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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...

Beecham Collection - Wagner / Beecham, Flagstad, et al

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Wesendonck Lieder; Tristan und Isolde; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Spoken Word: Kirsten Flagstad
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Those who had the privilege of hearing Beecham conduct or witness Flagstad's renowned stage appearances never forgot those performances. For today's audiences, these rare recordings...continue...

Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder / Flagstad

2 CD / Audite / 2010-08-31

Works: Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Tristan und Isolde; Götterdämmerung; Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder; Elektra
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten
Conductors: Sebastian, Georges

Even in the twilight of her illustrious career, which lasted over three decades, Kirsten Flagstad was still in command of her incomparably rich voice....continue...
Recording information: Titania-Palast, Berlin....continue...

Lauritz Melchior sings Wagner

2 CD / Preiser / 2010-05-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdammerung; Parsifal; Schmerze...
Performers: Dilworth, Gordon; Flagstad, Kirsten; Janssen, Herbert; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; McArthur, Edwin; Ormandy, Eugene

Generally regarded as the most important Wagner tenor in gramophone history, Lauritz Melchior observed every single demand that Wagner made scrupulously. We may regard his...continue...

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...

Brilliant Opera Collection - Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Furtwängler, Flagstad, et al

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-07-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Davies, Rhydderch; Evans, Edgar; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Flagstad, Kirsten; Greindl, Josef; Schock, Rudolf; Suthaus, Ludwig; Thebom, Blanche
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

This first recording made by EMI in 1952 for the new LP format and produced by the legendary Walter Legge was the first major recording...continue...

Heritage Masters - Wagner: Das Rheingold / Solti, Flagstad, London, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-03-31

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Balsborg, Oda; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Flagstad, Kirsten; Kmentt, Waldemar; Kreppel, Walter; Kuen, Paul; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Madeira, Jean; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone ...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Prima Voce - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z 626; Wagner / Jones, Flagstad, Schwarzkopf, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-03-10

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Clark, Raymond; Flagstad, Kirsten; Hemsley, Thomas; Lloyd, David; Mandikian, Arda; Pollak, Anna; Rex, Sheila; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Jones, Geraint; Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: ; Mermaid Singers

'Dido & Aeneas' is an opera by English Baroque composer Henry Purcell, from a libretto by Nahum Tate. It is based on a story from...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Gluck: Alceste / Jones, Atkins, Young, Lowe, Clark, Thayer, Flagstad, Hemsley, et al

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2008-08-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste
Performers: Atkins, James; Clark, Joan; Flagstad, Kirsten; Hemsley, Thomas; Jobin, Raoul; Lowe, Marion; Thayer, Rosemary; Young, Alexander [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Jones, Geraint
Ensemble: Geraint Jones Singers

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Jones, Flagstad, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-03-11

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626
Performers: Clark, Raymond; Flagstad, Kirsten; Hemsley, Thomas; Lloyd, David; Mandikian, Arda; Pollak, Anna; Rex, Sheila; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Jones, Geraint
Ensemble: Mermaid Singers

Wagner: Ring Cycle / Furtwängler, La Scala Orchestra & Chorus

14 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-02-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Batic, Polly; Crkall, Karen Marie; Emmerich, Albert; Falke, Margret Welk; Flagstad, Kirsten; Frantz, Ferdinand; Gabory, Magda; Herrmann, Josef; Hongen, Elisabeth; Kenney, Margherita; Konetzni, Hilde ...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

This 1950 performance is the only live complete recording of The Ring conducted by the legendary Wilhelm Furtwangler. Although it has been available on several...continue...

Anthology of Song Vol 1

2 CD / Symposium / 2007-11-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Lieder und Gesänge ii, Op. 51; Ich grolle nicht, song for voice & piano (Dichterliebe), Op. 48/7; Wanderlied ("Wohlauf! noch getrunken den funkelnden Wein!"), song for voice & p...
Performers: Behr, Therese; Flagstad, Kirsten; Monteanu, Petre; Rooy, Anton van; Senius, Felix; Senius-Erler, Clara; Sistermans, Anton

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...

Mozart, Beethoven, Humperdinck: Operas / Schwarzkopf, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan t...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alsen, Herbert; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Braun, Hans; Calabrese, Franco; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Flagstad, Kirsten; Gobbi, Tito; Greindl, Josef; Jurinac, Sena; Klein, Peter...
Conductors: Moralt, Rudolf; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Cantelli, Guido

Six complete operas starring the great Elisabeth Schwarzkopf at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic...continue...

