Volume 4

Volume 4

Volume 4
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Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1996-10-01
Music Label: Simax
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 36
  2. Arioso, for voice & orchestra, Op. 3
  3. Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 37: The first Kiss, Op. 37 No. 1
  4. Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 37: The maiden's tryst, Op. 37 No. 5
  5. Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 37: Was it a dream, Op. 37 No. 4
  6. When I Have Sung My Songs, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
  7. O Lovely Night for voice & orchestra
  8. Lullaby, for voice & piano, Op. 57/2
  9. At parting
  10. Love went a-riding, for voice & piano (or orchestra), H 114
  11. Sleep That Flits On Baby's Eyes for voice & piano
  12. With the Tide
  13. The White Peace, for voice & piano
  14. Cradle Song, for voice & piano (from 'Irish Songs (3)')
  15. Songs (2) for voice & piano, Op. 41: Speak, Music
  16. The Little Road to Bethlehem
  17. English Songs (3), for voice & piano, RT v/12
  18. Love went a-riding, for voice & piano (or orchestra), H 115
Music CD 2
  1. Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid), song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 67: No. 1, Det Syng
  2. Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid), song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 67: No. 1, Det Syng
  3. Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid), song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 67: No. 2, Veslemøy
  4. Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid), song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 67: No. 3, BlaabÂ?rli
  5. Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid), song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 67: No. 3, BlaabÂ?rli
  6. Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid), song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 67: No. 4, Møte
  7. Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid), song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 67: No. 5, Elsk
  8. Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid), song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 67: No. 5, Elsk
  9. Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid), song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 67: No. 6, Killingdans
  10. Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid), song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 67: No. 7, Vond Dag
  11. Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid), song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 67: No. 8, Ved GjÂ?tlebekken
  12. Der Engel ('In der Kinkheit fr�¼hen Tagen'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Wesendonk Lieder), WWV 91/1
  13. Stehe still! ('Sausendes, brausendes Rad der Zeit'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Wesendonk Lieder), WWV 91/2
  14. Stehe still! ('Sausendes, brausendes Rad der Zeit'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Wesendonk Lieder), WWV 91/2
  15. Im Treibhaus ('Hochgew�¶lbe Bl�¤tterkronen'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Wesendonck Lieder), WWV 91/3
  16. Schmerzen ('Sonne, weinest jeden Abend...'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Wesendonk Lieder), WWV 91/4
  17. Tr�¤ume ('Sag, welch wunderbare Tr�¤ume'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Wesendonk Lieder), WWV 91/5

Music reviews of Volume 4

Music Review: One of opera's legendary figures sings lieder.
Rating: 5 Stars

The Norwegian Kirsten Flagstad was the pre-eminent Wagnerian soprano of the 20th century, but she also gave hundreds of lieder and song recitals, the pick of which bejewel this ravishing double CD. the first offers three complete song-cycles, Grieg's rippling 'Haugtussa', all pastoral maidens and brooks, Flagstad singing as light as a breeze; Wagner's 'Wesendonck-Lieder', that ghost of his masterpiece 'Tristan and Isolde', my favourite lieder cycle - this is the best interpretation I have ever heard, passionate, yearning and, in 'Im Treibhaus' and 'Traume', genuinely spine-tingling. Sibelius' enchanting songs complete the CD, with 'The Maiden's Tryst' unexpectedly lush and romantic.

The second disc of Anglo-American songs may be less demanding, but are no less delightful. Highlights include Landan Ronald's operettish 'O Lovely Night', Frank Bridge's rollicking 'Love Went A-Riding', Bax's hushed 'The White Peace', Elgar's hymn-like tribute to his vocation 'Speak Music', Delius' rapturous 'Love's Philosophy', as well as a tantalisingly muffled 1937 recording of Stephen Foster's 'Old Folks at Home'. There are also no less than four lullabies, which attests to the Victorian hangover on bourgeois tastes in the middle of the last century.

Most of these recordings date from the 1950s, so the sound is relatively clear, and if Flagstad is past her operatic prime, her ability to express intense passion with an imperiously cool technique would put most modern singers to shame. her regular accompanist, Edwin McArthur, is a model of self-effacement, quietly playful and inventive in the background. My only complaint is that, at this price, surely a lyric sheet could have been provided. There is, however, a fascinating biographical piece, detailing, amongst other things, the soprano's dubious wartime conduct.

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