Meyer, Kerstin: Mahler, Debussy, Grieg, Schumann songs; Carmen, Rheingold, Rosenkavalier, Parsifal, etc (r.1956-80)
STERLING CDA 1862

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General information
Released: 2022
Number of records: 2
Format: CD
Sound type: M, S
Tracklist
disc 1
1
Symphony no.2 (Auferstehung), c, 1894, 4. Urlicht, D♭
Kerstin Meyer - Contralto
Lorin Maazel - Conductor
1957-11-13
Konserthuset, Stockholm
2
Pierrot lunaire, op.21, 1912
Kerstin Meyer - Contralto
Sven Nyberg - Bass Clarinet
Erich Gruenberg - Violin
Gideon Roehr - Viola
Åke Olofsson - Cello
Tore Wiberg - Piano
Siegfried Naumann - Conductor
1957-02-10
Börshauset, Stockholm
recorded nos 8-14 only
3
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (with orchestra), 1885
Kerstin Meyer - Contralto
Paul Kletzki - Conductor
1957-05-08
Konserthuset, Stockholm
4
Sunless, song cycle, 1874
Kerstin Meyer - Contralto
Erik Werba - Piano
1958-03-22
Sveriges Radio, Stockholm
5
Don Carlo, opera, Act IV, O don fatale, o don cruel, aria (Eboli)
Stig Westerberg - Conductor
Kerstin Meyer - Mezzo-soprano | Eboli
1959-08-14
Konserthuset, Stockholm
6
Il barbiere di Siviglia (L'inutile precauzione), commedia, 1816, Act I, Una voce poco fa, aria (Rosina)
Stig Westerberg - Conductor
Kerstin Meyer - Contralto | Rosina
1961-02-12
Konserthuset, Stockholm
7
Lohengrin, romantische Oper, WWV.75, c1847, Act II, Entweihte Götter! Helft jetzt meiner Rache! (Ortrud, Elsa)
Herbert Sandberg - Conductor
Kerstin Meyer - Mezzo-soprano/Soprano | Ortrud
1961-02-26
Kungliga Operan, Stockholm
begining only
8
Carmen, opéra, WD.31, 1874, Act IV, Si tu m'aimes, Carmen, duet (Escamillo, Carmen, Choir)
Kurt Bendix - Conductor
Ingvar Wixell - Bass/Bass-baritone/Baritone | Escamillo
Kerstin Meyer - Mezzo-soprano | Carmen
1966-11-29
excerpt only
9
Un ballo in maschera, melodramma, 1859, Act I, Re dell'abisso, affrettati, aria (Ulrica)
Sixten Ehrling - Conductor
Kerstin Meyer - Contralto | Ulrica (Arvidson)
Sven-Olof Eliasson - Tenor | Riccardo (Gustavo III)
1967-06-02
Expo '67, Montreal
sung in Swedish
10
Le promenoir des deux amants, L.118, CD.129, 1910
Kerstin Meyer - Contralto
Jan Eyron - Piano
1967-11-19
Sveriges Radio, Stockholm
sung in Swedish
disc 2
1
Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42, 1840
Kerstin Meyer - Contralto
Maurice Till - Piano
1963-10-10
Civic Theatre, Cristchurch
2
Der Rosenkavalier, Komödie für musik, TrV.227, op.59, 1910, Act II, Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren (Presentation of the Silver Rose), aria (Octavian, Sophie)
Stig Westerberg - Conductor
Kerstin Meyer - Mezzo-soprano | Octavian
Margareta Hallin - Soprano | Sophie
1968-04-14
Kungliga Operan, Stockholm
complete duet
3
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Oper, WWV.96, 1867, Act III, Selig, wie die Sonne meines Glückes lacht, quintet (Eva, Sachs, Walther, Magdalene, David)
Berlin Philharmonic - Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan - Conductor
Gundula Janowitz - Soprano | Eva
Karl Ridderbusch - Bass | Sachs
René Kollo - Tenor | Walther
Kerstin Meyer - Mezzo-soprano | Magdalene
Peter Schreier - Tenor | David
1974-04-04
Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg
4
Haugtussa, song cycle, op.67, 1895
Kerstin Meyer - Contralto
Jan Eyron - Piano
1974-06-01
Sveriges Radio, Stockholm
5
Der Ring des Nibelungen, WWV.86, 1874, 1. Das Rheingold, Vorabend, WWV.86a, 1854, Weiche, Wotan! Weiche! (Erda's Warning) (Erda, Wotan, Fricka, Froh, Donner, Freia)
Berislav Klobučar - Conductor
Kerstin Meyer - Contralto | Erda
Leif Roar - Baritone | Wotan (Wanderer)
1975-06-29
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Erda and Wotan duet only
6
Parsifal, bühnenweihfestspiel, WWV.111, 1882, Act II, Ich sah das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust, aria (Kundry)
Berislav Klobučar - Conductor
Kerstin Meyer - Soprano/Mezzo-soprano | Kundry
1980-02-09
Kungliga Operan, Stockholm
7
Duetto buffo di due gatti
Kerstin Meyer - Mezzo-soprano
Jan Eyron - Piano
1973-02-12
La Chaux-de-Fonds