Kirsten Flagstad singing Ho jo To ho. + Informações

Kirsten Flagstad's advice for young singers who want to sing Wagner. In the end, she sings an excerpt from Die Walküre a capella. ~~~ Picture artwork, editing and remastering by AfroPoli. + Informações

This is the only live performance of the Liebestod I know of with these two artists. I find it more compelling than the famous studio version they did some years later for EMI.. + Informações

Liebestod from "Tristan and Isolde" by Richard Wagner This is her debut performance at Covent Garden in 1936. Fritz Reiner leads the London Philharmonic Orchestra.. + Informações

THIS PROJECT IS RESERVED ONLY FOR THE GREATEST! What do you mean about Kirsten Flagstad in this collection? Please comment! Kirsten Flagstad, Soprano (1895-1962) Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde Mild und leise (Isoldes Liebestod) (Recorded 1939) My personal opinion: There´sa nice anecdote: In 1935 Kirsten Flagstad began with the first rehearsals for Wagners Valkyre at the Metropolitan Opera where she was invited as one of these new talents. Her contract was on probation. When she opened her mouth and began to sing, the conductors baton fell out of his hands and Siegmund missed his inset. Such a voice with this volume and capacity never was heard in New York before, and soon after that, the american Wagnerians classified an age before and after Kirsten. There is no doubt, Flagstad possessed one of the biggest voices of the last century, and it´s said, her recordings were not able to reproduce how big these voice indeed was. But I´m sure, her Liebestod (here a recording from 1939 with Edwin McArthur) leaves great impressions. What do you mean?. + Informações

Broadcast San Francisco, 1949. + Informações

Traditional, 1956. + Informações

This is the best Flagstad recording of Dido's lament. Majestic. Powerful. Awe-inspiring.. + Informações

1937. + Informações

Live performance, 11 June 1937, London, Covent Garden, Fritz Reiner (conductor) Kirsten Flagstad (1895 - 1962) Biography: en.wikipedia.org. + Informações

Kirsten Flagstad sings "Ove son...Ombre, larve, compagne di morte" from Alceste by Christoph Willibald Gluck The Geraint Jones Orchestra Geraint Jones, conductor recorded in 1956. + Informações

Kirsten Flagstad - Solvieg's Song from Grieg's Peer Gynt (1929). + Informações

This is the Prologue from Gotterdammerung. Kirsten Flagstad is Brunnhilde, and Lauritz Melchior is Siegfried.. + Informações

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Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) En Drøm /A Dream /Ein Traum /Un rêve (1889) Text: FM von Bodenstedt Kirsten Flagstad, soprano Edwin McArthur, piano _. + Informações

Kirsten Flagstad sings the Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde. This time the microphones are better than in the earlier recordings I've posted, and the singing is beautiful!. + Informações

Alceste by Christoph Willibald Gluck Aria: Ombre, larve, compagne di morte Kirsten Flagstad, Wagnerian dramatic soprano Divinites du Styx! ministres de la mort! sung in Italian with the most powerfull voice ever. + Informações

"Im Treibhaus" is the third song from Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder. It, like "Traume", is based on themes from the opera "Tristan and Isolde". The photo accompanying this song is of Kirsten Flagstad in costume as Isolde. Kirsten Flagstad, soloist Hans Knappertsbusch conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. + Informações

George Frederick Handel Dank Sei Dir, Herr (spurious) 1948 4:27 Performed By : George Thalben-Ball / Kirsten Flagstad DANK SEI DIR HERR (FROM THE MESSIAH). + Informações

"Der Engel", from Richard Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder Kirsten Flagstad, soloist Hans Knappertsbusch conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. + Informações

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) wrote his Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) by selecting five Rückert poems of which "Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n" -- Now the sun will rise as brightly is the first song.Mahler conducted the premier, sung by Friedrich Weidemann, in Vienna on 29 January 1905. Mahler wrote to Guido Adler in 1908 "I placed myself in the situation that a child of mine had died. When I really lost my daughter, I could not have written these songs any more." Here Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) is accompanied by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Sir Adrian Boult For more information or to buy go to flagstad.eavb.co.uk. + Informações

"Schmerzen", from Richard Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder. Kirsten Flagstad, soloist Hans Knappertsbusch conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.. + Informações

Warning - this is a historical recording. The sound quality is poor. Were it of lesser importance, I would not even consider posting it here.* Shortly before he died, Richard Strauss wrote a letter to Kirsten Flagstad. He asked her to give the premiere of his four last songs. He requested that she find a suitable conductor and orchestra for the occasion. She honored his request by choosing the world's greatest conductor and the orchestra that was the home of the world's greatest horn player. So here you have the world premiere performance of Beim Schlafengehen from Strauss' Four Last Songs. London Philharmonia Orchestra, 1950 Wilhelm Furtwangler - conductor Kirsten Flagstad - soprano Dennis Brain - horn. + Informações

Erbarme dich, extrait de la Passion Selon St Matthieu de JS Bach par Kirsten Flagstad. + Informações

Tristan and Isolde - Act I Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad Brangaene - Elisabeth Höngen. + Informações