Kirsten Flagstad and Furtwangler - Liebestod

This is the only live performance of the Liebestod I know of with these two artists. I find it more compelling than the famous studio version they did some years later for EMI.

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Music

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• Flagstad
• Wagner
• Tristan
• Isolde

[dorjenne]

I heard Kirsten Flagstad sing this with the Dallas Symphony in 1951. It was an experience I'll never forget. She stood like a giant oak tree and the beautiful sound seemed to arise from the earth.

[Melusineviolon]

This is the BEST version of Tristan! AMAZING

[francescaemc2]

Ma che meraviglia!!!! Kirsten e Willelm!!!!!! Grazie infinite..

[pulejus]

Flagstad e Behrens due stelle di enorme splendore...assolutamente insuperabili

[Ritorneremo1]

She was simply the best!!!

[nanai16951]

@friulano ME LO CHIEDO ANCH'IO.

[TubaSmaug]

I have never cried so much in my entire life. its BEAUTIFUL!!

I forgot it was a crappy medium for about 6 minutes and just let the true sadness of lose of a loved one wash over me. Wagner gets me every time...

[waelse1]

Really enjoy the Liebestod, and Flagstad does a great job here.  Thanks!

[asl19999]

Through this music, the spirit of National Socialism will live on forever. . .

[tantris39]

Where and when was this performance? Yes I agree - impossible as it may seem, in my opinion it does surpass the studio version. (E grazie, friulano!)

[FISTRIG]

This is a memorial, an electronic monument to one of the great singers of all time ! I love this voice ! What a beauty !

[SPLINTER581]

När den bäste Wagner tolkaren för sopraner har funnits någonsin då blir hon anklagad för att vara nazist av norska och amerikanska regeringarna så hon inte kunde uppträda och sjunga det hon älskade mest, opera. FY f