art direction Fred Münzmaier
tracks 1-03 to 1-07, 2-02 to 2-06, 2-11 to 2-14 engineer Alfred Steinke
tracks 1-16 to 1-19, 2-15, 2-16, 2-22, 2-23 engineer Harald Baudis
tracks 1-12, 1-13 engineer Heinrich Keilholz
tracks 1-11, 1-20, 2-01, 2-19 to 2-21 engineer Karl-Heinz Westphal
tracks 1-14, 1-15 engineer Siegfried Mitlacher
tracks 1-01, 1-02 engineer Werner Grimme
tracks 2-17, 2-18 engineer Werner Wolf
liner notes, management [project management] David Butchart
mastered by Mark Buecker
tracks 1-14, 1-15 recorded by [recording producer] Dieter-Gerhardt Worm
tracks 2-07 to 2-10 recorded by [recording producer] Dr. Albert Karsch
tracks 1-11 to 1-13, 1-16 to 1-19, 2-19 to 2-21 recorded by [recording producer] Dr. Fred Hamel
tracks 1-03, 1-04 recorded by [recording producer] Erna Elchlepp
tracks 2-02 to 2-06, 2-11 to 2-24 recorded by [recording producer] Heinz Reinicke
tracks 2-24, 2-25 recorded by [recording producer] Karl-Heinz Schneider
tracks 1-01, 1-02, 2,22, 2-23 recorded by [recording producer] Klaus Fischer-Dieskau
tracks 1-03, to 1-07, 1-14, 1-15, 1-20, 2-01, 2-15 to 2-18 recorded by [recording producer] Wolfgang Lohse
research [research and development] Alan Newcombe
Phonographic Copyright (p) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Copyright (c) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
MONO Recordings


First release on CD except for CD 1 Tracks [8] & [9]; CD 2 Tracks [1], [11], [12], [13], [15], [19] & [20]

Track Recordings:

Compact Disc 1:

[1] & [2]: Berlin-Dahlem, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 6 December 1955 - NL 32 225
[3] & [4]: Berlin-Dahlem, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 7-8 & 10 March 1954 - NL 32 250
[5]-[7]: Berlin-Dahlem, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 24 (Auber) & 26 April 1957 - EP 30 299
[8]-[10]: New York, March/April 1952 - EP 30 254
[11]: Hanover, Beethovenstaal, 12 February 1951 - EP 30 010
[12] & [13]: Vienna Konzerthaus, 13 September 1952 - EP 30 010
[14] & [15]: Berlin, Staatlicher Rundfunk, 19 April 1957 - LP 18 393
[16]-[19]: Freiburg/Breisgau, Paulussaal, 6-7 April 1956 - EP 37 121
[20]: Berlin-Dahlem, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 17 December 1953 - EP 30 056

Compact Disc 2:

[1]: Berlin-Dahlem Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 15 May 1954 - EP 30 113
[2]-[6]: Berlin-Dahlem Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 14 June 1955 - EP 30 113
[7]-[10]: Hanover, Beethovenstaal, 13-14 December 1952 - EP 30 232
[11]-[14]: Berlin-Dahlem, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 16 January 1957 - EP 30 310
[15] & [16]: Berlin-Dahlem, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 14 (Flotow) & 15 (Donizetti) June 1957 - EP 30 452
[17] & [18]: Berlin-Dahlem, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 25, 27-28 March 1957; Hamburg, Musikhalle Großer Saal, 2 July 1957 - EP 30 285
[19]-[21]: Hanover, Beethovensaal, 19 September 1951 - NL 32 212
[22] & [23]: Munich, Herkulessaal, 7 June 1956 - NL 32 228
[24] & [25]: Hamburg, Musikhalle, Großer Saal, 21 December 1956 - EP 32 223 / 30 209

℗
1952 (CD 1 [12], CD 2 [17]-[19])
1952 (CD 1 [8]-[10])
1953 (CD 1 [13]-[14], CD 2 [5]-[8])
1954 (CD 1 [3]-[4], [20])
1956 (CD 1 [19], CD 2 [1]-[6], [22]-[23])
1957 (CD 1 [1]-[2], [14]-[18], CD 2 [20]-[21])
1958 (CD 1 [5]-[7], CD 2 [9]-[12], [15]-[19])
1959 (CD 2 [13]-14])

© 2003 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg

With special thanks to Christoph Boller and Gabriele Cervone.

Mastered by Emil Berliner Studios

Cover and Illustrations: DG Information - Useful Tips for the Retail Trade, 1953/1954.

Original Covers: Deutsche Grammophon Record Archive

Printed in the E.U.

Barcode: 028947457626
Label Code: LC 0173
ASIN: B0000AL2TS