La Nilsson -Opera Arias and Christmas Songs : Birgit Nilsson

Birgit Nilsson - La Nilsson

WAGNER: 'Dich, teure Halle, gru? ich weider' (Tannhauser)
WEBER: 'Ozean! Du Ungeheuer!' (Ocean, thou mighty monster) (Oberon)
WAGNER: 'Der Manner Sippe sa? hier im Saal' (Die Walkure)
WAGNER: 'Du bist der Lenz' (Die Walkure)
WAGNER: 'Einsam in truben Tagen' (Lohengrin)
WEBER: 'Leise, leise' (Der Freischutz)
BEETHOVEN: 'Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?' (Fidelio)
BEETHOVEN: 'Ah, perfido' Op. 65
ADAM: 'O holy night'*
GOUNOD: 'Ave Maria' (arr. from Bach's Prelude No. 1 BWV846)*
FRANCK: 'Panis angelicus'*
GRUBER: 'Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht'*

Birgit Nilsson, soprano
Ake Leven (organ)*
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Sir Edward Downes, conductor

Stereo Recording:
Kingsway Hall, London, United Kingdom, May 1963 (Arias)
Kingsway Hall, London, United Kingdom, June 1963 (Ah, perfido)
Stockholm, Sweden, August 1963 (Sacred Songs)
Recording Producer: Ray Minshull (Arias, Ah, perfido)
Recording Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson (Arias, Ah, perfido)