NILSSON, BIRGIT
product information
Condition: New,
UPC: 0289483278742,
Publication Date: 05/04/2018,
Type: COMPACT DISC,
Style: POP/CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS,
description
tracks
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (1960)Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (excerpts) (1959)
Wagner: Die Walküre (1961)
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (1958)
Strauss: Salome (1961)
Strauss: Elektra (1966)
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (1959)
Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 (1961)
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (1961)
Verdi: Macbeth (1964)
Verdi: Aida (excerpts) (1963)
Verdi: Arias (1962)
Puccini: Tosca (1966)
Arias: Wagner, Weber, Beethoven
Swedish Songs In Land Of The Midnight Sun (Sibelius, Grieg)
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Duets: Wagner
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder and other Arias
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (1966)
Wagner: Tannhäuser (Dresden version) (1969)
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (1967)
Weber: Oberon (1970)
Strauss, R: Die Frau ohne Schatten (1977)
Recital: Beethoven & Strauss (1982)
Puccini: Turandot (1965)
Verdi: Aida (1967)
Puccini: La fanciulla del West (1958)
Puccini: Turandot (1959)
Weber: Der Freischütz (1969)
Met Production Of Elektra (Dvd)
The Golden Ring Documentary Of The Making Of The Solti Ring (Dvd)
notes
- Limited Edition 79-CD + 2-DVD covering all the major roles Nilsson performed – 27 full-length operas including 2 full Wagner ‘Ring’ cycles.- Birgit Nilsson’s complete Decca, Philips and Deutsche Grammophon recordings marking her 100th birthday and produced with the full support of the Birgit Nilsson Foundation
- Handsome packaging includes CDs presented in wallets with a spine and with original sleeve art encased in an anti-scratch rigid box with magnetic-hinged lid.
- Beyond the operas recorded for Decca, Philips and DG include 4 operas recorded for EMI (now Warner Classics): Aida, La Fanciulla del West, Turandot and Der Freischütz; as well as her earlier 1959 Turandot under Leinsdorf for RCA.
- 200-page perfect bound book, in English and German, including:
- New essay – “Apotheosis Achieved” by Raymond McGill
- A note by Decca producer Christopher Raeburn
- Many unseen photographs from the Decca archive
- Recording Index
- Composer/Work Index
HIGHLIGHTS:
- 27 COMPLETE OPERAS, including:
- TWO COMPLETE RING CYCLES* – Böhm/Solti NEWLY REMASTERED FOR THE CENTENARY *Nilsson not in Rheingold
- TRISTAN UND ISOLDE with Solti – REMASTERED including the rehearsals PLUS the Bayreuth/Bohm recording from Deutsche Grammophon
- Strauss SALOME AND ELEKTRA – REMASTERED
- Verdi MACBETH and Beethoven FIDELIO
- Two TURANDOT recordings – with Leinsdorf and Molinari-Pradelli
- AIDA, LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST and FREISCHUTZ – with Heger
- Decca Operatic Recitals (Verdi, Beethoven, Weber and Wagner) and “Swedish Songs in Land of the Midnight Sun”
- DVDs of the MET production of ELEKTRA, and the GOLDEN RING documentary of the making of the Solti Ring
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