Icon: Kirsten Flagstad

This 5 CD set, devoted to the famous Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad, is a further release in the EMI Classics ICON series. Kirsten Flagstad 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 Brunnhilde. Her powerful, radiant voice and seemingly inexhaustible vocal stamina were ideally suited to the most taxing roles in Wagner's operas and she was universally acclaimed, especially as Isolde and Brunnhilde.

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Handel, George Frideric : Serse :: Act 1. Fronde tenere...Ombra mai fu

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Warwick Braithwaite
Running Time: 4 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1738

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah :: I know that my redeemer liveth

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Warwick Braithwaite
Running Time: 7 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1741

Bach, Johann Sebastian : St. Matthew Passion :: Erbarme dich, mein Gott

Performers: Manoug Parikian (Violin); Geraint Jones (Harpsichord); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Walter Susskind
Running Time: 8 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1736

Purcell, Henry : Dido and Aeneas :: Act 3. Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Warwick Braithwaite
Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1689

Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Orfeo ed Euridice :: Act 3. Che farò senza Euridice

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Walter Susskind
Running Time: 4 min. 23 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta

Johannes Crüger (1598 - 1662) : Auf, Auf, mein Herz, mit Freuden

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (12/06/1952-12/19/1952)
Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Georg Böhm (1661 - 1733) : Geh ein, mein Leib, in deine Kammer, for voice & piano

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (12/06/1952-12/19/1952)
Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel : Die Güte Gottes, song for voice & keyboard (Gellert-Lieder no 34), H. 686/34, Wq. 194/34

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (12/06/1952-12/19/1952)
Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1757-1758

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel : Geistliche Oden und Lieder (55), Wq 194/H 686

Performers: Gerald Moore (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (12/06/1952-12/19/1952)
Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1757-1758

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel : Passionslied, song for voice & keyboard, H. 721, Wq. 202/C/13

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (12/06/1952-12/19/1952)
Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1770

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel : Geistliche Oden und Lieder (55), Wq 194/H 686

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (12/06/1952-12/19/1952)
Running Time: 1 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1757-1758

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Vergiss mein nicht, vergiss mein nicht! BWV 505

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (12/06/1952-12/19/1952)
Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1736

Bach, Johann Sebastian : O finstre Nacht, wann wirst du doch vergeben, sacred song for voice & continuo (Schemelli Gesangbuch

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (12/06/1952-12/19/1952)
Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1736

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Liebster Herr Jesu!, sacred song for voice & continuo (Schemelli Gesangbuch no 874), BWV 484 (BC F2

Performers: Gerald Moore (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (12/06/1952-12/19/1952)
Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1736

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh'!, BWV 478

Performers: Gerald Moore (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Vocal
Written: 1736

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen, BWV 299

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (12/06/1952-12/19/1952)
Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: by 1751

Frank, Wolfgang : Wie seh' ich dich, mein Jesu, bluten, for voice & piano

Performers: Gerald Moore (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (12/06/1952-12/19/1952)
Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Franck, Johann Wolfgang : Sei nur still

Performers: Gerald Moore (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Franck, Johann Wolfgang : Auf, auf zu Gottes Lob

Performers: Gerald Moore (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Running Time: 1 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Carissimi, Giacomo : Soccorretimi, ch'io moro, cantata for soprano & continuo

Performers: Gerald Moore (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Lohner, Johann : O Ewigkeit, for voice & piano

Performers: Gerald Moore (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Grieg, Edvard : Songs (6), Op. 48

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Warwick Braithwaite
Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884-1888

Grieg, Edvard : Songs (4), Op. 21

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Warwick Braithwaite
Running Time: 1 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1872

Grieg, Edvard : Melodies (12), Op. 33

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Walter Susskind
Running Time: 6 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873-1880

Grieg, Edvard : Romances (6), Op. 39

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Warwick Braithwaite
Running Time: 6 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1870

Grieg, Edvard : Melodies (12), Op. 33

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Warwick Braithwaite
Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873-1880

Grieg, Edvard : Songs (5), Op. 70

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Warwick Braithwaite
Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1900

Grieg, Edvard : Melodies (12), Op. 33

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Warwick Braithwaite
Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873-1880

Grieg, Edvard : Songs (6), Op. 48

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Warwick Braithwaite
Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884-1888

Grieg, Edvard : Songs (6), Op. 25

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Warwick Braithwaite
Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1876

Grieg, Edvard : Melodies (12), Op. 33

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Warwick Braithwaite
Running Time: 4 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873-1880

Grieg, Edvard : Songs (6), Op. 25

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1876

Grieg, Edvard : The princess, EG 133

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1871

Grieg, Edvard : Langs ei Å (Beside the Stream), song for voice & piano, Op. 33/5

Performers: Gerald Moore (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873-1880

Grieg, Edvard : Songs (5), Op. 60

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1893-1894

Grieg, Edvard : Songs (6), Op. 25

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Edwin McArthur (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1876

Grieg, Edvard : Og jeg vil ha mig en hjertenskjær (Midsummer Eve), song for voice & piano, Op. 60/5

Performers: Edwin McArthur (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Running Time: 1 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1893-1894

Grieg, Edvard : Modersorg (A Mother's Grief), romance for voice & piano, Op. 15/4

