Featured artists:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Grümmer, Marga Höffgen, Otto Edelmann, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Sängerknaben, Anton Dermota, Wiener Singakademie
A new montage for this historical version of the St Matthew Passion, including previously unreleased material from concerts in the Konzerthaus, Vienna! With its distended tempo choices and noteworthy cuts in the score, this Bach rendition is the kind they don’t play anymore, but in any case, has anyhow an undisputable charm thanks to its top-level vocal soloists (Fischer-Dieskau, Grümmer, Dermota…), sense of drama and the life Furtwängler breathe into one of his very last recorded performances.