Strauss: Four Last Songs; Wagner / Furtwängler, Flagstad

1 CD / Testament / 2007-06-12

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

"As Michael Tanner opines in an interesting booklet-note, these two formidable artists had several collaborations in these Wagnerian excerpts, but caught live in very reasonable...continue...

The Essential Collection - Great Sopranos, Contraltos, et al

2 CD / West End Records Import / 2007-02-20

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Antonio Lotti: Arminio, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Il rè pastore, K 208; Le nozze di Figaro (The Mar...
Performers: Anderson, Marian; Barone, Clement; Butt, Clara, Dame; Callas, Maria; de los Angeles, Victoria; Ferrier, Kathleen; Flagstad, Kirsten; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Hayward, Marjorie; Kirkby-Lunn, Louise [Cont...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Krips, Josef; Byng, George W.; Ormandy, Eugene; Pasternack, Josef A.; Bourdon, Rosario; Susskind, Walter; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Rogers, Walter B.; Robinson, Stanford; Sargent, Malcolm, S...

It 's time for the ladies to step up for the second of our "high brow" classical additions to the Essential Collection. This set features...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...

Classic Library - Wagner: Arias & Scenes

1 CD / RCA Records / 2006-03-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Adam, Theo; Borchers, Christel; Bundschuh, Eva-Maria; Falcon, Ruth; Farrell, Eileen [Soprano Vocals]; Flagstad, Kirsten; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Lenz, Friedrich; Meier, Waltraud; Melchior, Lauri...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Guadagno, Anton; Davis, Colin; Keilberth, Joseph; Munch, Charles; Ormandy, Eugene; Janowski, Marek; McArthur, Edwin
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden State Opera Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philad...

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...

Prima Voce - Great Singers Vol 2 (1903-1939)

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Ernani; Traditional: Ma Lisette; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'Africaine; Les Huguenots; George Frederic...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Calvé, Emma; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cottone, Salvatore; de Luca, Giuseppe; Ebert, Harry; Farrar, Geraldine; Favero, Mafalda; Flagstad, Kirsten; Garden, Mary; Gluck, Alma; Ivo...
Conductors: Blech, Leo; Barbirolli, John, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

...An utterly splendid collection, winners every one...a tour from one superlative to another. Gramophone. Very popular selection of arias and featuring the greatest singers recorded...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...

Great Wagnerian Scenes - Flagstad, Nilsson, et al

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-10-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Bjorling, Sigurd; Flagstad, Kirsten; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Rysanek, Leonie
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Sandberg, Herbert; Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: ; Northwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

An introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen / Cooke, Solti

2 CD / Decca / 2005-09-13

Works: Deryck Cooke: An Introduction to Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen"
Performers: Balsborg, Oda; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Crespin, Regine; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Flagstad, Kirsten; Frick, Gottlob; Guy, M...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Famed British Musicologist, Deryck Cooke, offers insightful comentary highlighted with musical examples performed by the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Sir Georg Solti. This...continue...

Beethoven: Fidelio / Furtwängler, Kirsten, Flagstad, et al

2 CD / Opus KURA / 2005-03-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Braun, Hans; Dermota, Anton; Flagstad, Kirsten; Greindl, Josef; Patzak, Julius; Schoeffler, Paul; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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

Historical - Wagner: Operatic Extracts / Furtwängler

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-01-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; The Flying Dutchman; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Parsifal
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

The Berlin Philharmonic recordings of music from 'Parsifal' and 'Tristan und Isolde' are included in this 2-CD compilation alongside the even more substantial series of...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...

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Furtwängler, Flagstad, et al

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-04-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90
Performers: Davies, Rhoderick; Evans, Edgar; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Flagstad, Kirsten; Greindl, Josef; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Suthaus, Ludwig; Thebom, Blanche
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

Penguin Guide
Furtwängler's concept is spacious from the opening Prelude onwards, but equally the bite and the drama are vividly conveyed, matching the nobility of Flagstad's...continue...

