and at Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, Dec. 9, 1947 (11th work).
Io son pur vezzosetta pastorella (3:06) ; Ardo e scoprir (3:33) ; Baci cari (3:07) ; Dialogo di ninfa e pastore (4:08) / Claudio Monteverdi -- Detesta la cativa sorte in amore (4:10) ; Lungi omai (2:31) ; Il mio core (3:31) ; A piè d'un verde alloro (3:10) / Giacomo Carissimi -- Marovskié dvojzpevy op. 32 = Moravian duets no. 1-13 / Antonín Dvořák (28:00) -- Hänsel und Gretel. Suse, liebe Suse ; Brüderchen, komm tanz mit mir / Engelbert Humperdinck (9:38) -- Der Rosenkavalier. Herr Gott im Himmel! / Richard Strauss (11:26)