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Berlioz: Requiem / Nicolai Gedda, tenor. Mitropoulos

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Chorus

ICA holds a veritable treasure trove of historical recordings, the Cologne Broadcasts especially honing in on a rich period of performance in Germany. This stellar...continue...
Recording information: Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne (08/26/1956)....continue...

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis / Heather Harper, Julia Hamari, William Steinberg

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Performers: Eliasson, Sven Olof; Gehring, Wolfram; Harper, Heather; Marschner, Wolfgang; Meven, Peter
Conductors: Steinberg, William
Ensemble: Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra

William Steinberg (1899 - 1978), a native of Cologne who spent almost all his career in the USA, was known principally as Music Director of...continue...
Recording information: Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne (06/15/1973)....continue...

Brahms: German Requiem; Mozart / Klemperer

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade no 6 in D major, K 239 "Serenata notturna"
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto

Gramophone Magazine said of Otto Klemperer's 1961 live studio recording, 'a conductor whose rugged feeling for the music pays colossal dividends'. The CD contains two...continue...
Recording information: Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne....continue...