Kerstin Lindberg-Torlind
Kerstin Lindberg-Torlind (1897-1977) was a Swedish soprano, active in opera and concert repertory. She was associated with Scandinavian musical life and with major choral-symphonic works.
In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Brahms under Furtwängler and in Fritz Busch’s Beethoven in Copenhagen recordings.
Her singing, as represented here, belongs to the Nordic choral-symphonic tradition, where clarity and steadiness are esse...
Live performance at Stockholm Konzerthus, 19 November 1948
Total duration: 79:57
Bernhard Sönnerstedt baritone
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Stockholm Philharmonic Chorus
Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, 'Choral'
BEETHOVEN Overtures: Leonore 2 & 3
movements from:
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Live and Studio Recordings, 1933-1950
Total duration: 2hr 28:13
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Kerstin Lindberg-Torlind, Erika Rokyta, soprano
Else Jena, Ingeborg Steffensen, contralto
Erik Sjøberg, Koloman Von Pátaky, tenor
Holger Byrding, Alexander Kipnis, bass
Statsradiofoniens Symfoniorkester
conducted by Fritz Busch