{"product_id":"kirsten-flagstad-kirsten-flagstad-rarities","title":"Kirsten Flagstad: Kirsten Flagstad: Rarities - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eKirsten Flagstad: Rarities\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eKirsten Flagstad\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eVideo Artists Int'l\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e089948128625\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical Artists\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2020-01-03\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e2\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962) is one of the greatest interpreters of Wagner on record. She treasured the gifts God bestowed on her, cultivated them with hard work and patience, and what emerged was a miracle of sound, large as the ocean, pure as a sunrise, and radiant with all the colors of the rainbow. Most of the material included in this collection previously appeared on disc only briefly, on the now-defunct Eklipse label. The earliest performance is a 1948 all-Wagner concert from Cuba, conducted by Clemens Krauss, where the soprano is in spectacular form. The latest of the selections, excerpts from a 1957 radio performance of Gluck's Alceste, show that the nearly-62-year-old soprano had lost none of that perfect balance of registers that gave her voice seemingly limitless measures of richness, freedom, and brilliance. Two CDs, total time: 126 minutes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Bergen Festival Concert 1953 Songs by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) \u003cbr\u003e1.2 1. Fra Monte Pincio (From Monte Pincio) (5:56) \u003cbr\u003e1.3 2. Lys Nat (Summer Night) (3:14) \u003cbr\u003e1.4 3. En Drøm (A Dream) (3:28) \u003cbr\u003e1.5 4. Tristan und Isolde - Liebestod (7:11)  Richard Wagner (1813-1883) \u003cbr\u003e1.6 5. Götterdämmerung - Immolation Scene (19:43) \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Gluck: Alceste (sung in Norwegian and Danish)  Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra \/ Grüner-Hegge \u003cbr\u003e1.8 6. Act II - Mi arridea sinor la vita (2:12) \u003cbr\u003e1.9 7. Act II - A’ vostri lai io pur bagnato il ciglio (5:53) \u003cbr\u003e1.10 8. Act III - O Numi, ispiratemi ardire! (8:42) \u003cbr\u003e1.11 9. Act I - Divinità infernal! (4:48) \u003cbr\u003e1.12 Danish Radio Orchestra and Chorus \/ Hye-Knudsen  Copenhagen, 1957 \u003cbr\u003e2.1 Havana Concert, 1948 \u003cbr\u003e2.2 1. Wagner: Fliegende Holländer - Senta’s Ballad (7:16) \u003cbr\u003e2.3 2. Beethoven: Ah! Perfido, Op. 65 (11:44) \u003cbr\u003e2.4 3. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - O sink hernieder (6:42)* \u003cbr\u003e2.5 4. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Liebestod (6:34) \u003cbr\u003e2.6 Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder \u003cbr\u003e2.7 5. I. Der Engel (3:06) \u003cbr\u003e2.8 6. II. Stehe still! (3:10) \u003cbr\u003e2.9 7. III. Im Treibhaus (5:22) \u003cbr\u003e2.10 8. IV. Schmerzen (2:10) \u003cbr\u003e2.11 9. V. Träume (4:38) \u003cbr\u003e2.12 Havana Philharmonic \/ Clemens Krauss, conductor \u003cbr\u003e2.13 10. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Dido’s Lament sung in Norwegian \/ Norwegian Radio, ca. 1955 (5:43) \u003cbr\u003e2.14 11. Flagstad discusses “Desert Island Discs” - 1952 (8:25)\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kirsten Flagstad","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32478138859591,"sku":"40012568","price":18.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/3770983-2582990_67fbc8e3-293b-4f77-a1f6-83248f35db05.jpg?v=1711435559","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/kirsten-flagstad-kirsten-flagstad-rarities","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}