Bach / Magda Laszlo / Hermann Scherchen
Cantata No. 198
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

Stunning 1957 Deep Groove Mono Original Housed In A Laminated Cover. Hermann Scherchen Conducting The Vienna Akademie Kammerchor And Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Features Magda Laszlo, Soprano; Hilde Roessel-Majdan, Contralto; Alfred Poell, Bass; Waldemar Kmentt, Tenor. The Scoring Of This Work Is Extraordinary. A Large And Expressive Grouping Of Instruments Is Used Including The Usual Complement Of Violins, Violas, Two Flutes, Two Oboes And The Usual Continuo Bass And Harpsichord, Together With A Pair Of Those Sweetly Sorrowful Instruments, The Oboes D'amore, Two Violas Da Gamba And Two Lutes: Remarkable For Bach's Time. Commissioned For A Memorial Service At Leipzig For The Death Of Quyeen Christiane Eberhardine Of Poland And Saxony On September 7th, 1727.