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...deepened her Isolde; her vocal performance, from the brilliant high C's to the oboelike low A's, is matchless. Wolfgang Windgassen excels as Tristan, particularly in the third act when his ravings take on a pathetic humanity. For those who care only about Isolde, Kirsten Flagstad's burnished, womanly performance (London) is still best; for Wagner's total creation, Bohm and Bayreuth are supreme...
MAUREEN FORRESTER SINGS ARIAS OF BACH AND HANDEL (Vanguard). So splendid and secure is Maureen Forrester in this performance that Kirsten Flagstad is the closest and best comparison. In the sorrowing arias, such as "Es ist vollbracht" near the end of Bach's St. John Passion and "He was despised" from Handel's Messiah, she conveys grief and compassion with darkly shaded tones and a seemingly endless vocal line...
...every single performance). The significance of the day was not lost on me. At show's end, I realized that I had been listening to the most marvelous natural baritone I had ever encountered in my life, and that I had experienced no such frissons from a singer since Flagstad and Milanov were at their peaks...
WAGNER: KUNDRY-PARSIFAL DUET (RCA Victor). Among all her recordings, this 25-year-old reissue was Kirsten Flagstad's favorite. Lauritz Melchior is her Parsifal, awakened to his holy search by her kiss and, one would think, by her voice...
...DREAM DUET (RCA Victor) is not Flagstad and Melchior any more but Anna Moffo and Sergio Franchi. No kidding. Here they sing a syrupy selection (Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life, Sweethearts) and, but for the bad repertory, all but live up to their brazen billing...