Name: Birgit Nilsson - Great Live Recordings (CD)
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Great Live Recordings

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FORMAT: New CD • UPC: 889853923229
GENRE: Classical Artists • RECORD LABEL: Sony Masterworks
RELEASE DATE: 09/07/18

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Birgit Nilsson - Great Live Recordings (CD)

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Birgit Nilsson - Great Live Recordings (CD)

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Details: Birgit Nilsson was a vocal phenomenon in "a league of her own" (New York Times). Not even the loudest orchestra could drown her powerful voice. Unfortunately, there were seldom recording engineers around who had the expertise to do her voice justice, so it was mostly reduced to a "normal" size in the studio. As the celebrated German music critic Jürgen Kesting put it: "Birgit Nilsson in the recording studio is like driving a Porsche in the back yard". Fortunately, there are many live recordings which show the "real thing" - a phenomenal, larger-than-life voice. "There's nobody like her, no other singer I heard in my life", said Plácido Domingo who partnered her in several performances of Turandot. This centenary edition showcases Nilsson in roles where she set a new vocal standard - Turandot, Isolde, Brünnhilde, Salome and Elektra - in exciting performances, conducted by Herbert von Karajan, Karl Böhm, Leonard Bernstein, Leopold Stokowski, Wolfgang Sawallisch and Eugen Jochum, and alongside other great singers like Anna Moffo, Régine Crespin, Leonie Rysanek, Astrid Varnay, Regina Resnik, Franco Corelli, Wolfgang Windgassen, Ramón Vinay, Jon Vickers, Jess Thomas, Theo Adam and Martti Talvela. Taken in chronological order, these live recordings show the development of the voice of the century: from concert recordings in Stockholm to great performances at the Met, the Bayreuth Festival and the Vienna State Opera, including the Met's broadcast of Die Walküre conducted by Karajan, two versions of Tristan und Isolde, two performances of Elektra and the exciting Turandot with Franco Corelli and Anna Moffo, conducted by Leopold Stokowski. Despite her legendary "battles" with star tenor Franco Corelli, Birgit Nilsson was one of a very few singers to be respected by all her colleagues, by conductors and directors and managers. After listening to her live recordings, you'll know exactly why.

TRACK LIST

Tracklist:

Disc 1: Bartok: Herzog Blaubarts Burg
Recorded Live at the Concert Hall Stockholm February 10 1953
Nilsson Sönnerstedt
Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay
Disc 2-4: Wagner: Lohengrin
Recorded Live at the Bayreuth Festival August 14 1954
Windgassen Nilsson Varnay Uhde Adam Fischer-Dieskau
Conductor: Eugen Jochum
Disc 5-7: Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde
Recorded Live at the Bayreuth Festival August 19 1957
Windgassen Nilsson Hoffman Hotter Van Mill
Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
Disc 8: Wagner: Die Walküre
Act 1 Scene 3: "SCHLÄFST Du Gast"
Recorded Live at the Bayreuth Festival July 1957
Nilsson Vinay
Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch
Wagner: Siegfried
Act 3 Scene 3: "Heil Dir Sonne"
Nilsson Windgassen
Recorded Live at the Bayreuth Festival August 1967
Conductor: Otmar Suitner
Disc 9-10: Puccini: Turandot
Recorded Live at the Metropolitan Opera House March 4 1961 Matinée Broadcast
Nilsson Moffo
Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Disc 11-12: Strauss: Salome
Recorded Live at the Metropolitan Opera House March 13 1965 Matinée Broadcast
Nilsson Liebl Dalis Cassel
Conductor: Karl BÖHM
Disc 13-14: Strauss: Elektra
Recorded Live at the Opéra de Montréal September 19 1967
Nilsson Rysanek Resnik Nienstedt Uhl
Conductor: Karl BÖHM
Disc 15-17: Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde
Recorded Live at the Wiener Staatsoper December 17 1967
Thomas Nilsson Hesse Wiener Talvela
Conductor: Karl BÖHM
Disc 18-20: Wagner: Die Walküre
Recorded Live at the Metropolitan Opera House March 1 1969 Matinée Broadcast
Nilsson Crespin Vickers Adam Veasey Talvela
Conductor: Herbert Von Karajan
Disc 21-22: Beethoven: Fidelio
Recorded Live at the Rai Di Roma March 17 1970
Nilsson Spiess Adam Crass Donath Unger
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Disc 23-24: Strauss: Elektra
Recorded Live at the Metropolitan Opera House February 27 1971 Matinée Broadcast
Nilsson Rysanek Madeira Stewart Nagy
Conductor: Karl BÖHM
Disc 25-27: Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde
Recorded Live at the Festival D'orange July 7 1973
Thomas Nilsson Hesse Wiener Talvela
Conductor: Karl BÖHM
Disc 28-30: Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten
Recorded Live at the Bayerische Staatsoper September 29 1976
Nilsson Bjoner Varnay Fischer-Dieskau King
Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
Disc 31: Concerts (Excerpts)
Recorded Live at the Concert Hall Stockholm 1953 (First Release on CD)/1967/68
Recorded Live at the Sydney Opera House (Opening Concert) September 29 1973