Kirsten Flagstad Live in Concert

The legendary soprano Kirsten Flagstad possessed what many consider to be the most beautiful voice ever captured on recordings. This disc presents live concerts performed for the radio, 1949-1957. Arias and scenes from Der fliegende Holländer, Tristan und Isolde (duet with Set Svanholm and “Liebestod”), Götterdämmerung (Immolation Scene), and Alceste, as well as orchestral songs by Richard Strauss (Befreit, Allerseelen, Cäcilie). 66 min. Richard Wagner (1813-1883) DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER 1 Trafft ihr das Schiff TRISTAN UND ISOLDE 2 O sink’ hermieder (with Set Svanholm) 3 Liebestod San Francisco Opera Orchestra/Gaetano Merola, cond. October 9, 1949 Richard Strauss (1864-1949) 4 Befreit 5 Allerseelen 6 Cäcilie Wagner GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG 7 Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort (Immolation Scene) San Francisco Opera Orchestra/Gaetano Merola, cond. October 8, 1950 Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) ALCESTE 8 Immortel Apollon! 9 Où suis-je? Ô malheureuse Alceste! (with Niels Mollner) 10 Divinités du Styx Orchestra and Chorus of the Danish Radio Johann Hye-Knudsen, cond. April 14, 1957