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