Credits:

Wilhelm Pitz, Eugen Jochum

Description:

Legendary chorus master Wilhelm Pitz (18971973), who contributed to countless Wagner productions since the festivals postwar revival, leads the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra in a recording of Wagner Choral Works made on August 22, 1958now released for the first time worldwide on SA-CD. Recorded to mark the 75th anniversary of Wagners death, this album features famous choral scenes from *The Flying Dutchman*, *Tannhuser*, *Lohengrin*, *Die Meistersinger von Nrnberg*, *Gtterdmmerung*, and *Parsifal*. Pitz raised the standard of performances in Aachen alongside Karajan; at Karajans request, he became the chorus master when the festival resumed for the first time after the war in 1951, and went on to create legendary productions with successive renowned conductors until 1972. The male voices offer a robust and earthy sound, while the female voices create a lustrous and cohes