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Genre:Classical
Original Release:2010-01-01
Rating:5.0 (1 votes)
ASIN:B0032700S0
UPC:5099945534621
Label:EMI Classics
Composer:Coffret
Release:2010-03-23
Date Added:2010-03-31
Price:23.70€
Discs:5
  1. Serse: Ombra Mai Fu (1993 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Sir George Thalben-Ball/Philharmonia Orchestra/Warwick Braithwaite 4:35 2. Messiah: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (1993 Digital Remaster) Philharmonia Orchestra/Kirsten Flagstad/Warwick Braithwaite 7:35
  2. St Matthew Passion: Erbarme Dich, Mein Gott (1993 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Manoug Parikian/Geraint Jones/Philharmonia Orchestra/Walter Susskind 8:54
  3. Dido & Aeneas: Thy Hand, Belinda...When I Am Laid In Earth (1993 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Philharmonia Orchestra/Warwick Braithwaite 4:54
  4. Orfeo Ed Euridice: Che Far� Senza Euridice Kirsten Flagstad/Philharmonia Orchestra/Walter Susskind 4:23
  5. Auf, Auf Mein Herz Mit Freude Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 1:49
  6. Geh'ein, Mein Leib, In Deine Kammer Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 3:25 8. Die G�te Gottes Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 2:01
  7. Busslied (An Dir Allein) Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 4:29
  8. Passionslied Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 3:16
  9. Preis Sei Dem Gotte Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 1:39
  10. Vergiss Mein Nicht Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 4:17
  11. O Finstre Nacht Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 4:02
  12. Liebster Herr Jesu Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 3:23
  13. Komm, S�sser Tod Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 4:19
  14. Dir, Dir Jehova Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 1:46
  15. Wie Seh'ich Dich, Mein Jesu, Bluten Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 3:08 18. Sei Nur Still Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 1:51
  16. Auf, Auf! Zu Gottes Lob! Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 1:19
  17. Soccorretemi Ch'io Moro Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 2:08
  18. O Ewigkeit Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 4:08
  19. En Dr�m Op. 48 No. 6 (Orch. Kleven) (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Philharmonia Orchestra/Warwick Braithwaite 2:26
  20. Tak For Dit R�d Op. 21 No. 4 (Orch. Kleven) (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Philharmonia Orchestra/Warwick Braithwaite 1:11
  21. V�ren Op. 33 No.2 (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Philharmonia Orchestra/Walter Susskind 6:25
  22. Fra Monte Pincio Op. 39 No. 1 (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Philharmonia Orchestra/Warwick Braithwaite 6:01
  23. Guten Op .33 No. 1 (Orch. Gunstrom) (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Philharmonia Orchestra/Warwick Braithwaite 3:01
  24. Eros Op. 70 No. 1 (Orch. Reger) (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Philharmonia Orchestra/Warwick Braithwaite 3:14
  25. Ved Rundarne Op. 33 No. 9 (Orch. Kleven) (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Philharmonia Orchestra/Warwick Braithwaite 3:24
  26. Ein Traum Op.48 No.6 Kirsten Flagstad/Philharmonia Orchestra/Warwick Braithwaite/Walter Susskind 2:24
  27. Six Songs Op. 25 (1990 Digital Remaster): II. En Svane
  28. Den Saerde Op. 33 No. 3 (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Philharmonia Orchestra/Warwick Braithwaite 4:12
  29. Six Songs Op. 25 (1990 Digital Remaster): IV. Med En Vandlilje
  30. Prinsessen (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 3:12 13. Lanfs Ei � Op.33 No.5 Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 2:16
  31. Mens Jeg Venter Op.60 No.3 Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 2:47
  32. 5 Songs Op. 26 (1990 Digital Remaster): Med En Primulaveris (With A Primrose) (Paulsen) Kirsten Flagstad/Edwin McArthur 2:14
  33. Og Jeg Vil Ha Mig En Hjertenskjaer Op. 60 No. 5 (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Edwin McArthur 1:28
  34. Modersorg Op. 15 No. 4 (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Orchestra 3:24
  35. Solveigs Sang Op.23 No.1 (From 'Peer Gynt') (Ibsen) (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Orchestra 3:18
  36. Blonde Naetter Op. 13 No. 1 (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Edwin McArthur 3:50
  37. Sne (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Eyvind Alnaes 3:32
  38. Lykken Mellem To Mennesker Op 26 No. 1 (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Eyvind Alnaes 2:52
  39. Saeterjentens S�ndag (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Orchestra 3:16
  40. Millom Rosor Op. 39 No. 4 (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Orchestra 2:12
  41. Mot Kvold Op. 42 No. 7 (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Orchestra 2:27
  42. Majnat Op. 22 No. 3 (1990 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Anonymous 3:07
  43. Die Allmacht D852 (1997 Digital Remaster) Gerald Moore/Kirsten Flagstad 4:59
  44. Fr�hlingsglaube D686 (1997 Digital Remaster) Gerald Moore/Kirsten Flagstad 3:39
  45. Wandrers Nachtlied II D768 (1997 Digital Remaster) Gerald Moore/Kirsten Flagstad 2:38
  46. Die Ehre Gottes Aus Der Natur Op.48 No.4 Kirsten Flagstad/Edwin McArthur 3:08
  47. Seitdem Dein Aug' Op.17 No.1 (2010 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Edwin McArthur 2:17
  48. C�cilie Op.27 No.2 Kirsten Flagstad/Edwin McArthur 1:52
  49. Love Went A-Riding Kirsten Flagstad/Edwin McArthur 1:40
