AUDIO
Four last songs [sound recording] / Strauss. Tristan und Isolde, Götterdämmerung : excerpts / Wagner.
- Date
- 2007-1950
- By
- Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949; Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962; Furtwängler, Wilhelm, 1886-1954; Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England)
- Notes
Four last songs / Richard Strauss (20:00) -- Tristan und Isolde. Prelude (11:28) ; Mild und leise wie er lächelt : Liebestod (6:56) / Richard Wagner -- Götterdämmerung. Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine journey (11:09) ; Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort-- (18:59) / Wagner.
Songs with orchestral acc. (Strauss) and vocal and orchestral opera excerpts (Wagner).
Sung in German.
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor.
Broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall, London, May 22, 1950 (world premiere performance of the Strauss).
Compact disc.
Program notes by Michael Tanner and Mike Ashman in English, with French, and German translations (14 p.) inserted in container.
- Related to
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. 1. Aufzug. Einleitung, Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. Liebestod, Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung. Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt, Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung. Brünnhildes Schlussgesang
- Other Titles
- Letzte Lieder; Last songs; 4 last songs; At head of title: Wilhelm Furtwängler conducts Philharmonia Orchestra; Tristan und Isolde.; Götterdämmerung.
- Publisher
- [Bromley, Kent, England] : Testament, p2007.
- Format
- 1 sound disc (69 min. 11 sec.) : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.
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