"The Alto Rhapsody receives here a moving performance, spacious and dignified
on the part of the singers and orchestra alike." Gramophone
"La Rhapsodie pour contralto reçoit ici une interprétation émouvante, ample
et digne, de la part des chanteurs comme de l'orchestre." Gramophone
"Die Alt-Rhapsodie wird her bewegend wiedergegeben, weitausgreifend und
würdevoll von den Sängern wie vom Orchester." Gramophone
Recorded in the Großer Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, in March 1955 (Wagner)
& the Sofiensaal, Vienna, in May 1957 (Brahms)
Producers: John Culshaw & Erik Smith (Brahms), Victor Olof & Peter Andry (Wagner)
Recording engineers: James Brown (Brahms) & Curil Windebank (Wagner)
曲目:
01 - Brahms - op 80 - Academic Festival Overture
02 - Brahms - op 53 - Rhapsody For Alto, Chorus And Orchestra
03 - Brahms - op 81 - Tragic Overture
04 - Brahms - op 56a - Variations On A Theme By Haydn
05 - Wagner - Siegfried, Idyll