Year |
Conductor |
Chorus, orchestra |
Soprano, baritone |
Label |
Notes |
1948 |
Furtwängler, WilhelmWilhelm Furtwängler |
Stockholm Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra |
Kerstin Lindberg-Torlind
Bernhard Sönnerstedt |
various |
Recorded live |
1954 |
Walter, BrunoBruno Walter |
Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic |
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|
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1955 |
Lehmann, FritzFritz Lehmann |
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
Berlin Philharmonic |
Maria Stader
Otto Wiener |
Deutsche Grammophon |
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1955 |
Kempe, RudolfRudolf Kempe |
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
Berlin Philharmonic |
Elisabeth Grümmer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
EMI |
Recorded in Jesus-Christus Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem |
1956 |
Klemperer, OttoOtto Klemperer |
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester |
|
International Classical Artists |
Recorded live
released in 2011 |
1959 |
Schuricht, CarlCarl Schuricht |
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra |
|
Hänssler Classic |
released in 2004 |
1964 |
Richter, KarlKarl Richter |
Orchestre National de France |
Evelyn Lear
Thomas Stewart |
EMI |
Recorded live on 8 April 1964 in Paris
released in 2007 |
1978 |
Solti, GeorgGeorg Solti |
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
Kiri Te Kanawa
Bernd Weikl |
Decca |
1979 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance |
1981 |
Celibidache, SergiuSergiu Celibidache |
Munich Philharmonic |
Arleen Augér
Franz Gerihsen |
EMI |
Recorded live
released 1999 |
1983 |
Levine, JamesJames Levine |
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
Kathleen Battle
Håkan Hagegård |
RCA |
1984 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance |
1983 |
Tennstedt, KlausKlaus Tennstedt |
London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra |
Jessye Norman
Jorma Hynninen |
EMI Classics |
re-issued Brilliant Classics |
1990 |
Gardiner, John EliotJohn Eliot Gardiner |
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique |
|
Philips |
Period instruments
re-released 2010 Decca |
1990 |
Shaw, RobertRobert Shaw |
Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra |
Arleen Augér
Richard Stilwell |
Telarc |
Released 1992 |
1991 |
Norrington, RogerRoger Norrington |
Schütz Choir of London, London Classical Players |
Lynne Dawson
Olaf Bär |
EMI Classics |
Period instruments
re-released 1999 Virgin |
1992 |
Abbado, ClaudioClaudio Abbado |
Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Berlin Philharmonic |
Cheryl Studer
Andreas Schmidt |
Deutsche Grammophon |
Recorded live
released 1993 |
1995 |
Blomstedt, HerbertHerbert Blomstedt |
San Francisco Symphony |
Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz
Wolfgang Holzmair |
Deutsche Grammophon |
1995 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance |
1995 |
Giulini, Carlo MariaCarlo Maria Giulini |
Vienna Philharmonic |
Barbara Bonney
Andreas Schmidt |
Deutsche Grammophon |
|
2003 |
Albrecht, GerdGerd Albrecht |
Danish National Symphony Orchestra |
|
Chandos Records |
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2006 |
Rattle, SimonSimon Rattle |
Rundfunk Chor Berlin
Berlin Philharmonic |
Dorothea Röschmann
Thomas Quasthoff |
EMI Classics |
Recorded in concert, released in 2007, in 2008 winner of the 50th Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance |
2010 |
Beringer, Karl-FriedrichKarl-Friedrich Beringer |
Windsbach Boys Choir, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin |
|
Sony |
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