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J.S. Bach: Magnificat [LP]
PELLIZZARI CENT'ANNI [CD]

Antonio Pellizzari

Orchestra e Coro della Scuola di Arzignano (Chorus Master: Mario Trevisiol)

Soprano I: Jacqueline Delman; Soprano II: Genevra Vivante; Contralto: Claudia Carbi; Tenor: Alfredo Nobile; Bass: Marcello Cortis

Fonit- Fonodisco Italiano Trevisan Nilano
Sipario Dischi

Oct 14, 1951

LP / TT:
CD / TT:

Magnificat, Wedding Cantata etc.

Magnificat BWV 243 []

Herbert von Karajan

RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Rome

Soprano: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Contralto: Oralia Dominguez, Tenor: Nicolai Gedda; Bass: Giorgio Tadeo

Archipel

Dec 1953

CD / TT:

1^st recording of Magnificat BWV 243 by H.v. Karajan. Recorded live in Rome, Italy.

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J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D major

Rolf Reinhardt

Radio Stuttgart Chorus / Paris Philharmonic Orchestra

Soprano: Friederike Sailer, Mezzo-soprano: Lotte Wolf-Matthäus, Contralto: Hetty Plümacher, Tenor: Johannes Feyerabend, Bass: Bruno Müller

Vox

1954

10" LP / TT:

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J.S. Bach: Magnificat / D. Buxtehude: Cantatas, Fugue

Magnificat BWV 243

Pièrre Colombo

St. Anthony Singers / Kalmar Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Eileen McLoughlin; Mezzo-soprano: Heather Harper; Counter-tenor: Alfred Deller; Tenor: Wilfred Brown; Baritone: Maurice Bevan
Harpsichord: Dr Thornton Lofthouse; Organ: Denis Vaughan

L'Oiseau-Lyre

1955

LP / TT:

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J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 31 & Magnificat BWV 243 [L-3]

Marcel Couraud

L'ensemble vocal et instrumental de Stuttgart (Stuttgarter Chor und Orchester)

Soprano: Friederike Sailer; Contralto: Margarethe Bence; Tenor: Fritz Wunderlich (pseudonym "Werner S. Braun"?); Bass: August Messthaler

Les Discophiles Français / Philips

1956

LP / TT:

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Vivaldi: Gloria / Bach: Magnificat / Handel: Zadok the Priest & My heart is inditing

Magnificat BWV 243 [29:05]

Geraint Jones

Geraint Jones Singers & Orchestra

Soprano: Ilse Wolf; Alto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Richard Lewis; Bass: Thomas Hemsley

HMV Classics

1956

CD / TT: 77:19

Other works: not by J.S. Bach and not conducted by G. Jones.

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J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D · Cantata No. 51 [C-1]

Karl Ristenpart

Chorus of the Sarrebruck Conservatory / Chamber Orchestra of the Sarre

Soprano: Teresa Stich-Randall; Alto: Bianca-Maria Casoni; Tenor: Pietro Bottazzo; Bass: Georg Littasy

Nonesuch Records

1956

LP / TT: 28:10

1^st recording of Magnificat BWV 243 by K. Ristenpart.

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J.S. Bach: Magnificat / Cantatas BWV 50, 70 [C-3]

Felix Prohaska

Choir & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Sopranos: Mimi Coertse, Margarete Sjöstedt; Alto: Hilde Rössel-Majdan; Tenor: Anton Dermota; Bass: Frederick Guthrie

Vanguard Classics - The Bach Guild

Jun 1957

TT: 29:40

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Bach: Magnificat

Hans Grischkat

Schwäbischer Singkreis Stuttgart / Bach-Orchester Stuttgart

Soprano: Ruth-Margret Pütz; Alto: Hertha Töpper; Tenor: Gerhard Unger; Bass: Theo Adam
Flutes: Karl-Heinz Zöller, Gertrud Müller-Crone; Oboe d'amore: Horst Schneider; Trumpet: Rolf Quinque; Organ: Eva Hölderlin

Opera / Eurodisc

1957

LP / TT:

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J.S. Bach: Magnificat BWV 243

Magnificat BWV 243

Kurt Redel

Choeurs Philippe Caillard / Pro Arte Orchestra Munich

Soprano: Antonia Fahberg; Alto: Margarethe Bence; Tenor: Helmut Krebs; Bass: Peter Roth

Westminster / Erato

1958

LP / TT:

1^st recording of Magnificat BWV 243 by K. Redel.

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Bach Made in Germany Vol. 2 - Cantatas II

Kurt Thomas

Thomanerchor Leipzig / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Soprano: Agnes Giebel; Alto: Marga Höffgen; Tenor: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch; Bass: Hermann Prey

Leipzig Classics / Eterna

Jun, Dec 1959

TT: 31:48

Recorded at Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Germany.
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Bach: Easter Oratorio - Magnificat: Ormandy - Bernstein

Magnificat BWV 243 [31:10]

Leonard Bernstein

Schola Cantorum (Director: High Ross) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Soprano I: Lee Venora; Soprano II: Jennie Tourel; Counter-tenor: Russell Oberlin; Tenor: Charles Bressler; Bass: Norman Farrow

Sony Classical

Dec 1959

CD / TT: 72:15

Recorded at CBS 30^th Street Studios, New York City, New York, USA. Other work: Oster-Oratorium BWV 249 conducted by E. Ormandy.
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