Alto solo with men's chorus and orchestra (1st work) ; songs for voice and piano (2nd & 3rd works) ; symphony (4th work). Analog recording, digitally remastered. Compact disc. Program notes in English and German texts (11 p.), inserted in container. Vocal works sung in German. Kathleen Ferrier, alto ; Phyllis Spurr, piano (2nd & 3rd works) ; Danish Radio Male Chorus ; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Fritz Busch, conductor (1st work) ; Vienna Philharmonic ; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor (4th work). The 1st work recorded live, Oct. 6, 1949, in Denmark's Radio Studio 1 ; the 4th work recorded live in the Copenhagen Odd Fellows Hall, Oct. 1, 1950. The 1st work reconstructed in part from private tapes.
Contents:
Alto rhapsody, op. 53 (13:53) ; Von ewiger Liebe, op. 43, 1 (3:18) ; Wir wandelten, op. 96, 2 (2:57) / Johannes Brahms -- Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67 (35:24) / Ludwig van Beethoven.
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