Wagner: Tristan Prelude and Liebestod, etc / Flagstad, et al

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2003-09-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal; Tristan und Isolde; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

San Francisco Opera Gems Vol 1 - Verdi, Wagner, Mozart, etc

3 CD / Guild / 2003-08-01

Works: Spoken Word: Broadcast Commentary; Jules Massenet: Manon; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo i...
Performers: Alvary, Lorenzo; Björling, Jussi; Bonnelli, Richard; Brownlee, John; Cehanovsky, George; Flagstad, Kirsten; Jobin, Raoul; Lawrence, Marjorie; Lehmann, Lotte; Melchior, Lauritz; Paolis, Alessio d...
Conductors: Merola, Gaetano; Leinsdorf, Erich; Papi, Gennaro; Reiner, Fritz

Great Voices of the Past - The Sopranos

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-07-02

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; I vespri siciliani; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; L...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Anzellotti, Alba; Beckmann, Friedel; Bellinzona, E.; Boninsegna, Celestina; Boue, Geori; Caniglia, Maria; Cherkasskaya, Marianne; Collard, Andre; Danco, Suzanne; Destinn, Emmy; Eames...
Conductors: Tansini, Ugo; Stiedry, Fritz; Panizza, Héctor; Kraus, Richard; Gui, Vittorio; Sabajno, Carlo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Briez, Georges; Koussevitzky, Sergey; Lehár, Franz; Pitt, Percy; Dobroven,...

Assemble three dozen operatic sopranos on one album and MAMA MIA! You have a combination that practically screams 'bada bing'! These are the original, one-and-only,...continue...

Dorumsgaard: Songs and Arrangements / Flagstad, Moore

1 CD / Testament / 2003-03-01

Works: Arne Oddvar Dorumsgaard: Canzone scordate, anthology for voice & piano; Sanger under stjernene, for voice & piano, Op. 17; Gudrid stod ved stoveglas, for voice & piano, Op. 11/2; Natt, for voice & pi...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; Moore, Gerald [Piano]

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

A Voice from Heaven / Maria Callas

1 CD / Fono / 2002-09-03

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Callas, Maria; Cigna, Gina; Flagstad, Kirsten; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Muzio, Claudia; Ponselle, Rosa; Raisa, Rosa; Tebaldi, Renata; Tetrazzini, Luisa

Great Voices of the Past - Opera's Greates Heroines

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-08-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Otello; Il Trovatore; Gioac...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Boninsegna, Celestina; Caniglia, Maria; Destinn, Emmy; Flagstad, Kirsten; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Maynor, Dorothy; Melba, Nellie; Monte, Toti Dal; Muller, Maria; Muzio, Claudia; Oliver...
Conductors: Tansini, Ugo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Robertson, James; Rother, Artur; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Koussevitzky, Sergey; Pitt, Percy; Cellini, Renato; Dobroven, Issay

The perfect companion to Opera d'Oro's previous release, "Opera's Greatest Heroes"! The heroines of opera have not had an easy path to victory; most of...continue...

Great Voices of the Past-Wagner's Ring: Collected Highlights

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-07-10

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Branzell, Karin; Flagstad, Kirsten; Fuchs, Marta; Hotter, Hans; Klose, Margarete; Lehmann, Lotte; Mayr, Richard; Melchior, Lauritz; Onegin, Sigrid; Reiss, Albert; Tibbett, Lawrence

Historic recordings from the golden age of Bayreuth recordings of Wagner's mighty Ring of the Nibelung, with the greatest voices from an era never to...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Great Moments from Wagner Operas

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-07-10

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Bohnen, Michael; Destinn, Emmy; Flagstad, Kirsten; Hotter, Hans; Kinderman, Lydia; Knupfer, Paul; Kraus, Ernst; Kuttner, Max; Langhammer, Irmgard; Manowarda, Josef von; Melchior, Lauritz; Reinmar, Ha...

This companion set to ODO 8002 (Ring Highlights) reverberates with the mightiest Wagnerian voices of the past century, from 1906 to 1948, recorded in their...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Set Svanholm

1 CD / Preiser / 2001-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; Shacklock, Constance; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: ; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Maria Callas and the Great Sopranos

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2001-05-22

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Antonio Lotti: Arminio, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Il rè pastore, K 208; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidel...
Performers: Barone, Clement; Callas, Maria; de los Angeles, Victoria; Flagstad, Kirsten; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Hayward, Marjorie; Melba, Nellie; Muzio, Claudia; Patti, Adelina; Ponselle, Rosa; Rethberg, Elisabet...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Krips, Josef; Byng, George W.; Ormandy, Eugene; Pasternack, Josef A.; Bourdon, Rosario; Susskind, Walter; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Rogers, Walter B.; Robinson, Stanford

