
Concerts & Recordings 1962
Verdi - Messa da Requiem
Royal Festival Hall, London
Elinor Ross - soprano
Rita Gorr - mezzo soprano
Nicolai Gedda - tenor
Nicolai Ghiaurov - bass
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Wilhelm Pitz
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
Beethoven - Fidelio
Kingsway Hall, London
Leonore - Christa Ludwig
Florestan - Jon Vickers
Rocco - Gottlob Frick
Don Pizarro - Walter Berry
Don Fernando - Franz Crass
Marzelline - Ingeborg Hallstein
Jacquino - Gerhard Unger
First Prisoner - Kurt Wehofschitz
Second Prisoner - Raymond Wolansky
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Wilhelm Pitz
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Otto Klemperer
Further recording sessions held on 6-10, 12-14 and 17 February 1962
Recording Producers - Walter Legge and Walter Jellinek
Recording Engineer - Douglas Larter
Recorded by Columbia
Mahler - Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
Royal Festival Hall, London
Heather Harper - soprano
Janet Baker - mezzo soprano
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Wilhelm Pitz
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Otto Klemperer
BBC Third Programme live relay
Brahms - Alto Rhapsody
Kingsway Hall, London
Christa Ludwig - alto
Phiharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Wilhelm Pitz
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Otto Klemperer
Recording Producers - Walter Legge, Walter Jellinek and Peter Andry
Recording Engineers - Douglas Larter
Recorded by Columbia
Handel - Messiah
Royal Festival Hall, London
Jennifer Vyvyan - soprano
Monica Sinclair - mezzo soprano
Alexander Young - tenor
David Ward - bass
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Wilhelm Pitz
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Wilhelm Pitz
Debussy - Trois Nocturnes
Kingsway Hall, London
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Wilhelm Pitz
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
Further recording sessions held on 18-19 and 25-26 April 1962
Recording Producer - Walter Legge
Recording Engineer - Douglas Larter
Recorded by Columbia
Fauré - Requiem
Verdi - Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Royal Festival Hall, London
Janet Baker - mezzo-soprano
Gerald Souzay - baritone
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Wilhelm Pitz
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
BBC Third Programme live relay
Recording issed subsequently on BBC Legends
Lehár - Die Lustige Witwe
Kingsway Hall, London
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - soprano
Hanny Stefek - soprano
Nicolai Gedda - tenor
Josef Knapp - baritone
Eberhard Waechter - baritone
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Wilhelm Pitz
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Lovro von Matacic
Further recording sessions held on 3 - 7, 9 and 12 July
Recording Producer - Walter Legge
Recording Engineer - Douglas Larter
Recorded by HMV Angel
Mozart - Cosi Fan Tutte
Kingsway Hall, London
Fiordiligi - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Dorabella - Christa Ludwig
Ferrando - Alfredo Kraus
Gugliemo - Giuseppe Taddei
Despina - Hanny Steffek
Don Alfonso - Walter Berry
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Wilhelm Pitz
Philharmonia Orchestra
conduced by Karl Böhm
Further recording sessions held on 11 - 15, 17 and 18 September 1962
Recording Producer - Walter Legge
Recording Engineer - Douglas Larter, later refurbished by Suvi Raj Grubb and Hazel Yarwood
Recorded by Columbia
Verdi - Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Royal Festival Hall, London
Janet Baker - contralto
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Wilhelm Pitz
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
Handel - Messiah
Royal Festival Hall, London
Heather Harper - soprano
Janet Baker - mezzo-soprano
William McAlpine - tenor
Donald Bell - bass
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Wilhelm Pitz
Philharmonia Chorus
conducted by Wilhelm Pitz
Walton - Belshazzar's Feast
Royal Festival Hall, London
Peter Glossop - baritone
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Wilhelm Pitz
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Antal Dorati
Verdi - Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Kingsway Hall, London
Janet Baker - mezzo-soprano
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Wilhelm Pitz
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
Further recording sessions held on 13 December 1962
Recording Producer - Walter Legge
Recording Engineer - Douglas Larter
Recorded by HMV Angel
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