1958 recording of one of the most important works in music history - Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis - unanimously acclaimed as a benchmark recording, alongside works by Strauss and Mozart. Featuring outstanding solo singers: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda and Nicola Zaccaria, alongside the Philharmonia Orchestra and Wiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Herbert von Karajan.

Contents:
CD 1
Ludwig van Beethoven:
- Missa Solemnis in D major op.123

CD 2
Ludwig van Beethoven:
- Missa Solemnis in D major op. 123 (conclusion)

Richard Strauss:
- Es gibt ein Reich, wo alles rein ist (Ariadne auf Naxos)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan
- Sie woll'n mich heiraten (Arabella)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Lovro von Matačić
- Im Abendrot (Vier letzte Lieder)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Josef Metternich (baritone), Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Ackermann

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
- Martern aller Arten (Entführung aus dem Serail)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
- In quali eccessi...Mi tradì, quell'alma ingrata (Don Giovanni)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Josef Krips
- Non so più cosa son (Le nozze di Figaro)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra / John Pritchard