
Some of the recordings were made at the Titania-Palast in Berlin, specifically in January and February of 1950.
The recordings on this album were made in Berlin between 1941 and 1957.
The recording of Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, featuring alto Lucrecia West, was made at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin in 1956.
Hans Knappertsbusch, a German conductor, leads the Berliner Philharmoniker on this album.