Kirsten Flagstad, soprano ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor
Principally songs with orchestra acc. (originally with piano); the last work is an opera excerpt.
Compact disc.
Program notes by Alan Blyth in English with French and German translations (14 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Recorded Sept. 7, 1957, at Flagstad's farewell concert, Royal Albert Hall, London (Grieg) and Oct. 14, 1953, Royal Festival Hall, London (Wagner); spoken commemoration recorded 1972, BBC Studios, London.
Sung in Norwegian (Grieg) and German (Wagner).
Våren : op. 33 no. 2 (5:51) ; Guten : op. 33 no. 1 (2:42) ; Ved rondane : op. 33 no. 9 (3:36) ; Fyremål : op. 33 no. 12 (3:05) ; Fra Monte Pincio : op. 39 no. 1 (5:31) ; Det første møde : op. 21 no. 1 (4:29) ; Et Håb : op. 26 no. 1 (2:17) ; En svane : op. 25 no. 2 (2:55) ; Eros : op. 70 no. 1 (2:48) ; Jeg elsker dig : op. 5 no. 3 (3:17) / Edvard Grieg -- John Culshaw commemorates Kirsten Flagstad ten years after her death (5:29) -- Wesendonck-Lieder. Der Engel (3:04) ; Stehe still! (3:31) ; Im Treibhaus (5:45) ; Schmerzen (2:14) ; Träume (5:29) / Richard Wagner -- Tristan und Isolde. Liebestod / Wagner (7:22)