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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)

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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
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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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)

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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...

Gramophone Magazine, July 2012

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Mark Obert-Thorn, reissue producer and restoration engineer

In January 1956 Norwegian Radio broadcast an almost complete performance of Götterdämmerung starring Kirsten Flagstad and Set Svanholm, and conducted by Øivin Fjeldstad. Despite opportunities to re-record the work in Vienna, Flagstad was insistent that this performance be released. Most of the missing sections were then recorded, and the resultant LP was the first (almost complete) commercial recording of the work on disc.

Flagstad, the great Wagnerian, is in resplendent voice and Svanholm proves a worthy partner. This elusive set remains a milestone in Wagner performance.

Artists

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 Philharmonic Orchestra & Norwegian State Radio Orchestra, Øivin Fjeldstad

  • Release date: 26th Mar 2012
  • Label: Naxos
  • Series: Historical
  • Catalogue number: 8112066-69
  • Length: 4 hours 19 minutes
  • Genre:

Contents and tracklist

Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Work length38:48
  • Kirsten Flagstad, Ingrid Bjoner, Unni Bugge-Hanssen, Eva Gustavson, Karen Marie Flagstad, Beate Asserson, Set Svanholm, Waldemar Johnsen, Per Gronnberg, Egil Nordsjo
  • Studio chorus, Oslo-Filharmonien, Norwegian State Radio Orchestra
  • Øivin Fjeldstad
Prologue: Prelude
Track length2:01
Prologue: Welch Licht leuchtet dort? (First Norn, Second Norn, Third Norn)
Track length10:20
Prologue: Dammert der Tag? (First Norn, Second Norn, Third Norn)
Track length6:31
Prologue: Dawn
Track length3:29
Prologue: Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde (Brünnhilde)
Track length2:14
Prologue: Mehr gabst du, Wunderfrau (Siegfried, Brünnhilde)
Track length6:34
Prologue: Oh, heilige Gotter! (Brünnhilde, Siegfried)
Track length2:17
Prologue: Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Track length5:22
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act I Scene 1
Work length13:03
  • Kirsten Flagstad, Ingrid Bjoner, Unni Bugge-Hanssen, Eva Gustavson, Karen Marie Flagstad, Beate Asserson, Set Svanholm, Waldemar Johnsen, Per Gronnberg, Egil Nordsjo
  • Studio chorus, Oslo-Filharmonien, Norwegian State Radio Orchestra
  • Øivin Fjeldstad
Nun hor, Hagen (Gunther, Hagen)
Track length2:46
Ein Weib weiss ich (Hagen, Gunther, Gutrune)
Track length7:55
Vom Rhein her tont das Horn (Gunther, Hagen, Siegfried)
Track length2:22
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act I Scene 2
Work length27:37
  • Kirsten Flagstad, Ingrid Bjoner, Unni Bugge-Hanssen, Eva Gustavson, Karen Marie Flagstad, Beate Asserson, Set Svanholm, Waldemar Johnsen, Per Gronnberg, Egil Nordsjo
  • Studio chorus, Oslo-Filharmonien, Norwegian State Radio Orchestra
  • Øivin Fjeldstad
Heil! Siegfried, teurer Held! (Hagen)
Track length0:42
Wer ist Gibichs Sohn? (Siegfried, Gunther, Hagen)
Track length2:23
Begrusse froh, o Held (Gunther, Siegfried, Hagen, Gutrune)
Track length4:23
Vergass' ich alles (Siegfried)
Track length6:56
Bluhenden Lebens labendes Blut (Siegfried, Gunther)
Track length2:05
Was nahmst du am Eide nicht teil? (Siegfried, Hagen, Gunther, Gutrune)
Track length3:11
Hier sitz' ich zur Wacht (Hagen)
Track length7:57
