The Flagstad Recitals Volume 4

Release Date: 20th Nov 2009
Catalogue No: ELQ4800616
Label: Eloquence

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Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Mendelssohn: Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, from Paulus, Op. 36

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Gruber, F: Stille Nacht

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Gounod: Repentir (O Divine Redeemer)

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Parry: Jerusalem

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Bortnyansky: Jubilate

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Wade, J F: O come, all ye faithful

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Liddle, S: Abide with me

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Bach, J S: Sheep May Safely Graze, from Cantata BWV208

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Bach, J S: Cantata BWV20 'O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort'

First Publication of Stereo Version
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244: Break in Grief

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Bach, J S: Jesu, bleibet meine Freude (from Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben')

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Bach, J S: Bist du bei mir, BWV508

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Handel: He shall feed His flock (from Messiah)

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Handel: Messiah: I know that my Redeemer liveth

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Handel: Praise ye the Lord

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Handel: Sommi Dei! (Radamisto)

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Handel: O, Sleep Why Dost Thou Leave Me? (from Semele)

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Handel: Art thou troubled? (from Rodelinda)

(previously unpublished)
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

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The fourth volume in “The Flagstad Recitals” comprises two LPs Kirsten Flagstad made with the London Philharmonic and Sir Adrian Boult in December 1956 (Bach and Handel: CD2) and April 1957 (Sacred Songs: CD1) at London’s Kingsway Hall. The Penguin Guide to bargain Compact Discs praised the ‘sacred pops’ CD for the ‘vivid projection’ of Flagstad’s voice and singled out the ‘great majesty and weight’ of her voice. As with the sacred songs, the Bach and Handel items have a devotional aura of their own and this anthology is also unique for the first stereo publication of Bach’s aria ‘Sheep may safely graze’ and the first-ever publication of ‘Art thou troubled’ from Handel’s Rodelinda.

Some of the songs featured on ‘Great Sacred Songs’ made their way onto a 45rpm EP which was entitled “Songs for Sunday” – from which derives the title of this compilation. Flagstad’s own religious beliefs remain unexpressed in The Flagstad Manuscript – there are no pronouncements about morality per se or about the immortality of the soul. How she lived her life speaks for itself, however, and so do the performances on this CD: songs not just for Sunday for but every day.

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