Manual sequence. Program notes by H.H. Stuckenschmidt and J. Schmidt-Görg, essay on Karajan by K.H. Ruppel, biographical notes, and text of Schiller's An die Freude with English translation ([20] p.) laid in container. Title from album cover.
Participant/Performer Note
Berliner Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan, conductor; with (in no.9) Gundula Janowita, soprano; Hilde Rössel-Majdan, alto; Waldemar Kmentt, tenor; Walter Berry, bass; Wiener Singverein (Reinhold Schmid, chorus master).