This was the first ever recording of Wozzeck, and Mitropoulos's handling of the score has seldom been equalled, let alone surpassed. The sheer fire and passion of his reading are remarkable. (2 CDs)
Release Date: 11/16/2001
Label: Sony Classical Masterworks
Catalog: 62759
Number of Discs: 2
Composer:
Ernst Krenek,
Arnold Schoenberg,
Alban Berg
Performers:
Dorothy Dow,
David Lloyd,
Edwina Eustis,
Ralph Herbert
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Conductor:
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New York Philharmonic members,
New York Philharmonic,
Schola Cantorum
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