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act I Scene 3
Work length32:56
  • Kirsten Flagstad, Ingrid Bjoner, Unni Bugge-Hanssen, Eva Gustavson, Karen Marie Flagstad, Beate Asserson, Set Svanholm, Waldemar Johnsen, Per Gronnberg, Egil Nordsjo
  • Studio chorus, Oslo-Filharmonien, Norwegian State Radio Orchestra
  • Øivin Fjeldstad
Altgewohntes Gerausch (Brünnhilde, Waltraute)
Track length6:48
Hore mit Sinn, was ich dir sage! (Waltraute)
Track length9:06
Welch banger Traume Maren (Brünnhilde, Waltraute)
Track length6:07
Blitzend Gewolk (Brünnhilde)
Track length2:51
Brunhild'! Ein Freier kam (Siegfried, Brünnhilde)
Track length5:21
Jetzt bist du mein (Siegfried, Brünnhilde)
Track length2:43
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act II
Work length4:43
  • Kirsten Flagstad, Ingrid Bjoner, Unni Bugge-Hanssen, Eva Gustavson, Karen Marie Flagstad, Beate Asserson, Set Svanholm, Waldemar Johnsen, Per Gronnberg, Egil Nordsjo
  • Studio chorus, Oslo-Filharmonien, Norwegian State Radio Orchestra
  • Øivin Fjeldstad
Prelude
Track length4:43
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act II Scene 1
Work length13:12
  • Kirsten Flagstad, Ingrid Bjoner, Unni Bugge-Hanssen, Eva Gustavson, Karen Marie Flagstad, Beate Asserson, Set Svanholm, Waldemar Johnsen, Per Gronnberg, Egil Nordsjo
  • Studio chorus, Oslo-Filharmonien, Norwegian State Radio Orchestra
  • Øivin Fjeldstad
Schlafst du, Hagen, mein Sohn? (Alberich, Hagen)
Track length13:12
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act II Scene 2
Work length4:56
  • Kirsten Flagstad, Ingrid Bjoner, Unni Bugge-Hanssen, Eva Gustavson, Karen Marie Flagstad, Beate Asserson, Set Svanholm, Waldemar Johnsen, Per Gronnberg, Egil Nordsjo
  • Studio chorus, Oslo-Filharmonien, Norwegian State Radio Orchestra
  • Øivin Fjeldstad
Hoiho, Hagen! (Siegfried, Hagen, Gutrune)
Track length4:56
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act II Scene 3
Work length9:32
  • Kirsten Flagstad, Ingrid Bjoner, Unni Bugge-Hanssen, Eva Gustavson, Karen Marie Flagstad, Beate Asserson, Set Svanholm, Waldemar Johnsen, Per Gronnberg, Egil Nordsjo
  • Studio chorus, Oslo-Filharmonien, Norwegian State Radio Orchestra
  • Øivin Fjeldstad
Hoiho! Hoihohoho! (Hagen, Vassals)
Track length2:31
Rustet euch wohl (Hagen, Vassals)
Track length3:46
Gross Gluck und Heil (Vassals, Hagen)
Track length3:15
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act II Scene 4
Work length22:33
  • Kirsten Flagstad, Ingrid Bjoner, Unni Bugge-Hanssen, Eva Gustavson, Karen Marie Flagstad, Beate Asserson, Set Svanholm, Waldemar Johnsen, Per Gronnberg, Egil Nordsjo
  • Studio chorus, Oslo-Filharmonien, Norwegian State Radio Orchestra
  • Øivin Fjeldstad
Heil dir, Gunther! (Vassals)
Track length1:05
Brunnhild', die hehrste Frau (Gunther, Vassals)
Track length1:33
Gegrusst sei, teurer Held! (Gunther, Vassals, Siegfried, Brünnhilde, Hagen)
Track length4:15
Einen Ring sah ich an deiner Hand (Brünnhilde, Siegfried, Gunther, Hagen)
Track length2:38
Bertug! Bertug! (Brünnhilde, Gutrune, Vassals, Gunther, Siegfried)
Track length6:32
Helle Wehr! Heilige Waffe! (Siegfried, Brünnhilde, Vassals)
Track length2:56
Glaub', mehr zurnt es mich als dich (Siegfried)
Track length3:34
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act II Scene 5
Work length14:29
  • Kirsten Flagstad, Ingrid Bjoner, Unni Bugge-Hanssen, Eva Gustavson, Karen Marie Flagstad, Beate Asserson, Set Svanholm, Waldemar Johnsen, Per Gronnberg, Egil Nordsjo
  • Studio chorus, Oslo-Filharmonien, Norwegian State Radio Orchestra
  • Øivin Fjeldstad
Welches Unholds List (Brünnhilde)
Track length2:41
Vertraue mir, betrog'ne Frau! (Hagen, Brünnhilde)
Track length3:41
Auf, Gunther, edler Gibichung! (Hagen, Gunther, Brünnhilde)
