Special offer. Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Sung in English
Vivian Della Chiesa (soprano), Herbert Janssen (baritone)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, The Westminster Choir, Arturo Toscanini
Sung in English, it has had previous CD releases from Naxos and Memories, but neither comes close to the sonic splendor of this transfer...Guild’s certainly gives an idea of why many consider...
Special offer. Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Sung in English
Vivian Della Chiesa (soprano), Herbert Janssen (baritone)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, The Westminster Choir, Arturo Toscanini
Purchase product
Sung in English, it has had previous CD releases from Naxos and Memories, but neither comes close to the sonic splendor of this transfer...Guild’s certainly gives an idea of why many consider...
About
Recorded on 24th January 1943; with broadcast commentary
Contents and tracklist
- Vivian Della Chiesa (soprano), Herbert Janssen (baritone)
- NBC Symphony Orchestra, The Westminster Choir
- Arturo Toscanini
Awards and reviews
Sung in English, it has had previous CD releases from Naxos and Memories, but neither comes close to the sonic splendor of this transfer...Guild’s certainly gives an idea of why many consider the performance one of Toscanini’s greatest achievements.
December 2004
I urge you to hear it: a most original view of the work (the second movement in particular is immensely impressive), albeit one with the drawback of some warbly choral singing and sound that is far from ideal. It’s typical of Toscanini: gripping, intense and a shade dogged.
2nd September 2004
this is now the best sounding transfer on the market and will be of especial interest to admirers of the conductor’s...The NBC strings shine in And ye now therefore have sorrow as does the principal clarinet...the presentation is fine; sound, as I said, a real improvement.
