Since you are interested in Four (4) Last Songs (with Wagner-Extracts) (Rec 1950), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No 5 / Egmont Overture (with overtures by Rossini & Weber) [rec 1926-1935] Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "All in all, then, this is a worthwhile addition to a very useful series. Moreover, at its bargain price it makes more widely available the means to explore and gain a deeper understanding of the development of one of the most fascinating conductors... |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Symphony no 1 in D minor "The Gothic" Hpnor Sheppard (soprano) Shirley Minty (contralto) Ronald Dowd (tenor) / BBC Symphony Orchestra & Choral Society, etc / Sir Adrian Boult [ Testament / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2009 ] "Long available in a pirated recording of the broadcast, this live performance of the mighty Gothic has at last 'gone legit'." BBC Music Magazine, February 2010 *** |
WAGNER
Great Wagner Duets (recorded 1939 & 1940) Kirsten Flagstad and Lauritz Melchior [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 2/Jul/2001 ] all the duets that Flagstad and Melchior recorded for RCA |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (complete opera recorded in 1952) Kirsten Flagstad / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Thomas Hemsley / Arda Mandikian / Mermaid Singers / Mermaid Orchestra / Geraint Jones [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / CD - released 19/Sep/2007 ] When the recording first appeared in January 1953 The Gramophone commented: "At last we have a really satisfactory recording of Dido". |
GRIEG / BEETHOVEN / WAGNER / WEBER
Flagstad: Songs and Arias (Rec 1937) Kirsten Flagstad / Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] "Kirsten Flagstad must be ranked as one of the greatest dramatic sopranos ever. No one in her wake – apart from Astrid Varnay and Birgit Nilsson – has come anywhere near her in majesty, power and general excellence. (This is) Arguably the most... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Overtures (Furtwangler Commercial Recordings Vol. 4 1940-50) Kirsten Flagstad / Philharmonia Orchestra / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Wihelm Furtwangler (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] On this disc, Furtwangler gives a superb demonstration of how to achieve in performance Wagner's idea of 'unending melody'. |
TRADITIONAL
Kirsten Flagstad sings Norwegian Hymns Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) Sigvard Fotland (piano) [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] These concerts were the result of radio broadcasts and recordings of Norwegian hymns - or, more accurately (in some cases, anyway), hymns sung in the Norwegian language - that were made over the course of three days in September 1956. |
WAGNER
Gotterdammerung (complete opera) (Recorded in stereo live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival) [second cycle] Martha Madl · Hans Hotter · Gra Brouwenstijn · Wolfgang Windgassen / Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra / Joseph Keilberth [ Testament / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2009 ] Partly for security, partly out of interest, Decca's engineers under Peter Andry also recorded the second cycle, from which this first-ever release of Götterdämmerung is drawn, providing a chance to appreciate the depth of New Bayreuth's casting... |