Kirsten Flagstad Brahms Op. 91 nr. 1, Gestillte Sehnsucht

In this exceptional recording the great Kirsten Flagstad performs as an alto in Gestillte Sehnsucht by Johannes Brahms, Op. 91 nr. 1. With Herbert Downes, viola and Gerald Moore, piano. Recorded 1949.

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• Flagstad
• Brahms
• Sehnsucht
• Ferrier

[rozgnatt1]

Flagstad remains, to my mind and heart, the greatest female voice of, well, all time as we know it (technology being so new). Thanks for the upload.

[VivaRenata]

@rozgnatt1 This is my feeling as well. You can always argue about taste and tradition, but for my part Flagstad has a unique place and I remain grateful. Since I am already 58 I rely on children and friends to help me upload more videos, but hope to post some more of her rarities that I have collected over the years very soon.

[tanskiclaudius]

Das ist wunderschön ! Danke von Herzen !

[VivaRenata]

@tanskiclaudius Es freut mich, daß Sie dieses Video gefunden haben.

[AntW11]

Thank you so much for uploading this. I had this on a cassette tape and lost it. She sings this beautifully. Could you please upload Geistliches Wiegenlied?

[VivaRenata]

@AntW11 Absolutely! Am such a technical idiot that friends (and children) are helping me upload the rarities that I own. Geistliches Wiegenlied is already digitalized, but I need som help in uploading it. Just be patient, and it will be out there pretty soon. Plus a wonderful Schubert/Schumann recital with KF and Edwin McArthur. I'm really glad you enjoyed this - it is amazing!

[rozgnatt]

VivaRenata, I agree: Flagstad is unique. A singer's ear ought to be able to sort taste and tradition from the quality of the voice and its production - which is what is incomparable, in my opinion.

[rozgnatt1]

You know, as to her 'fach', she began by singing the "-ina's and -etta's," which says a lot about the short cuts singers have taken in their development over the last 40 or so years. Noteworthy is that even the recordings of her final years still had that unparalleled beautiful purity. The late Walter Taussig said her voice came from everywhere when one heard her (the old Met), and wrapped itself around you. The closest I ever came to that experience was Christa Ludwig's farewell concert.

[SieglindeMoos]

Dear VivaRenata, Thank you for uploading this. I am so happy to hear it. Did you upload "Geistliches Wiegenlied" by any chance? Who today, listening to her as a modern singer, would doubt she was a contralto? And yet she wasn't, she just had that "Jahrhundertstimme", like mentioned.

[AntW11]

@VivaRenata Thank you. You have made me smile today.