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Frederica Von Stade – “Tanti affetti in tal momento” Rondò Finale of Elena – “La donna del lago” (1821) – Gioacchino Rossini (1792 – 1868). With Chorus. Voce 64 LIVE Recording “La donna del lago” – Recording of a performance at the Houston Grand Opera (18 October 1981) – ℗ 1981 or 1982 Re-issue: Mitridate […]

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Kirsten Flagstad – “Im Treibhaus” (1858) – “Wesendonck Lieder” – Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883). EMI Classics LIVE Recording “Kirsten Flagstad – Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Arias” – ℗ 1948 Remastering 2004 M.° Gerald Moore Piano. ——————————————— Im Treibhaus (Lyrics by Mathilde Wesendonck) Hochgewölbte Blätterkronen, Baldachine von Smaragd, Kinder ihr aus fernen Zonen, Saget mir, warum […]

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The circumstances under which Richard Wagner composed his Wesendonck Lieder are nearly legendary. In May of 1849 the fall of the provisional government that led the Dresden rebellion put an end to Wagner’s revolutionary activities. He was forced to flee, first to Weimar, then, with the help of Liszt, to Zurich, Switzerland, where he sought […]

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M.° Joseph Keilberth & Martha Mödl – “Stehe still!” (1858) from “Wesendonck Lieder” – Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme” (Five poems by Mathilde Wesendonck) – Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883). ARCHIPEL Studio Recording “Wesendock Lieder – Ouverture Tannhäuser & Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – 1940-55 Recordings” – ℗ 2008 Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester – Recorded in 1955. […]

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M.° Joseph Keilberth & Martha Mödl – “Der Engel” (1857) from “Wesendonck Lieder”- Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme” (Five poems by Mathilde Wesendonck) – Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883). ARCHIPEL Studio Recording “Wesendock Lieder – Ouverture Tannhäuser & Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – 1940-55 Recordings” – ℗ 2008 Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester – Recorded in 1955. ——————————————————————————- […]

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A vassal is sent to woo a beauteous princess for his lord. While he is bringing her home the two, by accident, drink a love potion, and ever thereafter their hearts are fettered together. In the midday of delirious joy, in the midnight of deepest woe, their thoughts are only of each other, for each […]

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• 19 Mag 2016

Ludwig Suthaus & Kirsten Flagstad: “O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe” and “Einsam wachend in der Nacht” from the II Act of Richard Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” (1865). EMI Classics Studio Recording “Tristan und Isolde” – ℗ 1952 Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by M.° Wilhelm Furtwängler. —————————- “It’s not surprising that this sublime performance of Wagner’s […]

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Siegfried Jerusalem & Waltraud Meier – “Isolde! Geliebte! … Wie lange fern! … O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe … So starben wir, um ungetrennt” – “Tristan und Isolde” Act II Scene II “Liebesnacht” (Love Duet) – Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883). LIVE in Bayreuth – 1995 Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele M.° Daniel Barenboim Conductor […]

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Waltraud Meier – “Hörst du uns nicht? Isolde! … Mild und leise wie er lächelt” Isoldes Liebestod – “Tristan und Isolde” (1865) III Act III Scene II Part – Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883). With Marjana Lipovsek as Brangäne. LIVE at the Bayerische Staatsoper München – 1999 M.° Zubin Mehta conducts the Bayerische Staatsoper Orchester. […]

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Maria Callas – “Liebestod” (sung in Italian) – “Tristan und Isolde” (1865) – Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883). CETRA Studio Recording – ℗ 1949 Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Torino M.° Arturo Basile Conductor.