Kristen Flagstad, soprano ; Gerald Moore, piano (1st work) ; Philharmonia Orchestra (2nd-5th works) ; Issay Dobrowen (2nd & 5th works), Georges Sébastian (3rd work), Wilhelm Furtwängler (4th work), conductors
Text of first work by Mathilde Wesendonck.
Reissues.
Texts with English translations in container.
Recorded at No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, Mar. 16-Apr. 1, 1948 (2nd, 4th-5th works), June 12-13, 1951 (3rd work); and No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London, May 25-26, 1948 (1st work).
Sung in German.
Wesendonck Lieder -- Tannhäuser. Allmächt'ge Jungfrau (Elisabeth's prayer) -- Siegfried. Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich (with Set Svanholm, tenor -- Götterdämmerung. Immolation -- Tristan und Isolde. Wie lachen sie mir (narrative and curse) ; Mild und leise (Liebestod)