Sacred Music · Otto Klemperer · Bach St. Matthew Passion + Mass in B Minor + Händel Messiah + Beethoven Missa Solemnis · 8 CD BOX

Sacred Music · Otto Klemperer · Bach St. Matthew Passion + Mass in B Minor + Händel Messiah + Beethoven Missa Solemnis · 8 CD BOX (Warner/EMI 2013)

Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

Agnes Giebel (soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Hermann Prey (baritone) & Franz Crass (bass-baritone)
BBC Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer

Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244

Peter Pears (Evangelist), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Jesus), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano arias/Pilate’s Wife/Maid), Christa Ludwig (contralto arias), Nicolai Gedda (tenor arias), Walter Berry (bass arias/Peter), John Carol Case (Judas), Otakar Kraus (Pontius Pilate/High Priest/Priest), Helen Watts (Maid/Witness), Geraint Evans (Priest) & Wilfred Brown (Witness)
Boys of Hampstead Parish Church Choir, Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer

Handel: Messiah

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Grace Hoffman (contralto), Nicolai Gedda (tenor) & Jerome Hines (bass)
Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123

Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Marga Höffgen (contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor) & Martti Talvela (bass)
New Philharmonia Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer