Playing time: 78'
Performers:
Magda László (soprano - arias), Hildegarde
Rössel-Majdan (contralto), Petre Munteanu (tenor - arias),
Hugues Cuénod (tenor - Evangelist), Richard Standen (bass
- arias), Heinz Rehfuß (bass - Jesus), Eberhard Wächter
(Bass - Judas & Pilate), Peter Lagger (Bass - Peter, 1st
Priest), Elfriede Hofstätter (Soprano - 1st Witness), Kurt
Equiluz (Tenor - 2nd Witness), Leo Heppe (Bass - 2nd Priest);:
Laurence Molden (Soprano - 1st Maid); Helga Glöckner (Soprano
- 2nd Maid), Elfi Monsberger (Soprano - Pilate's Wife)
Wiener Akademie Kammerchor / Vienna State Opera Orchestra:
Richard Standen (bass), Karl Öhlberger (first bassoon), Richard
Harand (first cello), Otto Rühm (double bass), Karl Reznicek
(first flute), Franz Holetschek (harpsichord), Karl Mayerhofer
(first oboe), Bruno Seidlhofer (organ), Ferdinand Raab (first
viola), Beatrix Reichert (viola da gamba), Walter Barylli (solo
violin), Wilhelm Hübner (first violin)
Hermann Scherchen, cond.
Recording site and date:
Mozartsall, Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria [06-07/1953];
Rel.: 1999
Compilation:
Westminster WAL 401 (XTV 19938-19945)
[LPx4, mono, auto seq.] Bach: St. Matthew Passion.
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