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Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium - Richter

Universal (Japan)  UCGA-9012/4 (3 discs)

Stereo Single Layer

Classical - Vocal

Bach: Christmas Oratorio

Gundula Janowitz (soprano)
Christa Ludwig (alto)
Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)
Franz Crass (bass)
Münchener Bach-Chor
Münchener Bach-Orchester
Karl Richter (conductor)

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Recorded in March 1965 at Residenz, Herkulessaal, Munich, Germany

Recording producer: Hans Weber

Balance engineer: Hans-Peter Schweigmann

Executive producer: Dr. Gerd Ploebsch

Remastered in 2016 at DSD 64fs by Emil Berliner Studios, Berlin, Germany, using the original analogue master tapes of DG.

Works (1)

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248

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