Description
Ludwig van Beethoven:String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 (version for String Orchestra)
Franz Joseph Haydn:Mass, Hob. XXII: 9 in C major 'Paukenmesse' (Missa in Tempore Belli – Mass in Time of War 'Kettledrum Mass')
Detailed Presentation
Ludwig van Beethoven:String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 (version for String Orchestra)
Wiener Philharmoniker (Orchestra)Leonard Bernstein (Conductor)
Franz Joseph Haydn:Mass, Hob. XXII: 9 in C major 'Paukenmesse' (Missa in Tempore Belli – Mass in Time of War 'Kettledrum Mass')
Claes H. Ahnsjö (Tenor)Judith Blegen (Soprano)Brigitte Fassbaender (Mezzo-Soprano)Hans Sotin (Bass)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Chorus)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Orchestra)Leonard Bernstein (Conductor)
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Bernstein delivered a powerful and now legendary live performance of Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 135 – transcribed for String Orchestra and performed by the Vienna Philharmonic. For the first time ever this performance is now being released on DVD and Blu-ray. Another definitive Bernstein performance debuting now on both mediums is the enigmatic maestro’s reading of Haydn’s Missa in tempore belli, filmed live in concert at Ottobeuren in 1984, using to maximum effect the deeply impressive setting of the monastery’s magnificent Baroque basilica. |
