The Very Best Of Kirsten Flagstad

Kirsten Flagstad

• Released on 17/01/2005 by Warner Classics
• Main artists: Kirsten Flagstad
• Genre: Classical

1 Tannhäuser (Dresden Version), WWV 70, Act 3 Scene 1: "Allmächt'ge Jungfrau, hör mein Flehen!" [Elisabeth]

00:06:08

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, Composer, Poet - Kirsten Flagstad, Vocals, MainArtist - Issay Dobroven, Conductor, MainArtist

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2 5 Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme, WWV 91, "Wesendonck-Lieder": No. 1, Der Engel, "In der Kindheit frühen Tagen" (Sehr ruhig bewegt)

00:03:52

Walter Legge, Recording Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer - Gerald Moore, Piano, MainArtist - Kirsten Flagstad, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Douglas Larter, BalanceEngineer

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3 5 Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme, WWV 91, "Wesendonck-Lieder": No. 2, Stehe still!, "Sausendes, brausendes Rad der Zeit" (Bewegt)

00:04:03

Walter Legge, Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer - Gerald Moore, Piano, MainArtist - Kirsten Flagstad, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Douglas Larter, BalanceEngineer

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4 5 Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme, WWV 91, "Wesendonck-Lieder": No. 3, Im Treibhaus, "Hochgewölbte Blätterkronen" (Langsam und schwer)

00:04:45

Walter Legge, Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer - Gerald Moore, Piano, MainArtist - Kirsten Flagstad, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Douglas Larter, BalanceEngineer

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5 5 Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme, WWV 91, "Wesendonck-Lieder": No. 4, Schmerzen, "Sonne, weinest jeden Abend" (Langsam und breit)

00:02:46

Walter Legge, Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer - Gerald Moore, Piano, MainArtist - Kirsten Flagstad, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Douglas Larter, BalanceEngineer

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6 5 Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme, WWV 91, "Wesendonck-Lieder": No. 5, Träume, "Sag, welch wunderbare Träume" (Sehr mässig bewegt, aber nie schleppend)

00:04:40

Walter Legge, Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer - Gerald Moore, Piano, MainArtist - Kirsten Flagstad, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Douglas Larter, BalanceEngineer

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7 Siegfried, WWV 86C, Act 3 Scene 3: "Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich" (Brünnhilde, Siegfried)

00:11:35

Walter Legge, Recording Producer - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, Composer, Poet - Kirsten Flagstad, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Set Svanholm, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Douglas Larter, BalanceEngineer - Georges Sebastian, Conductor, MainArtist

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8 Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde (Prologue) (1987 Digital Remaster)

00:12:25

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, Composer - Kirsten Flagstad, Vocals, MainArtist - Set Svanholm, Vocals, MainArtist - Georges Sebastian, Conductor, MainArtist

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9 Helle Wehr! Heilige Waffe (Siegfried, Brünnhilde) (1987 Digital Remaster)

00:02:46

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, Composer - Kirsten Flagstad, Vocals, MainArtist - Set Svanholm, Vocals, MainArtist - Hermann Weigert, Conductor, MainArtist

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10 Götterdämmerung (1993 Remastered Version): Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort (Immolation Scene), 3.Aufzug

00:19:51

Walter Legge, Producer - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, Composer, Poet - Wilhelm Furtwängler, Conductor, MainArtist - Kirsten Flagstad, Lead Vocals, Soprano Vocals, Boy Soprano, MainArtist - Wilhelm Furtwaengler, Conductor, Lead Vocals

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DISC 2

1 Orfeo ed Euridice (1993 Remastered Version): Che farò senza Euridice (Act III)

00:04:24

Walter Legge, Producer - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Walter Susskind, Conductor, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Kirsten Flagstad, Lead Vocals, Soprano Vocals, Boy Soprano, MainArtist

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2 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Recitative. "Thy Hand, Belinda" - Song. "When I Am Laid in Earth" (Dido)

00:04:55

Walter Legge, Producer - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Warwick Braithwaite, Conductor, MainArtist - Kirsten Flagstad, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist

© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1993, 1993 Parlophone Records Limited

3 6 Songs, Op. 48: No. 6, En Dröm (Orch. Kleven)

00:02:25

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Edvard Grieg, Composer - Warwick Braithwaite, Conductor - Kirsten Flagstad, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Arvid Kleven, Orchestrator

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4 4 Songs, Op. 21: No. 4, Tak for dit råd (Orch. Kleven)

00:01:11

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Edvard Grieg, Composer - Warwick Braithwaite, Conductor - Kirsten Flagstad, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Arvid Kleven, Orchestrator

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5 6 Romances, Op. 39: No. 1, Fra Monte Pincio. Nocturne (Orchestral Version)

00:06:01

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Edvard Grieg, Composer - Warwick Braithwaite, Conductor - Kirsten Flagstad, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist

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6 12 Songs, Op. 33: No. 1, Guten (Orch. Gunstrom)

00:03:02

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Edvard Grieg, Composer - Warwick Braithwaite, Conductor - Kirsten Flagstad, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist

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7 5 Songs, Op. 70: No. 1, Eros (Orch. Reger)

00:03:14

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Edvard Grieg, Composer - Max Reger, Orchestrator - Warwick Braithwaite, Conductor - Kirsten Flagstad, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist

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8 12 Songs, Op. 33: No. 9, Ved Rundarne (Orch. Kleven)

00:03:26

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Edvard Grieg, Composer - Warwick Braithwaite, Conductor - Kirsten Flagstad, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Arvid Kleven, Orchestrator

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9 Doch nun von Tristan! (Act I) (2001 Digital Remaster)

00:12:01

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, Composer - Wilhelm Furtwängler, Conductor, MainArtist - Kirsten Flagstad, Vocals, MainArtist - Blanche Thebom, Vocals, MainArtist - Ludwig Suthaus, Vocals, MainArtist

© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1953 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 2001 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

10 Tristan und Isolde (2001 Remastered Version): O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe (Act II)

00:25:53

Walter Legge, Producer - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, Composer, Poet - Wilhelm Furtwängler, Conductor, MainArtist - Kirsten Flagstad, Lead Vocals, Soprano Vocals, Boy Soprano, MainArtist - Blanche Thebom, Lead Vocals, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, Boy Soprano, MainArtist - Ludwig Suthaus, Vocals, MainArtist - Wilhelm Furtwaengler, Conductor, Lead Vocals

© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1953 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 2001 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

11 Mild und leise wir er lächelt (Act III) (2001 Digital Remaster)

00:07:13

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, Composer - Wilhelm Furtwängler, Conductor, MainArtist - Kirsten Flagstad, Vocals, MainArtist - Blanche Thebom, Vocals, MainArtist - Ludwig Suthaus, Vocals, MainArtist

© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1953 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 2001 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

About the album

• 2 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
• Total length: 02:26:36

• Main artists: Kirsten Flagstad
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: Warner Classics
• Genre: Classical
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