Helga Augsten
Helga Augsten was a singer represented in the Pristine catalogue through recordings of Bloch’s Israel Symphony and Schelomo with Franz Litschauer and Willem van Otterloo.
Her appearance sits within a specialised mid-century Bloch recording context involving Vienna State Opera and Hague orchestral forces.
Because wider public biographical detail is limited, this note is kept close to the recording evidence.
<...BLOCH Israel Symphony
BLOCH Schelomo (Rhapsodie Hébraïque)
Recorded 1952 & 1951
Total duration: 52:37
Vienna State Opera Orchestra & soloists
conducted by Franz Litschauer
Tibor de Machula, cello
The Residency-Orchestra (The Hague)
conducted by Willem van Otterloo