Gunter Wand: Sacred Works (Messiaen, Mozart, Beethoven, Braunfels, Schubert)

Wand's music-making touched listeners with an impeccable balance of perfection, coupled with faithfulness to the original, emotional fulfillment, intellectual mastery, extreme sensitivity and spiritual penetration. He described his mission as a "service to music", to which this completely unpretentious man remained true for seventy years. He became one of the "greats" of the twentieth century, a figure who towers above our troubled times, and his name is synonymous with highest musical quality.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) , Franz Schubert (1797-1828) , Walter Braunfels (1882-1954) , Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Messe C-Dur op. 86
  +Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Messe C-Dur KV 317 "Krönungsmesse"; Vesperae de Dominica KV 321; Litaniae de Venerabile Altaris Sacramento KV 243
  +Franz Schubert: Stabat Mater f-moll D. 383
  +Walter Braunfels: Te Deum
  +Olivier Messiaen: 3 Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine für Klavier, Ondes Martenot, Chor, Orchester

• Artists: Margaret Marshall, Cornelia Wulkopf, Brigitte Dürrler, Julia Hamari, Adolf Dallapozza, Karl Ridderbusch, Werner Krenn, Margot Guilleaume, Margit Kobeck, Johannes Feyerabend, Gerhard Gröschel, Leonie Rysanek, Helmut Melchert, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, Gürzenich-Chor Köln, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Günter Wand