Kegel committed suicide in 1990 (five years after this performance), under the impression that his lifework, the Radio Choir Leipzig, would be disbanded. He left many recordings, most of them available on Berlin Classics at low prices, among his most outstanding achievements is a terrific recording of Schönberg‘s „Gurre-Lieder“ with the wonderful Eva-Maria Bundschuh singing the soprano part and the best „Moses and Aron“ I‘ve ever heard, just as transparent as Boulez‘ but far more dramatic and passionate.