Songs with orchestra acc. (Strauss) and vocal and orchestral opera excerpts (Wagner). 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 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Contents:
Four last songs / Richard Strauss (19:47) -- Tristan and 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.
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