Birgit Nilsson Sings Wagner
Nilsson Birgit
Birgit Nilsson Sings Wagner
Nilsson Birgit
Catalogue # 4803550
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Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
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Birgit Nilsson. Richard Wagner. It was an operatic marriage made\nin heaven that lasted for over twenty years and, thanks to\nrecordings, continues to thrill music lovers around the world. She\nsang her first Wagnerian part in Stockholm. It was Senta in Der\nfliegende Holländer. It was greeted rapturously and throughout her\nlong career it was for her Wagner and Strauss roles that she was\nmost noted. Many of the greatest recordings of music dramas and\noperas by these composers have featured her, and many appear on\nDecca. However, she also made two Wagner records for Philips – one\nwith Leif Segerstam in 1974 of extended scenes from Walküre and\nParsifal, another, in 1972, with Colin Davis of the\nWesendonck-Lieder and extracts from Der fliegende Holländer, Rienzi\nand the little-known early Wagner opera, Die Feen (The Fairies).\nAlso included are scenes from Tristan und Isolde, one of her great\ncalling cards and of which she made at least two live recordings,\none studio recording with Georg Solti, and another of scenes (with\nGrace Hoffman as Brangäne) with Hans Knappertsbusch.
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Nilsson’s voice had the clear, silvery sound that seems to be\ncharacteristic of Scandinavian singers. It was rock solid,\nencompassed over two octaves, and was perfectly even, top to\nbottom. It was also enormous. Especially in the upper part of the\nvoice it could take on a laser-like quality that simply sliced\nthrough the densest orchestral sound and speared listeners to the\nbacks of their seats. That meant the great moments of a Wagnerian\nopera were truly monumental – a surging orchestra and a soprano who\ndominated everything, combined into an overwhelming climax as\nWagner must have heard in his dreams.
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