Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1719-1787)
Great Mass in C minor

Ferenc Fricsay was born in Budapest in 1914 and studied music under Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, Ernst von Dohnányi, and Leo Weiner.
He had a meteoric rise to fame, making his first appearance as a conductor at age 15.
He became music director of the then newly formed RIAS Symphony Orchestra in Germany in 1949. and musical director of the Houston Symphony in 1954.
He spent much of his time from the 1950s onward in Germany as music director of the Bavarian State Opera and as conductor of the RIAS Symphony Orchestra, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Berlin Philharmonic.
From the 1950s until his death, he recorded for the Deutsche Grammophon record label.
Ferenc Fricsay gave his last concert on 7 December 1961 in London where he conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Beethoven's Symphony No. 7.
He was known for his interpretations of the music of Mozart and Beethoven, as well as that of his teacher Béla Bartók.
His 1958 recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 is featured in the movie A Clockwork Orange.
Ferenc Fricsay's recordings have a significant cult following among classical music devotees.