Reissued from analog discs. Compact discs. Recorded between 1962 and 1971 in Amsterdam. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ; Bernard Haitink, conductor ; Elly Ameling, Ileana Cotrubas, Heather Harper, Hanneke van Bork, soprano ; Maureen Forrester, Aafje Heynis, Birgit Finnilä, Marianne Dieleman, contralto ; William Cochran, Hermann Prey, Hans Sotin, baritone ; Women's Chorus of the Netherlands Radio ; Boys Chorus of the St. Willibrord Church, Amsterdam ; Toonkunstkoor, Amsterdam ; De Stem des Volks, Amsterdam ; Collegium Musicum Amstelodamense ; Children's Choirs of the Churches of St. Willibrord and St. Pius X, Amsterdam. Sung in German; and program notes and biographical information on Bernard Haitink in English by Michael Kennedy, in German by Hans Christoph Worbs, in French by Isabelle Dulaurier, and in Italian by Quirino Principe (60 p. : ill., music, ports. ; 13 cm.) inserted in container.