overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fKIRSTEN FLAGSTAD Song Recital, Volume 2Studio recordings, 1952Total duration: 68:23 Kirsten Flagstad sopranoEdwin McArthur piano578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples/PACO082.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fSecond volume of song recitals from one of the greatest sopranos everSuperb transfers of Kirsten Flagstad's early-50s LP releases by Mark Obert-Thorn completes the setThe present release is the second of two devoted to Flagstad’s complete postwar American recordings for RCA Victor. As noted in the first volume (PACO 079), these recordings form one of the least-known portions of Flagstad’s discography, not least because of their lack of availability for most of the past half century. The bulk of the items featured here have not been available in any form since the 1950s, and none have previously appeared on CD. In addition, most of the songs taped in these sessions were the soprano’s only recordings of the works, which makes their reissue doubly valuable.As noted in the earlier volume, the reason for the absence of these recordings from the catalog for so long has less to do with the quality of the singing – after all, it was only two months after the last session on this program that Flagstad recorded her iconic Isolde under Furtwängler – but rather with RCA’s lack of interest in reissuing anything other than her Wagner recordings. (Her prewar RCA song recordings have similarly been ignored, although at least those have been reissued on CD by independent labels.) Of particular interest here is the group of songs by American composers, including two by her longtime accompanist, Edwin McArthur.The sources for the transfers were a British HMV LP for the two Schubert songs, a Canadian RCA pressing for the remaining items from LM-1738, and multiple copies of first-edition American pressings for the remaining items. The crackling noise heard at the beginning of Track 10 is in the original tape master and appears on all LP editions.Mark Obert-Thorn578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f SCHUBERT An die Musik, D.547 (Text: Schober) (2:58) Ganymed, D.544 (Text: Goethe) (4:08) BRAHMS Von ewiger Liebe, Op. 43, No. 1 (Text: Wenzig) (4:32) O wüsst’ ich doch den Weg zurück, Op. 63, No. 8 (Text: Groth) (3:31) Muss es eine Trennung geben, Op. 33, No. 12 (Text: Tieck) (3:21) Wie froh und Frisch, Op. 33, No. 14 (Text: Tieck) (2:22) R. STRAUSS Mein Herz ist stumm, mein Herz ist kalt, Op. 19, No. 6 (Text: Schack) (3:37) Ich liebe Dich, Op. 37, No. 2 (Text: Liliencrom) (2:24) Ruhe, meine Seele, Op. 27, No. 1 (Text: Henckell) (3:44) Wiegenlied, Op. 41a, No. 1 (Text: Dehmel) (4:20) Allerseelen, Op. 10, No. 8 (Text: Gilm) (3:22) Zueignung, Op. 10, No. 1 (Text: Gilm) (1:53) Du meines Herzens Krönelein, Op. 21, No. 2 (Text: Dahn) (2:31) Ach Lieb’ ich muss nun scheiden, Op. 21, No. 3 (Text: Dahn) (2:16)] J. Walter KRAMER Now like a lantern (Text: Raphael) (2:50) John Alden CARPENTER When I bring to you colour’d toys (Text: Tagore) (2:20) The sleep that flits on baby’s eyes (Text: Tagore) (2:34) James H. ROGERS At parting (Text: Peterson) (2:08) Oley SPEAKS Morning (Text: Stanton) (2:10) Edwin McARTHUR We have turned again home (Text: Towne) (2:49) Night (Text: Towne) (2:53) Deems TAYLOR A song for lovers, Op. 13, No. 2 (Text: Stephens) (2:52) Mildred TYSON Sea moods (Text: Benham) (2:48) Tracks 1-2: Recorded 17 March 1952 Tracks 3-14 and 21-22: Recorded 10 April 1952 Tracks 15-20 and 23: Recorded 18 March 1952 Tracks 1-4, 8-9 and 18-20 first issued on RCA Victor LM-1738 Tracks 5-7 and 15-17 first issued on RCA Victor LM-2825 Tracks 10-14 and 21-23 first issued on RCA Victor LM-1870 Recorded in RCA Studio No. 2, New York Kirsten Flagstad soprano Edwin McArthur piano Total duration: 68:23 Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn Cover artwork based on a photograph of Kirsten Flagstad578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fCover Art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcover_art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers/thumbs/PACO082.jpg578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers/PACO082.pdf578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f
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