Kirsten Flagstad sings Wagner & Strauss

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5 Gedichte fur eine Frauenstimme, Op. 91, "Wesendonck-Lieder" (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Studio orchestra Moscow Virtuosi Berlin Stadtischen Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Wagner
Conducted by: Bertrand de Billy Georges Sebastian
Paul Ulanowsky, piano
Richard Tauber, tenor
Ernestine Schumann-Heink, contralto
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Vladimir Spivakov,
Studio pianist, piano
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Alexander Schmalcz, piano
Indra Thomas, soprano
Heidi Brunner, soprano
Kristin Okerlund, piano
Recording date: 1919 - 1926


1.   No. 1. Der Engel (The Angel) - 00:03:26
2.   No. 2. Stehe still (Stand Still) - 00:03:41
3.   No. 3. Im Treibhaus (In the Hothouse) - 00:07:45
4.   No. 4. Schmerzen (Pain) - 00:02:21
5.   No. 5. Traume (Dreams) - 00:05:19


Tristan und Isolde (more info)
Performed by: WDR Symphony Orchestra Maastricht Limburg Symphony Orchestra Bayreuth Festival Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin London Symphony Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Opera Orchestra Berlin Stadtischen Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Wagner
Conducted by: Gaetano Merola John McGlinn Fritz Reiner John Barbirolli Arturo Basile Karl Elmendorff Ed Spanjaard Bertrand de Billy Georges Sebastian Erich Leinsdorf Karl Muck Leif Segerstam Johannes Wildner Wilhelm Furtwangler Leo Blech Albert Coates Roberto Paternostro Ivan Anguelov
Set Svanholm, tenor
Johan Botha, tenor
Martin Bruns, baritone
Frida Leider, soprano
Anny Helm, soprano
Helen Traubel, soprano
Ivar Andresen, bass
Ulrik Qvale, tenor
Charlotte Margiono, soprano
Gunnar Lundberg, baritone
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, soprano
Nanny Larsen-Todsen, soprano
Gunnar Graarud, tenor
Rudolf Bockelmann, bass-baritone
Joachim Sattler, tenor
Gustav Rodin, tenor
Hans Beer, tenor
John Horton Murray, tenor
Margaret Jane Wray, soprano
Edwin McArthur,
Gwyneth Jones, soprano
Magnus Kyhle, tenor
John Erik Eleby, bass
Martina Dike, mezzo-soprano
Hedwig Fassbender, mezzo-soprano
Maria Callas, soprano
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Robert Dean Smith, tenor
Josef Greindl, bass
Ludwig Suthaus, tenor
Blanche Thebom, mezzo-soprano
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Rudolf Schock, tenor
Edgar Evans, tenor
Rhoderick Davies, baritone
Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano
Heidi Brunner, soprano
Lennart Forsen, bass
Wolfgang Millgramm, tenor
Linda Watson, soprano
Deborah Polaski, soprano
Recording date: February 6, 1943


6.   Act I: Prelude - 00:09:57
7.   Act I: Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen - 00:08:39
8.   Act III: Isoldes Klage und Liebestod - 00:13:27

4 Letzte Lieder (4 Last Songs), TrV 296 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Rundfunkorchester Royal Scottish National Orchestra Weimar Staatskapelle Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Berlin Stadtischen Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Strauss
Conducted by: Mariss Jansons Ingo Metzmacher Karl Bohm Michael Halasz Georges Sebastian Neeme Jarvi Otto Ackermann Marek Janowski
Anja Harteros, soprano
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Ricarda Merbeth, soprano
Helmut Deutsch,
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Lisa Della Casa, soprano
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Recording date: June 1953


1.   No. 3. Beim Schlafengehen (At Bedtime) - 00:05:07
2.   No. 2. September - 00:04:55
3.   No. 4. Im Abendrot (In the Evening Glow) - 00:08:31


Elektra, Op. 58, TrV 223 (more info)
Performed by: West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Stadtischen Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Strauss
Conducted by: Georges Sebastian Michael Schonwandt Semyon Bychkov Richard Kraus
Alfred Walker, bass
Christiane Hossfeld, soprano
Karen Foster, soprano
Arnold Bezuyen, tenor
Lars Woldt, bass
Irmgard Vilsmaier, soprano
Brigitta Svenden, mezzo-soprano
Viola Zimmermann, mezzo-soprano
Margarita de Arellano, soprano
Twyla Robinson, soprano
Franz Grundheber, baritone
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Hugo von Hofmannsthal,
Hans Hotter, bass-baritone
Astrid Varnay, soprano
Felicity Palmer, alto
Susanne Resmark, mezzo-soprano
Helmut Melchert,
Gertie Charlent,
Marlies Siemeling,
Anne Schwanewilms, soprano
Marianne Schroeder, narrator
Graham Clark, tenor
Kathe Moller-Siepermann, soprano
Heiner Horn, bass
Deborah Polaski, soprano
Res Fischer, mezzo-soprano
Helene Petrich, soprano
Kathe Retzmann, soprano
Hasso Eschert, tenor
Arno Reinhardt, bass
Ilsa Ihme-Sabisch, alto
Trude Roesler, mezzo-soprano
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Leonie Rysanek, soprano
Recording date: 11 May 1952


4.   Elektra, Op. 58, TrV 223: Orest! Orest! - O lass deine Augen mich sehn - 00:05:42


Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods) (more info)
Performed by: WDR Symphony Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Bayreuth Festival Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Opera Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Berlin Stadtischen Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Wagner
Conducted by: Christian Thielemann John McGlinn Rosario Bourdon Artur Bodanzky Georges Sebastian Uwe Mund Eugene Ormandy Lothar Zagrosek Wilhelm Furtwangler Leo Blech Roberto Paternostro Kurt Striegler
Edith Haller, soprano
Fionnuala McCarthy, mezzo-soprano
Ulrike Helzel, mezzo-soprano
Simone Schroder, contralto
Stephen Gould, tenor
Tichina Vaughn, mezzo-soprano
Eva-Maria Westbroek, soprano
Albert Bonnema, tenor
Hernan Iturralde, bass
Franz-Josef Kapellmann, bass
Luana DeVol, soprano
Janet Collins, soprano
Sue Patchell, soprano
Sarah Castle, soprano
Frida Leider, soprano
Eduard Habich, bass
Ernestine Schumann-Heink, contralto
Roland Bracht, bass
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Marjorie Lawrence, soprano
Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, soprano
Margaret Jane Wray, soprano
Edwin McArthur,
Hans-Peter Konig, bass
Gwyneth Jones, soprano
Andrew Shore, bass
Martina Dike, mezzo-soprano
Josef Herrmann, baritone
Ludwig Hofmann, bass
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Helga Ros Indridadottir, mezzo-soprano
Dorothee Manski, soprano
Friedrich Schorr, bass-baritone
Lani Poulson, mezzo-soprano
Max Lorenz, tenor
Christa Mayer, mezzo-soprano
Linda Watson, soprano
Ralf Lukas, bass
Recording date: 11 January 1936


5.   Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods), Act III: Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort - 00:18:00

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