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RICHARD WAGNER
The Flagstad Recitals Vol 3: Opera Arias / Wesendonk-Lieder (with Mahler - Kindertotenlieder, etc) Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) / Vienna Philharmonic / Sir Georg Solti / Hans Knappertsbusch / Sir Adrian Boult [ Decca ABC Eloquence / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] "The recorded sound is excellent and at Eloquence price this should be attractive for all lovers of great singing" (MusicWeb Jan 2010) |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (complete opera recorded in 1952) Kirsten Flagstad / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Thomas Hemsley / Arda Mandikian / Mermaid Singers / Mermaid Orchestra / Geraint Jones [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / CD - released 19/Sep/2007 ] When the recording first appeared in January 1953 The Gramophone commented: "At last we have a really satisfactory recording of Dido". |
WAGNER
Siegfried (Complete opera) Met broadcast of 1937 Kirsten Flagstad / Lauritz Melchior [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 3 CD - released 3/Oct/2002 ] "Friedrich Schorr is a superb wanderer, Kerstin Thorborg a majestic Erda, and the radiance of Kirsten Falgstad's Brunnhilde has to be heard to be believed." - David Cairns, The Sunday Times 07 July 2002 |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure [Acts I & III] (recorded in 1957) Kirsten Flagstad, Set Svanholm, Otto Edelmann / Vienna Philharmonic / Sir Georg Solti & Hans Knappertsbusch (Act 1) [ Decca ABC Eloquence / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] "It is a monumental reading, sensitive and glorious and sung with admirably steady tone. No one can really mistake this singer for a young or middle-aged woman but no one could believe either that it is a woman of sixty-two with behind her a career... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Four (4) Last Songs (with Wagner-Extracts) (Rec 1950) Kirsten Flagstad (sop) / Philharmonia Orchestra/Wilhelm FurtwANngler [ Testament / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] "Flagstad and Furtwängler caught on the wing - this is a real treasure...not least historically as the world premiere performance. Flagstad and (especially) Furtwängler seem to find the very pulse of life here, even as it unravels as death draws... |
GRIEG
Orchestral Songs (rec 1957) (with Wagner-Wesendonck Lieder) Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Malcolm Sargent [ BBC Legends / CD - released 28/Oct/2007 ] The Farewell concert caught live from London's Royal Albert Hall in September 1957 was an emotional occasion and consisted entirely of Grieg Songs. |
BACH / HANDEL
The Flagstad Recitals Vol 4: Songs for Sunday - Sacred Arias Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] "(The) Handel arias are definitely worth a listen and the contents give further evidence of Kirsten Flagstad's comprehensive repertoire." (MusicWeb Jan 2010) |