Flagstad, Kirsten > Classical Period

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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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Kirsten Flagstad

1 CD / Preiser / 1997-05-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Ah, Perfido!, Op. 65; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Götter...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Lange, Hans
Ensemble: Orchestra; Philadelphia 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...

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...

Handel, Bach, Purcell, Gluck, Wagner / Kirsten Flagstad

1 CD / Testament / 1996-01-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Dank Sei Dir, Herr (spurious); MEDLEY; Der Messias; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; Christoph Willibald Gluck: O...
Performers: Brown, Stewart; Flagstad, Kirsten; Jones, Geraint; Parikian, Manoug; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]; Thalben-Ball, George, Sir [Composer/Organ]
Conductors: Braithwaite, Warwick; Fistoulari, Anatole; Susskind, Walter; Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra