In the 1st, 3rd and 4th works: SWF Symphony Orchestra ; Michael Gielen (1st work), Hans Rosbaud (2nd work), Kwamé Ryan (4th work), conductors. In the 2nd work: Les Jeunes Solistes ; Rachid Safir, conductor. In the 5th work: Hans Deinzer, clarinet ; Siegfried Palm, violoncello. In the 6th work: Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique ; Gilbert Amy, conductor
The 2nd work for 2 mezzo-sopranos and 5 instrumentalists; the 5th for clarinet and violoncello; the remainder for orchestra.
Compact disc; in part previously released material.
Biographical and program notes by Wolfgang Löscher in German, with English and French translations (6 p.) inserted in container.
Forms part of: Curtiss Blake Collection.
Recorded Oct. 1988, Nov. 1991, Oct. 1955, Oct. 1996, July 1974 and Nov. 1981, respectively.