Title page of the CD booklet for the 1989 Deutsche Grammaphon remaster of an original Polydor 1964 recording: Johannes Brahms, "A German Requiem" („Ein Deutsches Requiem“). Soprano - Gundula Janowitz, Baritone - Eberhard Waechter, Vienna Choral Association (Singverein), Organ - Wolfgang Meyer, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Herbert von Karajan. The cover is white with a yellow, black-edged trim. Top left is the yellow, scrolled Deutsche Grammaphon logo. Top right is the "Galleria" logo for Deutsche Grammaphon's digitally remastered recordings. In the centre of the frame is an illustration of a square-fronted church tower, "Isle Abbots" by John Piper. The church stone is predominantly of a golden yellow hue; either side of the tower is the impressionistic representation of the foliage of tall trees in the churchyard.
Has there ever been a better line-up? 1964 recording, Wien Musikverein. #Janowitz #Waechter #BerlinerPhilharmoniker #Karajan #NowPlaying #MusicSky