Since you are interested in Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (complete opera recorded in 1952), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
RICHARD WAGNER
The Flagstad Recitals Vol 3: Opera Arias / Wesendonk-Lieder (with Mahler - Kindertotenlieder, etc) Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) / Vienna Philharmonic / Sir Georg Solti / Hans Knappertsbusch / Sir Adrian Boult [ Decca ABC Eloquence / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] "The recorded sound is excellent and at Eloquence price this should be attractive for all lovers of great singing" (MusicWeb Jan 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 |
WAGNER
Siegfried (Complete opera) Met broadcast of 1937 Kirsten Flagstad / Lauritz Melchior [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 3 CD - released 3/Oct/2002 ] "Friedrich Schorr is a superb wanderer, Kerstin Thorborg a majestic Erda, and the radiance of Kirsten Falgstad's Brunnhilde has to be heard to be believed." - David Cairns, The Sunday Times 07 July 2002 |
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 STRAUSS
Four (4) Last Songs (with Wagner-Extracts) (Rec 1950) Kirsten Flagstad (sop) / Philharmonia Orchestra/Wilhelm FurtwANngler [ Testament / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] "Flagstad and Furtwängler caught on the wing - this is a real treasure...not least historically as the world premiere performance. Flagstad and (especially) Furtwängler seem to find the very pulse of life here, even as it unravels as death draws... |
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. |