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Kathleen Ferrier in New York
Bruno Walter, Set Svanholm, New York Philharmonic, Kathleen Ferrier, John Newmark
This disc is a musical time capsule in many ways, above all for Ferrier’s divine singing under Walter’s baton of Das Lied von der Erde… ‘Der Abschied’ is magical: her voice is so fresh, gloriously... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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The Golden Ring: Great Scenes From Wagner's der Ring Des Nibelungen
Hetty Plumacher (contralto), Set Svanholm (tenor), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Ira Malaniuk (contralto), George London (baritone), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Oda Balsborg (soprano), Vera Schlosser (soprano), Claudia Hellmann (mezzo-soprano), Hans Hotter (bass (vocal)),...
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
George London (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), Claire Watson (Freia), Set Svanholm (Loge), Waldemar Kmentt (Froh), Eberhard Wächter (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Jean Madeira (Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Walter Kreppel (Fasolt), Kurt Böhme (Fafner)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg...
I’m in no doubt that the sound quality is significantly better than Decca have been able to achieve on previous issues of this recording. There’s only one word for it: stunning. You really have... —
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
RecommendedDas Rheingold
George London (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), Claire Watson (Freia), Set Svanholm (Loge), Waldemar Kmentt (Froh), Eberhard Wächter (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Jean Madeira (Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Walter Kreppel (Fasolt), Kurt Böhme (Fafner),...
a living, convincing, whole, holistic and vibrant experience is just what this edition delivers...it faithfully reflects the spaciousness and appropriate aura that would have been experienced... —
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Grammy Awards, 9th Awards (1966), Best Opera Recording
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Special offer. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Astrid Varnay (Isolde), Set Svanholm (Tristan), Jerome Hines, Georges Thebom, Josef Metternich
Metropolitan Opera, Rudolf Kempe
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Eileen Farrell - Wesendonck-Lieder
Eileen Farrell (soprano), Set Svanholm (tenor)
Leopold Stokowski & his Symphony Orchestra & Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
Eileen Farrell never sang Wagner on stage, but her vocal amplitude and breadth of phrasing suited it, as demonstrated by this set of Wesendonck Songs (with Stokowski) and the final scene of... —
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Special offer. Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde), Set Svanholm (Siegfried), Egil Nordsjø (Hagen), Per Gronnenberg (Alberich), Ingrid Bjoner (Gutrune/Dritte Norn), Eva Gustavson (Erste Norn), Waldemar Johnsen (Gunther), Unni Bugge-Hanssen (Woglinde), Karen Flagstad (Wellgunde/Zweite Norn), Beate Asserson (Flosshilde)
Oslo...
this is the ultimate 'A for effort' performance. It remained, for nearly a decade, the only way of hearing much of Gotterdammerung on the gramophone and remains, for that reason, an important... —
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Kirsten Flagstad (Leonore), Set Svanholm (Florestan), Dezsö Ernster (Rocco), Paul Schöffler (Don Pizarro), Nadine Conner (Marzelline), Peter Klein (Jaquino), Jerome Hines (Don Fernando)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Bruno Walter
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