Track length5:43
So soll es sein! (Gunther, Brünnhilde, Hagen)
Track length2:24
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act III
Work length3:01
  • Kirsten Flagstad, Ingrid Bjoner, Unni Bugge-Hanssen, Eva Gustavson, Karen Marie Flagstad, Beate Asserson, Set Svanholm, Waldemar Johnsen, Per Gronnberg, Egil Nordsjo
  • Studio chorus, Oslo-Filharmonien, Norwegian State Radio Orchestra
  • Øivin Fjeldstad
Prelude
Track length3:01
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act III Scene 1
Work length16:12
  • Kirsten Flagstad, Ingrid Bjoner, Unni Bugge-Hanssen, Eva Gustavson, Karen Marie Flagstad, Beate Asserson, Set Svanholm, Waldemar Johnsen, Per Gronnberg, Egil Nordsjo
  • Studio chorus, Oslo-Filharmonien, Norwegian State Radio Orchestra
  • Øivin Fjeldstad
Frau Sonne sendet lichte Strahlen (Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde)
Track length3:31
Ein Albe fuhrte mich irr (Siegfried)
Track length0:32
Siegfried! (Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Siegfried)
Track length1:00
Ein goldner Ring ragt dir am Finger! (Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Siegfried)
Track length2:33
Behalt ihn, Held (Flosshilde, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Siegfried)
Track length6:31
Weialala leia (Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Siegfried)
Track length2:05
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act III Scene 2
Work length27:56
  • Kirsten Flagstad, Ingrid Bjoner, Unni Bugge-Hanssen, Eva Gustavson, Karen Marie Flagstad, Beate Asserson, Set Svanholm, Waldemar Johnsen, Per Gronnberg, Egil Nordsjo
  • Studio chorus, Oslo-Filharmonien, Norwegian State Radio Orchestra
  • Øivin Fjeldstad
Hoiho! (Hagen, Vassals, Siegfried)
Track length4:02
Trink, Gunther, trink! (Siegfried, Gunther, Hagen)
Track length2:30
Mime hiess ein murrischer Zwerg (Siegfried, Hagen, Vassals)
Track length5:04
In Lied zu dem Wipfel (Siegfried, Hagen)
Track length2:50
Was hor' ich! (Gunther, Hagen, Vassals)
Track length2:11
Brünnhilde, heilige Braut! (Siegfried)
Track length5:07
Siegfried's Funeral March
Track length6:12
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act III Scene 3
Work length30:18
  • Kirsten Flagstad, Ingrid Bjoner, Unni Bugge-Hanssen, Eva Gustavson, Karen Marie Flagstad, Beate Asserson, Set Svanholm, Waldemar Johnsen, Per Gronnberg, Egil Nordsjo
  • Studio chorus, Oslo-Filharmonien, Norwegian State Radio Orchestra
  • Øivin Fjeldstad
War das sein Horn? (Gutrune)
Track length2:41
Hoiho! Hoiho! (Hagen, Gutrune, Gunther)
Track length2:18
Siegfried, Siegfried erschlagen! (Gutrune, Gunther, Hagen)
Track length3:18
Schweigt eures Jammers jauchzenden Schwall (Brünnhilde, Gutrune)
Track length3:37
Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort (Brünnhilde)
Track length2:21
Wie Sonne lauter strahlt mir sein Licht (Brünnhilde)
Track length2:12
O ihr, der Eide ewige Huter! (Brünnhilde)
Track length4:07
Mein Erbe nun nehm' ich zu eigen (Brünnhilde)
Track length2:14
Fliegt heim, ihr Raben! (Brünnhilde)
Track length1:18
Grane, mein Ross, sei mir gegrusst! (Brünnhilde, Hagen)
Track length6:12

Awards and reviews

July 2012

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 historical curio. You will not hear it better than in this new transfer.

June 2012

the famous aureate amplitude of [Flagstad's] voice is still very much in evidence at certain points and there are frequent glimmers of the old majesty. One is still conscious of the sheer size of the voice even when the tone is a little curdled...The conducting is unexpectedly first-rate. This is alternately driven and sensitive, by a conductor of whom most of us will never have heard, Øivin Fjeldstad.
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