Beethoven: Fidelio / Furtwängler, Flagstad, Schwarzkopf, etc

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-02-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Braun, Hans; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Flagstad, Kirsten; Greindl, Josef; Patzak, Julius; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Vocals], Paul Schoffler [Baritone
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

Prima Voce Vol 2 - Treasury of Opera - Historic Recordings

5 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-11-14

Works: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Manon Lescaut; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Turandot; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night; Sadko; Snow Maiden; The Tsar's Bri...
Performers: Anthony, Grace; Barone, Clement; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Bronskaya, Yevgeniya; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [So...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Romani, Romano; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Ormandy, Eugene; Cloez, Gustave; Bourdon, Rosario; Albergoni, Angelo; Dobrindt, Otto; Pelletier, Wilfred; Coppola, Piero; Ghione, Franco; Barb...

R. Strauss: Four Last Songs / Kirsten Flagstad, Set Svanholm

1 CD / Gebhardt / 2000-06-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (5), Op. 39; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnbe...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; Svanholm, Set
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Morola, Gaetano
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

The Prima Voce Treasury of Opera Vol 1

6 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-02-15

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Attila; Un ballo in masche...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Battistini, Mattia; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cortis, Antonio; de Luca, Giuseppe; Devries, David; Flagstad, Kirsten; Fleta, Miguel; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Ga...
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo; Ghione, Franco; Bourdon, Rosario; Pasternack, Josef A.; Messner, J.; Reibold, Bruno; Sabajno, Carlo; Polacco, Giorgio; Albergoni, Angelo; Grevillius, Nils; Cloez, Gustave; Setti, G...

The EMI Record of Singing Vol 3 - 1926-1939

10 CD / Testament / 1999-12-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Das Rheingold; The Flying Dutchman; Siegfried; Wesendonck Lieder; Rudolf Wille: Königsballade, ...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Allin, Norman; Andrésen, Ivar; Angelis, Nazzareno de; Arangi-Lombardi, Giannina; Austral, Florence; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Badia, Conchita; Badini, Ernesto; Baillie, Isobel; Ba...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Viebig, Ernst; Heidenreich, Johannes; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Weissmann, Frieder; Kun, Cornelius; Dobrindt, Otto; Blech, Leo; Muller, Hans Udo; Orthmann, Erich; Alwin, Carl; Schmals...

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung /Furtwängler, Flagstad, Melchior

2 CD / Gebhardt / 1999-07-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; Janssen, Herbert; Leider, Frieda; Melchior, Lauritz; Nezadel, Maria; Thorborg, Kerstin; Weber, Ludwig
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

The Ultimate Divas Album

1 CD / Decca / 1998-09-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Otello; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Bu...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Caballe, Montserrat; Flagstad, Kirsten; Fleming, Renee; Freni, Mirella; Gheorghiu, Angela; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Jo, Sumi; Lopardo, Frank; Milanov,...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Lewis, Henry; Solti, Sir Georg; Cleva, Fausto; Previtali, Fernando; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Orchestra Monte Carlo; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra...

Richard Wagner on Record

4 CD / Preiser / 1998-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Das Rheingold; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; The Flying Dutchman; Rienzi; Lohengrin; Siegfried; Parsifal; ...
Performers: Armster, Carl; Arndt-Ober, Margarete; Bender, Paul; Berger, Rudolf; Berglund, Joel; Bertram, Theodore; Bettendorf, Emmy; Bockelmann, Rudolf; Bohnen, Michael; Branzell, Karin; Briesemeister, Otto; Bug...
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Blech, Leo; Elmendorff, Karl; Gurlitt, Manfred; Schmalstich, Clemens; Zweig, Fritz; Meyrowitz, Selmar; Krauss, Clemens; Lange, Hans; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Knoch, Ernst; Schuler,...

Lieder von Franz Schubert in historischen Aufnahmen

2 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Die Post ("Von der Strasse her"), song for voice & piano (Winterreise), D. 911/13 (Op. 89/13); Der Wegweiser ("Was vermeid' ich denn die Wege")...
Performers: Anday, Rosette; Anders, Peter; Anderson, Marian; Balogh, Erno; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Bibb, Frank; Björling, Jussi; Branzell, Karin; Dahlke, Julius; Ebert, Harry; Erb, Karl; Ferrier, Kat...