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)