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Wagner: Arias / Kirsten Flagstad, soprano with Lauritz Melchoir and Gordon Dillworth

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Lohengrin; Parsifal; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Dilworth, Gordon; Flagstad, Kirsten; Melchior, Lauritz
Conductors: McArthur, Edwin; Ormandy, Eugene; Lange, Hans
Ensemble: ; Philadelphia Orchestra; San Francisco Opera Orchestra; Victor Symphony Orchestra

These recordings were made when the great Norwegian soprano was in her vocal prime, between 1935 and 1940. Although her voice remained astonishingly well preserved...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...

Kirsten Flagstad - Live in Concert / Melchior

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2006-03-14

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Götterdämmerung; Richard Strauss: Befreit, Op. 39 no 4; Allerseelen, Op. 10 no 8; Cäcilie; Christoph Willibald G...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; Mollner, Niels; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Merola, Gaetano; Hye-Knudsen, Johan
Ensemble: Danish National Radio Choir; Danish State Radio Orchestra; San Francisco Opera Orchestra

This recording, made from broadcast transcriptions, features Flagstad's majestic voice in all its glory, principally in the music of Wagner. Her vocalism can best be...continue...

San Francisco Opera Gems Volume 2 / Merola, et al

3 CD / Guild / 2005-02-01

Works: Fromental Halévy: La juive; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Strauss: Der Ros...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Alvary, Lorenzo; Boerner, Charlotte; Conner, Nadine; Flagstad, Kirsten; Garris, John; Gigli, Beniamino; Harrell, Mack; Howell, John; Jobin, Raoul; Kullman, Charles; Lehmann, Lotte; M...
Conductors: Merola, Gaetano; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Sebastian, Georges
Ensemble: San Francisco Opera Chorus; San Francisco Opera Orchestra

Prima Voce - Lauritz Melchior

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried; Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isolde; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Götterdämmerung; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Meyerb...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; Lehmann, Lotte; Leider, Frieda; Melchior, Lauritz
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Barbirolli, John, Sir; Walter, Bruno; Ormandy, Eugene; McArthur, Edwin
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New Symphony Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; San Francisco Opera Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Prima Voce - Kirsten Flagstad

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Götterdämmerung; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon, J 306; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Ah, Perfido!, ...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten
Conductors: Lange, Hans; Ormandy, Eugene; McArthur, Edwin
Ensemble: Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; San Francisco Opera Orchestra

Over 76 minutes of opera arias from the German repertoire by the greatest Wagnerian soprano of the 20th century. Give this disc a spin and...continue...