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Icon: Kirsten Flagstad

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: Serse; Messiah; Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion; Vergiss mein nicht, vergiss mein nicht! BWV 505; O finstre Nacht, wann wirst du doch vergeben, sacred song for voi...
Performers: Alnaes, Eyvind; Flagstad, Kirsten; Jones, Geraint; McArthur, Edwin; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parikian, Manoug; Suthaus, Ludwig; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]; Thebom, Blanche
Conductors: Braithwaite, Warwick; Susskind, Walter; Dobroven, Issay; Böhm, Karl; Sebastian, Georges; Weigert, Herman; Furtwängler, Wilhelm

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...continue...

Anthology of Song Vol 2

1 CD / Symposium / 2007-11-01

Works: Henning von Koss: Winterlied, for voice & piano, Op. 2/1; Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang, D 957; Wanderers Nachtlied, D 768/Op. 96 no 3; Am Meer ("Das Meer erglänzte"), song for voice & piano (S...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Bedford, Agnes; Brodersen, Friedrich; Brodersen, Linde; Charles-Cahier, Sarah Jane; Demmelen, Diane van; Flagstad, Kirsten; Grey, Madeleine; Gunther, Felix; Hallasch, Dr. Franz; Hempe...

These two volumes are a veritable treasure-trove for the lieder aficionado. Many of these recordings have been extremely rare for decades, featuring artists whose only...continue...

Kirsten Flagstad Vol 3 - Live Performances 1948-1957

3 CD / Simax / 2006-10-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; The Flying Dutchman; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Wesendonck Lieder; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Befreit, Op. 39 no 4;...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]; Ursuleac, Viorica
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich; Merola, Gaetano; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Wallenstein, Alfred; Walter, Bruno; Jones, Geraint; Sebastian, Georges; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Hye-Knudsen, Johan; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Mermaid Orchestra; Metropol...

Grieg, Wagner / Flagstad, Sargent, BBC SO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-09-19

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Edvard Grieg: Elegiac Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 34; Melodies (12), Op. 33; Fyremål (The Goal), song for voice & piano, Op. 33/12; Romances (6), Op. 39; Songs (5), O...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Almost overnight, Kirsten Flagstad, was regarded as the supreme Wagnerian soprano of her generation. In 1936-37, she sang with Beecham, Fritz Reiner and Wilhelm Furtwangler...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Kirsten Flagstad Vol 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-12-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Georges Bizet: Agnus Dei, for voice & ...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten
Conductors: Braithwaite, Warwick; Susskind, Walter; Dobroven, Issay
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra

What more can one say about the great Flagstad? Already in the years from 1928 to1932 when she sang Elsa in 'Lohengrin' for the first...continue...

Kirsten Flagstad - La Voix du Siècle

1 CD / Tahra / 2004-09-06

Works: Spoken Word: Announcement; Johannes Brahms: Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (9) for voice & piano, Op. 63; Sind es Schmerzen, sind es Freuden, song for voice & piano (Die schöne Magel...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; Haeusslein, Hans-Willi

This disc features soprano Kirsten Flagstad's October 1953 Lieder recital at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris. This unissued concert - one of the last...continue...

Grieg, Dorumsgaard - Song Recital / Kirstin Flagstad

1 CD / Testament / 2003-03-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Songs (6), Op. 48; Songs (4), Op. 21; Melodies (12), Op. 33; Romances (6), Op. 39; Songs (5), Op. 70; Songs (6), Op. 25; The princess, EG 133; Arne Oddvar Dorumsgaard: Regn, for voice &...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; Moore, Gerald [Piano]
Conductors: Braithwaite, Warwick; Susskind, Walter

Prima Voce - Flagstad in Song

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 48; Zärtliche Liebe, song for voice & piano, WoO 123; Richard Strauss: Lieder (6), Op. 17; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Eyvind A...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; McArthur, Edwin

"...There's nothing on this disc that isn't an object lesson in the technique of singing, and in the art of singing as communication...Cool purity and...continue...