Fritz Wunderlich, Ludwig Welter, Agnes Giebel, Naan Pold, Julia Falk, Bavarian Radio Choir, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubleik - Georg Friedrich Handel: Judas Maccabaeus

Re-release of sold-out C475992. In this recording of Judas Maccabaeus Rafael Kubelik relies, without ifs and buts, on the Handel Edition by the North German musical scholar Friedrich Chrysander that appeared in the second half of the 19th century and represents a monument of the scholarly musical historicism that probably could appear only in Germany and not in England, Handel�s artistic home. Apart from the old-fashioned German translation, most astonishing is the drastic cuts that Chrysander made. This historical live recording from 1963 presents Fritz Wunderlich as Judas together with Agnes Giebel, Julia Falk, Naan Pold and Ludwig Welter.