180g Vinyl LP!
Mastered From Original Sources!
Gundula Janowitz's transcendental performance of Strauss's Four Last Songs, timed around her 80th birthday. Recorded Nov 1972-Jan 1973 at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin, the performance by Janowitz with the Berliner Philharmoniker was conducted by Herbert von Karajan. Mastered from original sources and pressed on 180g heavy-weight vinyl. Original jackets and notes.
"Janowitzs performance has been described as transcendental. It aches with love for a life that is quietly fading. I know of no other piece of music, nor any performance, which moves me quite like this." - DAVID BOWIE
Features:
180g Vinyl
Mastered From Original Sources
Limited time download card
Made in Germany
Musicians:
Gundula Janowitz, soprano
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Selections:
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Side 1:
Tod und Verklarung (Death and Transfiguration) Op. 24 (1890)
Side 2:
Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) (1949)
1. Fruhling
2. September
3. Beim Schlafengehen
4. Im Abendrot
Mastered From Original Sources!
Gundula Janowitz's transcendental performance of Strauss's Four Last Songs, timed around her 80th birthday. Recorded Nov 1972-Jan 1973 at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin, the performance by Janowitz with the Berliner Philharmoniker was conducted by Herbert von Karajan. Mastered from original sources and pressed on 180g heavy-weight vinyl. Original jackets and notes.
"Janowitzs performance has been described as transcendental. It aches with love for a life that is quietly fading. I know of no other piece of music, nor any performance, which moves me quite like this." - DAVID BOWIE
Features:
180g Vinyl
Mastered From Original Sources
Limited time download card
Made in Germany
Musicians:
Gundula Janowitz, soprano
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Selections:
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Side 1:
Tod und Verklarung (Death and Transfiguration) Op. 24 (1890)
Side 2:
Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) (1949)
1. Fruhling
2. September
3. Beim Schlafengehen
4. Im Abendrot