tracks 2-3, 2-4 baritone vocals [der advokat] Alfred Poell tracks 1-6, 1-8, 2-1 baritone vocals [der untersuchungsrichter, der prügler] Oskar Czerwenka tracks 1-1, 2-1 baritone vocals [franz, kanzleidirektor] Walter Berry tracks 2-3 bass vocals [albert k.] Koréh Endre tracks 1-2, 1-5, 2-2, 2-6, 2-9, 2-10 bass vocals [der aufseher, ein passant, der geistliche, der fabrikant] Ludwig Hofmann tracks 1-1, 1-8, 2-1 bass-baritone vocals [willem, der gerichtsdiener] Alois Pernerstorfer chorus Wiener Staatsopernchor conductor Karl Böhm cover CC Schriefer edited by [literary] Klaus Kalchschmid libretto by Boris Blacher libretto by Heinz Von Cramer libretto by [adapted from novel "der prozess"] Franz Kafka liner notes [english translation] Anne Heritage liner notes [english translation] Paul Kremmel liner notes, supervised by, mastered by Gottfried Kraus mastered by Othmar Eichinger tracks 1-3 mezzo-soprano vocals [frau grubach] Polly Batic orchestra Wiener Philharmoniker tracks 2-8 soprano vocals [ein bückliges mädchen] Luise Leitner tracks 1-4, 1-6, 1-7, 2-3, 2-4, 2-11 soprano vocals [frl. bürstner, die frau des gerichtsdieners, leni] Lisa Della Casa tracks 1-6, 1-7, 2-7 tenor vocals [der direktorstellvertreter, der student] Peter Klein tracks 1-5, 2-1 tenor vocals [ein bursche] Erich Majkut tracks 1-1 to 1-8, 2-1 to 2-11 tenor vocals [josef k.] Max Lorenz tracks 2-8 tenor vocals [titorelli] Laszlo Szemere Recorded By Sendergruppe Rot-Weiss-Rot Wien Phonographic Copyright (p) ORFEO International Music GmbH Copyright (c) ORFEO International Music GmbH Recorded At Salzburger Festspiele Glass Mastered At P+O Pallas Glass Mastered At P+O Pallas Live recording of premiere, 17. August 1953, Festspielhaus, Salzburg.
Copy of recording from the Gottfried von Einem holdings (Einem-Archiv) in the Archiv der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Wien Published by Salzburger Festspiele
24-page booklet contains - Gottfried Strauss, Bewahrung des Unwiederholbaren (Preservation of the Unrepeatable), standard introduction to Festspieldokumente releases (p.2) - cast and tracklist (pp.3-5) - Strauss, Kafkas 'Prozeß’ - Eine lebendige Oper? (pp.6-10; English translation Kafka's The Trial - A Living Opera?, pp.13-17) - Synopsis in German (pp.10-12) and English (pp.19-20) - Photographs of composer (p.16) and conductor (back booklet cover), production photographs Barcode: 4 011790 393223 (Text) Label Code: LC 8175 SPARS Code: ADD Matrix / Runout: C 393952-2 P+O-25384-A1 06-95 (CD 1) Matrix / Runout: C 393952-2 P+O-25385-A1 06-95 (CD 2) Other: D.P. (Public Domain) Other: ORF (Logo - ORF bricks + eye)