La Nilsson (arias and songs by Wagner, Weber, Beethoven, Gounod, etc)
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BIRGIT NILSSON
La Nilsson (arias and songs by Wagner, Weber, Beethoven, Gounod, etc)
Birgit Nilsson (soprano) / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Edward Downes (with Ake Leven, organ)
[ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 1 September 2008
One of the greatest soprano legends of all time, Nilsson's 1963 Decca recital with Sir Edward Downes of popular opera arias by Wagner, Weber, Beethoven, et.al. has never been fully issued. Here it is on CD - issued complete for the first time and in the fabled sumptuous Decca sound - coupled with her rare "Ah, perfido" (issued only on a 45rpm record) as well as four beautiful Christmas songs.
Tracks:
WAGNER: 'Dich, teure Halle, grüβ ich weider' (Tannhauser)
WEBER: 'Ozean! Du Ungeheuer!' (Ocean, thou mighty monster) (Oberon) )
WAGNER: 'Der Männer Sippe saβ hier im Saal'(Die Walkure)
WAGNER: 'Du bist der Lenz' (Die Walküre)
WAGNER: 'Einsam in trüben Tagen' (Lohengrin)
WEBER: 'Leise, leise' (Der Freischütz)
BEETHOVEN: 'Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?' (Fidelio)
BEETHOVEN: 'Ah, perfido' Op.65
ADAM: 'O holy night'
GOUNOD: 'Ave Maria' (arr. from Bach's Prelude No. 1 BWV846)
FRANCK: 'Panis angelicus'
GRUBER: 'Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht'
