MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Very Best of Kirsten Flagstad
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MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Very Best of Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) with Gerald Moore (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Warwick Braithwaite
[ EMI Classics / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 20 April 2005
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Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962) enjoyed a successful career singing opera and operetta in Scandanavia, and was considering retirement when she was catapulted to international fame in 1935 after a sensational appearance at the Metropolitan Opera in New York singing Sieglinde, Isolde and Brünnhilde.
Tracks:
Purcell:
1. Dido & Aeneas: Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth
Gluck:
1.. Orfeo ed Euridice: Che farò senza Euridice
Grieg:
1. En Drøm Op. 48 No. 6 (orch. Kleven)
2. Tak for dit Råd Op. 21 No. 4 (orch. Kleven)
3. Fra Monte Pincio Op. 39 No. 1
4. Guten Op .33 No. 1 (orch. Gunstrom)
5. Eros Op. 70 No. 1 (orch. Reger)
6. Ved Rundarne Op. 33 No. 9 (orch. Kleven)
Wagner:
1. Wesendonck-Lieder - I. Der Engel
2. Wesendonck-Lieder - II. Stehe still
3. Wesendonck-Lieder - III. Im Treibhaus
4. Wesendonck-Lieder - IV. Schmerzen
5. Wesendonck-Lieder - V. Träume
Wagner:
1. Tannhäuser - Gebet der Elisabeth: Allmächt'ge Jungfrau. hor mein Flehen!...(Act 3)
Wagner:
1. Götterdämmerung - Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde (Prologue)
2. Götterdämmerung - Helle Wehr! Heilige Waffe (Siegfried, Brünnhilde)
3. Götterdämmerung - Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort (Immolation Scene), 3.Aufzug
Wagner:
1. Tristan und Isolde - Doch nun von Tristan! (Act I)
2. Tristan und Isolde - O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe
3. Tristan und Isolde - Mild und leise wir er lächelt (Act III)
Wagner:
1. Siegfried - Ewig war ich (with Set Svanholm, tenor)
