Evangelist - Peter Pears, Jesus - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Arias - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, Walter Berry, Judas - John Carol Case, Arias, Petrus - Walter Berry, High Priest, 1st Priest, Pilate - Otakar Kraus, 1st Maid, Pilate’s Wife - Heather Harper, 2nd Maid, 1st Witness - Helen Watts, 2nd Priest - Geraint Evans. 2nd Witness - Wilfred Brown. Philharmonia Choir and Orchestra. Hampstead Parish Church boys choir. Recorded: January 1961, London.
Don Giovanni - Nicolai Ghiaurov, Commendatore - Franz Crass, Donna Anna - Claire Watson, Don Ottavio - Nicolai Gedda, Donna Elvira - Christa Ludwig, Leporello - Walter Berry, Zerlina - Mirella Freni, Masetto - Paolo Montarsolo. 1966.
1.Ich bin der abhanden gekommen( lyric by Ruckert) 2.Um Mitternacht (lyric by Ruckert) 3. Das irdische Leben(lyric by Des Knaben Wunderhorn) 4. Ich atmet` einen linden Duft( lyric by Ruckert) 5. Wo die schonen Trompeten blasen(lyric by Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
Leonore - Christa Ludwig; Florestan - Jon Vickers; Rocco - Gottlob Frick; Don Pizarro - Walter Berry; Don Fernando - Franz Crass; Marzelline - Ingeborg Hallstein; Jaquino - Gerhard Unger; Erster Gefangener - Kurt Wehofschitz; Zweiter Gefangener - Raymond Wolanksy. 1962.
Fiordiligi - Margaret Price, Dorabella - Yvonne Minton, Despina - Lucia Popp, Ferrando - Luigi Alva, Guglielmo - Geraint Evans, Don Alfonso - Hans Sotin. Orchestra - New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor - Otto Klemperer. Chorus - John Alldis Choir. 1971.
Well, `Accompaniment to a Film Scene`, really. From 1930. Premièred by Otto Klemperer in Berlin, during the Kroll Oper years.
Schoenberg wrote it in 1929 already, for a kind of expressionist movie. When in the 30`s, during the diaspora caused by the German fascists, living in LA near the heart of Hollywood, the composer was given the chance of coöperating with a cinematographic music contribution, he took exactly this same music out of the drawer. He asked a substantial prize. Then
`Valkyrie`, 1 act. Siegmund - William Cochran, Sieglinde - Helga Dernesh, Hunding - Hans Sotin. October 22-24 and 31, November 3, 1969, November 26-27, 1970. London, All Saints Church.
Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major, BWV 1050. Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Otto Klemperer. Label: Toshiba/EMI. Release Date: 2005. Date of recording: October 1960. Recording location: London.
Sopranos - Anna Báthy, Judit Sándor; contralto - Magda Tiszay; tenor - Lajos Somogyvári; bass - György Littasy. Budapest Chorus (Chorus Master - Miklós Forrai). Recorded: January 20, 1950, Budapest.
Original Dresden Version / Theo Adam (Der Holländer), Anja Silja (Senta), Martti Talvela (Daland), Ernst Kozub (Erik), Annelies Burmeister (Mary), Gerhard Unger (Der Steuermann) / Peter Gelhorn (chorus master) / studio recording at Abbey Road Studios, Studio No. 1, London; 19-24, 27 & 28 February, 8-11, 13 & 14 March 1968
Live - Sung in Hungarian - 24 October 1948 - Budapest - with Magda Rigo, Gyorgy Losonczy, Laszlo Jambor - Hungarian State Oper Chorus. Note - Towards the end of Act 3 Klemperer leaves the pit and the performance stops for a period.