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1864-1868

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt :: Act 1. Solveigs sang

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1874-1875

Hurum, Alf : Blonde Naetter for voice & piano, Op. 13

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Edwin McArthur (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Lie, Sigurd : Sne (Snow), for voice & piano

Performers: Eyvind Alnaes (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Alnaes, Eyvind : Lykken Mellem To Mennesker (Happiness Between Two People), Op. 26/1

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Eyvind Alnaes (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Bull, Ole Borneman : Säterjäntans söntag, for cello & organ

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Grieg, Edvard : Millom rosor (Among Roses), song for voice & piano, Op. 39/4

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1869

Backer-Grondahl, Agathe : Mot Kvæld (Eventide), song for voice & piano, Op. 42/7

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Sinding, Christian : Majnat, song for voice & piano, Op. 22/3

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal

Schubert, Franz : Die Allmacht, D 852

Performers: Gerald Moore (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Running Time: 4 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 08/1825

Schubert, Franz : Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1820-1822

Schubert, Franz : Wanderers Nachtlied, D 768/Op. 96 no 3

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1823

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur ("Himmel ruhmen des ewigen Ehre"), song for voice & piano, Op. 48/4

Performers: Edwin McArthur (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1800

Strauss, Richard : Seitdem dein Aug' in meines schaute, song for voice & piano, Op. 17/1 (TrV 149/1)

Performers: Edwin McArthur (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1885-1887

Strauss, Richard : Cäcilie

Performers: Edwin McArthur (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1894

Bridge, Frank : Love went a-riding, for voice & piano (or orchestra), H 114

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Edwin McArthur (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1914

Dorumsgaard, Arne Oddvar : Gudrid stod ved stoveglas, for voice & piano, Op. 11/2

Performers: Gerald Moore (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (12/12/1952-12/19/1952)
Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Dorumsgaard, Arne Oddvar : Natt, for voice & piano, Op. 4/1

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (12/12/1952-12/19/1952)
Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Dorumsgaard, Arne Oddvar : Regn, for voice & piano, Op. 6/2

Performers: Gerald Moore (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (12/12/1952-12/19/1952)
Running Time: 1 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Dorumsgaard, Arne Oddvar : Dusk in the Enchanted Wood for voice & piano, Op. 8 :: no 5, Shepherd-Girl's Call

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (12/12/1952-12/19/1952)
Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Dorumsgaard, Arne Oddvar : Spinnvettir, for voice & piano, Op. 10/1

Performers: Gerald Moore (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (12/12/1952-12/19/1952)
Running Time: 2 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Dorumsgaard, Arne Oddvar : Baan sull, for voice & piano, Op. 11/1

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (12/12/1952-12/19/1952)
Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Dorumsgaard, Arne Oddvar : To norske folkeviser, Op. 21

Performers: Gerald Moore (Piano); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (12/12/1952-12/19/1952)
Running Time: 1 min. 23 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Wagner, Richard : Träume (Dreams) for violin & small orchestra in A flat major (from Wesendonck Lieder no 5), WWV 91b

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Notes: No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London (05/25/1948-05/26/1948)
Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1857

Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: Act 3. Allmächt'ge Jungfrau

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Issay Dobroven
Running Time: 6 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1843-1865

Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: Act 2. Siegmund! Sieh auf mich!

Performers: Set Svanholm; Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Running Time: 18 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1854-1856

Wagner, Richard : Siegfried :: Act 4. Heil dir, Sonne!

Performers: Set Svanholm; Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Georges Sebastian
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (06/12/1951-06/13/1951)
Running Time: 32 min. 13 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1871

Wagner, Richard : Götterdammerung :: Prologue. Zu neuan Taten, teurer Helde

Performers: Set Svanholm; Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Georges Sebastian
Running Time: 12 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1869-1874

Wagner, Richard : Götterdammerung :: Act 2. Helle Wehr! Heilige Waffe!

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Set Svanholm
Conductor: Herman Weigert
Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1869-1874

Wagner, Richard : Götterdammerung :: Act 3. Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Set Svanholm
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Running Time: 19 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1869-1874

Wagner, Richard : Tristan und Isolde :: Act 1. Doch nun von Tristan!

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Blanche Thebom (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Notes: Kingsway Hall, London (06/10/1952-06/23/1952)
Running Time: 12 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1857-1859

Wagner, Richard : Tristan und Isolde :: Act 2. Hörst du sie noch?

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Blanche Thebom (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Notes: Kingsway Hall, London (06/10/1952-06/23/1952)
Running Time: 13 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1857-1859

Wagner, Richard : Tristan und Isolde :: Act 2. Isolde! Tristan! Geliebter

Performers: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Blanche Thebom (Mezzo Soprano); Ludwig Suthaus (Tenor)
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Notes: Kingsway Hall, London (06/10/1952-06/23/1952)
Running Time: 19 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1857-1859

Wagner, Richard : Tristan und Isolde :: Act 2. O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe

Performers: Ludwig Suthaus (Tenor); Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano); Blanche Thebom (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Notes: Kingsway Hall, London (06/10/1952-06/23/1952)
Running Time: 25 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1857-1859

Wagner, Richard : Tristan und Isolde :: Act 3. Mild und leise wir er lächelt

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Notes: Kingsway Hall, London (06/10/1952-06/23/1952)
Running Time: 7 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1857-1859

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