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His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice
tracks a alto vocals [page of herodias] Heljä Angervo
tracks b, c baritone vocals [fifth jew] Erich Kunz
tracks a to c baritone vocals [jokanaan] José van Dam
tracks a bass vocals [a cappadocian] Helge von Bömches
tracks b bass vocals [first nazarene] Jules Bastin
tracks b bass vocals [first soldier] Gerd Nienstedt
tracks a bass vocals [second soldier] Kurt Rydl
composed by Richard Strauss
conductor Herbert von Karajan
engineer Jimmy Lock
libretto by Hedwig Lachmann
tracks b to d mezzo-soprano vocals [herodias] Agnes Baltsa
orchestra Wiener Philharmoniker
producer Michel Glotz
soprano vocals [salome] Hildegard Behrens
tracks a tenor vocals [a slave] Horst Nitsche
tracks b, c tenor vocals [first jew] Heinz Zednik
tracks b, c tenor vocals [fourth jew] Gerhard Unger
tracks b to d tenor vocals [herod] Karl-Walter Böhm
tracks a, b tenor vocals [narraboth] Wiesław Ochman
tracks b, c tenor vocals [second jew] David Knutson
tracks b tenor vocals [second nazarene] Dieter Ellenbeck
tracks b, c tenor vocals [third jew] Martin Vantin
Record Company EMI Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) EMI Records Ltd.
Printed By Sawtells Of Sherborne Limited
Published By Boosey & Hawkes Music
Libretto after Oscar Wilde’s play by Hedwig Lachmann
Complete Opera
First performance: Dresden, 9th December, 1905
℗ 1978 EMI Records Ltd.
“We gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of the Decca Record Company Ltd. in making facilities available for the production of this stereo recording.”

Booklet including libretto in German and English.
Matrix / Runout: 2YVH 9136 (Label - side A, within † symbols)
Matrix / Runout: 2YVH 9137 (Label - side B, within † symbols)
Matrix / Runout: 2YVH 9138 (Label - side C, within † symbols)
Matrix / Runout: 2YVH 9139 (Label - side D, within † symbols)
Matrix / Runout: 2YVH 9136-3 (Runout side A)
Matrix / Runout: 2YVH 9137-3 (Runout side B)
Matrix / Runout: 2YVH 9138-4 (Runout side C)
Matrix / Runout: 2YVH 9139-3 (Runout side D)
Rights Society: MCPS
Other: ASD 3575 (Individual # record 1)
Other: ASD 3576 (Individual # record 2)