Bach/ Karl Richter - Bach: Matthaus-Passion - SHM

Features the high-fidelity SHM-CD format. A definitive recording of "St Matthew Passion" and an emblematic recording by Karl Richter. Includes a booklet with Japanese and English texts. Reissue due to the discontinuation of HR cutting specification manufacturing. [Performers] Ernst Haefliger (Evangelist, aria: tenor), Kieth Engen (Jesus: bass), Antony Faulberg (First Woman, Pilate's Wife: soprano), Max Preobstl (Judas, Peter, Pilate, High Priest: bass), Irmgard Seefried (aria: soprano), Hertha Toepper (aria, Second Woman: alto), Dietrich Fischer Dieskau (aria: bass), Munich Boys Choir, Munich Bach Orchestra and Choir, conductor: Karl Richter. Recording: June to August 1958, Munich, Herkulessa