Farewell Concert [Import]

Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Edwin McArthur (Conductor), Symphony of the Air (Orchestra), Kirsten Flagstad (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Kirsten Flagstad
• Orchestra: Symphony of the Air
• Conductor: Edwin McArthur
• Composer: Richard [Classical] Wagner
• Audio CD (May 31, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Archipel
• ASIN: B0009IW92K
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,047,591 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act I. Schläfst du, Gast?

2. Wesendonk Lieder, songs (5) for voice & piano (or orchestra), WWV 91: Der Engel

3. Wesendonk Lieder, songs (5) for voice & piano (or orchestra), WWV 91: Stehe still!

4. Wesendonk Lieder, songs (5) for voice & piano (or orchestra), WWV 91: Im Treibhaus

5. Wesendonk Lieder, songs (5) for voice & piano (or orchestra), WWV 91: Schmerzen

6. Wesendonk Lieder, songs (5) for voice & piano (or orchestra), WWV 91: Träume

7. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act I & Act II. Prelude to Act I and Closing Scene 'Mild und Leise'

8. Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FLAGSTAD AT 60 ------- STILL A POWERHOUSE OF SOUND, January 21, 2006

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L. Mitnick (Chicago, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Farewell Concert (Audio CD)

Kirsten Flagstad was incredible. She emerged from retirement to sing this New York concert in March of 1955, and was only a few months shy of her 60th birthday. Past her vocal prime? If this is "past prime", it's singing that sopranos half her age would have gladly settled for. Every item here is beautifully done, with Flagstad unfurling her mammoth voice over the orchestra. No details needed here, really. The only subsequent soprano capable of this kind of singing was Birgit Nilsson, who also at age 60 was still going strong. These two Nordic giants were truly daughters of the Vikings!!!! Amazingly reasonable price for this disc. If you want to hear singing on a magnitude completely extinct today, buy this disc. Sound and sonics are perfectly acceptable.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Staggering, May 9, 2009

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W. Burks (Louisville, KY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Farewell Concert (Audio CD)

The concert is an amazing event - most notable is the Immolation scene which is taken slower in places than many sopranos would dare. When the final portion does come, it is a flood of power and wonderful sound.
Great disc!