The Very Best of Kirsten Flagstad
This double CD offers a comprehensive selection of the artist’s finest moments. The booklets feature photographs of the artist and an informative biographical note.
Kirsten Flagstad
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Wagner: Tannhäuser (2004 Digital Remaster): Gebet der Elisabeth: Allmächt'ge Jungfrau. hor mein Flehen!...(Act 3)
- Kirsten Flagstad (vocals)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Issay Dobroven
- Recorded: 1948-04-01
- Recording Venue: 1 April 1948 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (5)
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano)
- Recorded: 1948-05-26
- Recording Venue: 25 & 26 May 1948 / No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London
I. Der Engel
II. Stehe still
III. Im Treibhaus
IV. Schmerzen
V. Träume
Wagner: Siegfried (2004 Digital Remaster): Ewig war ich (III.Akt)
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Set Svanholm (tenor)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Georges Sebastian
- Recorded: 1951-06-13
- Recording Venue: 12 & 13 June 1951 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (1987 Digital Remaster)
- Kirsten Flagstad (vocals), Set Svanholm (vocals)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Georges Sebastian, Hermann Weigert
- Recorded: 1951-06-14
- Recording Venue: 14 June 1951: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde (Prologue)
Helle Wehr! Heilige Waffe (Siegfried, Brünnhilde)
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (1993 Digital Remaster): Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort (Immolation Scene), 3.Aufzug
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Wilhelm Furtwängler
- Recorded: 1951-06-14
- Recording Venue: 14 June 1951: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (1993 Digital Remaster): Che farò senza Euridice (Act III)
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Walter Susskind
- Recorded: 1948-05-27
- Recording Venue: 27 May 1948 / Kingsway Hall, London
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z626 (1993 Digital Remaster): Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Warwick Braithwaite
- Recorded: 1948-05-29
- Recording Venue: 29 May 1948 / No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London.
Grieg: Seks Sange, Op. 48 No. 6 'Ein Traum'
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Warwick Braithwaite
- Recorded: 1948-04-01
- Recording Venue: 1 April 1948 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Grieg: Tak for dit råd (No. 4 from Fire Dikte fra "Fiskerjenten", Op. 21)
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Warwick Braithwaite
- Recorded: 1948-04-03
- Recording Venue: 3 April 1948 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Grieg: Fra Monte Pincio, Op. 39 No. 1
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Warwick Braithwaite
- Recorded: 1948-05-29
- Recording Venue: 29 May 1948 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Grieg: Guten Op .33 No. 1 (orch. Gunstrom)
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Warwick Braithwaite
- Recorded: 1948-05-29
- Recording Venue: 29 May 1948 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Grieg: Eros (from 5 Songs Op. 70)
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Warwick Braithwaite
- Recorded: 1948-03-10
- Recording Venue: 10 March 1948 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Grieg: Ved Rondane (from 12 Songs Op. 33)
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Warwick Braithwaite
- Recorded: 1948-04-03
- Recording Venue: 3 April 1948 / No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Excerpt,
- Ludwig Suthaus (vocals), Blanche Thebom (mezzo-soprano), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Wilhelm Furtwängler
- Recorded: 1952-06-22
- Recording Venue: 10-22 June 1952 / Kingsway Hall, London
Doch nun von Tristan! (Act I)
O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe (Act II)
Mild und leise wir er lächelt (Act III)
