This 2-CD set contains recordings of music conducted by Gary Bertini when he was chief conductor of the Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne of the West-German Radio Corporation Cologne (WDR). In the Mass in C Minor, the first soprano part is full of virtuoso technical difficulties – especially in the famous “Et incarnatus est” passage – and here legendary soprano Arleen Augér interprets it in an exemplary manner.

Artists

Arleen Auger (soprano), Doris Soffel (mezzo soprano), Thomas Moser (tenor), Stephen Roberts (bass) & Wolfram Gehring (organ), Krisztina Laki (soprano), Doris Soffel (mezzo-soprano), Robert Swensen (tenor) & Thomas Quasthoff (bass)

Kölner Rundfunkchor & Kölner Rundfunk-sinfonieorchester, Gary Bertini