Title from container. First work an orchestral song cycle; 2nd work for vocal quartet (SATB) and piano 4 hands. Text of Kindertotenlieder by Friedrich Rückert. Brahms selection concludes with Nun, ihr Musen, genug, from Neue Liebeslieder, op. 65. In 1st work: Kathleen Ferrier, contralto ; Concertgebouw Orchestra ; Otto Klemperer, conductor. In 2nd work: Irmgard Seefried, soprano ; Kathleen Ferrier, contralto ; Julius Patzak, tenor ; Horst Günter, bass-baritone ; Clifford Curzon, Hans Gál, piano. Recorded live: July 12, 1951 at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (1st work); Sept. 2, 1952 at the Edinburgh Festival (2nd work). Compact disc. Booklet with program notes in English, French, German and Italian, and vocal texts with French, English and Italian translations (38 pages : ports.) inserted in container.
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