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Special offer. 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
Special offer. 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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Contents and tracklist
Wagner:
Tannhäuser (2004 Digital Remaster): Gebet der Elisabeth: Allmächt'ge Jungfrau. hor mein Flehen!...(Act 3)
Work length6:07
- Kirsten Flagstad (vocals)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Issay Dobroven
- Recorded: 1948-04-01
- Recording Venue: 1 April 1948 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano)
- Recorded: 1948-05-26
- Recording Venue: 25 & 26 May 1948 / No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Wagner:
Siegfried (2004 Digital Remaster): Ewig war ich (III.Akt)
Work length11:34
This work is only available as an album download.
- 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)
Work length15:05
This work is only available as an album download.
- 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)
Track length12:22
This track is only available as an album download.
Wagner:
Götterdämmerung (1993 Digital Remaster): Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort (Immolation Scene), 3.Aufzug
Work length19:49
This work is only available as an album download.
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Wilhelm Furtwängler
- Recorded: 1951-06-14
- Recording Venue: 14 June 1951: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- 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
Work length4:55
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Warwick Braithwaite
- Recorded: 1948-05-29
- Recording Venue: 29 May 1948 / No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London.
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Warwick Braithwaite
- Recorded: 1948-04-01
- Recording Venue: 1 April 1948 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Warwick Braithwaite
- Recorded: 1948-04-03
- Recording Venue: 3 April 1948 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Warwick Braithwaite
- Recorded: 1948-05-29
- Recording Venue: 29 May 1948 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Warwick Braithwaite
- Recorded: 1948-05-29
- Recording Venue: 29 May 1948 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Warwick Braithwaite
- Recorded: 1948-03-10
- Recording Venue: 10 March 1948 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Warwick Braithwaite
- Recorded: 1948-04-03
- Recording Venue: 3 April 1948 / No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Excerpt,Wagner:
Tristan und Isolde
Work length45:08
This work is only available as an album download.
- 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)
Track length12:03
This track is only available as an album download.
O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe (Act II)
Track length25:53
This track is only available as an album download.