  50. Gudrid Stod Ved Stoveglas Op.11 No.2 (2003 Digital Remaster) Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 2:14
  51. Natt Op.4 No.1 Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 2:10
  52. Regn Op.6 No.2 Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 1:16
  53. Hjuring-lokk Op.8 No.5 Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 1:43
  54. Spinnvettir Op.10 No.1 Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 2:02
  55. Baan Sull Op.11 No.1 Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 1:51
  56. Alle Mann Hadde Fota Op.21 No.2 Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 1:23
  57. Wesendonck-Lieder (2004 Digital Remaster): I. Der Engel Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 3:51
  58. Wesendonck-Lieder (2004 Digital Remaster): II. Stehe Still Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 4:02
  59. Wesendonck-Lieder (2004 Digital Remaster): III. Im Treibhaus Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 4:45
  60. Wesendonck-Lieder (2004 Digital Remaster): IV. Schmerzen Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 2:46
  61. Wesendonck-Lieder (2004 Digital Remaster): V. Tr�ume Kirsten Flagstad/Gerald Moore 4:38
  62. Tannh�user (2004 Digital Remaster): Gebet Der Elisabeth: Allm�cht'Ge Jungfrau. Hor Mein Flehen!...(Act 3) Kirsten Flagstad/Philharmonia Orchestra/Issay Dobroven 6:07
  63. Siegmund! Sieh' Auf Mich Kirsten Flagstad/Philharmonia Orchestra/Karl B�hm/Set Svanholm 18:04
  64. Siegfried: Heil Dir, Sonne! Kirsten Flagstad/Set Svanholm/Philharmonia Orchestra/Georges S�bastian 32:12
  65. G�tterd�mmerung (1987 Digital Remaster): Zu Neuen Taten, Teurer Helde (Prologue) Kirsten Flagstad/Set Svanholm/Philharmonia Orchestra/Georges S�bastian 12:23
  66. G�tterd�mmerung (1987 Digital Remaster): Helle Wehr! Heilige Waffe (Siegfried, Br�nnhilde) Kirsten Flagstad/Set Svanholm/Philharmonia Orchestra/Hermann Weigert 2:43
  67. G�tterd�mmerung (2004 Digital Remaster): Starke Scheite Schichtet Mir Dort (Immolation Scene), 3.Aufzug Kirsten Flagstad/Philharmonia Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtw�ngler 19:02
  68. Tristan Und Isolde (2001 Digital Remaster): Doch Nun Von Tristan! (Act I) Kirsten Flagstad/Blanche Thebom/Ludwig Suthaus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtw�ngler 12:03
  69. Tristan Und Isolde: H�rst Du Sie Noch? Kirsten Flagstad/Ludwig Suthaus/Blanche Thebom/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Josef Greindl/Edgar Evans/Rudolf Schock/Rhoderick Davies/Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Philharmonia Orchestra/W 13:20
  70. Tristan Und Isolde: Isolde! Tristan! Geliebter Kirsten Flagstad/Ludwig Suthaus/Blanche Thebom/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Josef Greindl/Edgar Evans/Rudolf Schock/Rhoderick Davies/Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Philharmonia Orchestra/W 19:49
  71. Tristan Und Isolde: O Sink Hernieder, Nacht Der Liebe Kirsten Flagstad/Ludwig Suthaus/Blanche Thebom/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Josef Greindl/Edgar Evans/Rudolf Schock/Rhoderick Davies/Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Philharmonia Orchestra/W 25:55
  72. Tristan Und Isolde (2001 Digital Remaster): Mild Und Leise Wir Er L�chelt (Act III) Kirsten Flagstad/Blanche Thebom/Ludwig Suthaus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtw�ngler 7:12
 Summary: This 5 CD set, devoted to the famous Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad, is a further release in the EMI Classics ICON series.
Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962) enjoyed a successful career singing opera and operetta in Scandanavia, and was considering retirement when she was catapulted to international fame in 1935 after a sensational appearance at the Metropolitan Opera in New York singing Sieglinde, Isolde and Brünnhilde.
From 1935 until her retirement from the stage in 1953 she was the leading Wagnerian soprano of her day. Her powerful, radiant voice and seemingly inexhaustible vocal stamina were ideally suited to the most taxing roles in Wagner's operas and she was universally acclaimed, especially as Isolde and Brünnhilde. She scored a particular success at Covent Garden and sang there under the three most famous Wagner conductors of the time: Reiner, Beecham and Furtwängler.
The first CD in the set opens with a group of Baroque arias by Handel, Bach, Purcell and Gluck that show off to advantage Flagstad's superb voice and impeccable musicality. The remainder of this CD consists of Arne Dørumsgaard's attractive arrangements of classical arias and songs from the collection Canzone scordate.
In her concert repertoire, Flagstad specialised in Norwegian songs and made many recordings of the vocal music of Grieg as well as other Scandanavian composers like Alf Hurum, Ole Bull and Christian Sinding, all of whom are represented on CD 2.
The third CD beings with a group of songs by Schubert, Beethoven, Bridge and Dørumsgaard, after which Flagstad gives a superb account of the five Wesendonck Lieder that Wagner wrote while composing Tristan und Isolde. This CD concludes with Elisabeth's prayer `Allmächt'ge Jungfrau' from Tannhäuser and `Siegmund! Sieh' auf mich' in which Brünnhilde tells Siegmund of his forthcoming death in the second act of Die Walküre. Siegmund is sung by the tenor Set Svanholm, who was one of Flagstad's regular partners in the theatre and on disc.
The remaining two discs include extensive excerpts from Siegfried, Götterdämmerung and Tristan und Isolde, with Set Svanholm as Siegfried and Ludwig Suthaus as Tristan. The complete recording of Tristan und Isolde, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler, is considered to be one of the finest opera recordings ever made.


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