Bartok / Nilsson: Great Live Recordings
Bartok / Nilsson: Great Live Recordings
Format: CD
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Artist: Bartok / Nilsson
Label: Sony Masterworks
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 889853923229
Genre: Classical
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.
Tracks:
1.1 Disc 1: Bartok: Herzog Blaubarts Burg
1.2 Recorded Live at the Concert Hall, Stockholm, February 10, 1953
1.3 Nilsson, Sönnerstedt
1.4 Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay
1.5 Disc 2-4: Wagner: Lohengrin
1.6 Recorded Live at the Bayreuth Festival, August 14, 1954
1.7 Windgassen, Nilsson, Varnay, Uhde, Adam, Fischer-Dieskau
1.8 Conductor: Eugen Jochum
1.9 Disc 5-7: Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde
1.10 Recorded Live at the Bayreuth Festival, August 19, 1957
1.11 Windgassen, Nilsson, Hoffman, Hotter, Van Mill
1.12 Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
1.13 Disc 8: Wagner: Die Walküre
1.14 Act 1, Scene 3: "SCHLÄFST Du, Gast"
1.15 Recorded Live at the Bayreuth Festival, July, 1957
1.16 Nilsson, Vinay
1.17 Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch
1.18 Wagner: Siegfried
1.19 Act 3, Scene 3: "Heil Dir Sonne"
1.20 Nilsson, Windgassen
1.21 Recorded Live at the Bayreuth Festival, August, 1967
1.22 Conductor: Otmar Suitner
1.23 Disc 9-10: Puccini: Turandot
1.24 Recorded Live at the Metropolitan Opera House, March 4, 1961 Matinée Broadcast
1.25 Nilsson, Moffo
1.26 Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
1.27 Disc 11-12: Strauss: Salome
1.28 Recorded Live at the Metropolitan Opera House, March 13, 1965 Matinée Broadcast
1.29 Nilsson, Liebl, Dalis, Cassel
1.30 Conductor: Karl BÖHM
1.31 Disc 13-14: Strauss: Elektra
1.32 Recorded Live at the Opéra de Montréal, September 19, 1967
1.33 Nilsson, Rysanek, Resnik, Nienstedt, Uhl
1.34 Conductor: Karl BÖHM
1.35 Disc 15-17: Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde
1.36 Recorded Live at the Wiener Staatsoper, December 17, 1967
1.37 Thomas, Nilsson, Hesse, Wiener, Talvela
1.38 Conductor: Karl BÖHM
1.39 Disc 18-20: Wagner: Die Walküre
1.40 Recorded Live at the Metropolitan Opera House, March 1, 1969 Matinée Broadcast
1.41 Nilsson, Crespin, Vickers, Adam, Veasey, Talvela
1.42 Conductor: Herbert Von Karajan
1.43 Disc 21-22: Beethoven: Fidelio
1.44 Recorded Live at the Rai Di Roma, March 17, 1970
1.45 Nilsson, Spiess, Adam, Crass, Donath, Unger
1.46 Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
1.47 Disc 23-24: Strauss: Elektra
1.48 Recorded Live at the Metropolitan Opera House, February 27, 1971 Matinée Broadcast
1.49 Nilsson, Rysanek, Madeira, Stewart, Nagy
1.50 Conductor: Karl BÖHM
1.51 Disc 25-27: Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde
1.52 Recorded Live at the Festival D'orange, July 7, 1973
1.53 Thomas, Nilsson, Hesse, Wiener, Talvela
1.54 Conductor: Karl BÖHM
1.55 Disc 28-30: Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten
1.56 Recorded Live at the Bayerische Staatsoper, September 29, 1976
1.57 Nilsson, Bjoner, Varnay, Fischer-Dieskau, King
1.58 Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
1.59 Disc 31: Concerts (Excerpts)
1.60 Recorded Live at the Concert Hall, Stockholm 1953 (First Release on CD)/1967/68
1.61 Recorded Live at the Sydney Opera House (Opening Concert), September 29, 1973
