On Membran Documents 233372; 10 CD's; Over the centuries the challenges posed by the extremely difficult dramatic andpowerful soprano parts could only be met by a handful of singers - during the secondhalf of the twentieth century one singer stood unrivalled: Birgit Nilsson (1918-2005), who was brilliant while meeting thesechallenges and she went down in the history of the world's leading opera housesperforming Brünnhilde and Isolde. She was also celebrated in Aida and Turandot andthis 10CD boxed set features works from the entire repertoire spectrum of this veritable"voice of a century" - including rare live recordings made in her home country Swedenas well as recordings made in Naples, Milan, London and Bayreuth.  Excerpts from: TANNHUSER, LOHENGRIN, AIDA, TURANDOT,LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST, UN BALLO IN MASCHERA,DON GIOVANNI, TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, DIE WALKRE, SIEGRIED, GTTERDMMERUNGand more.  Conductors:Rudolf Kempe, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Georg Solti,Herbert von Karajan, Hans Knappertsbusch, Eugen Jochum,Erich Leinsdorf and othersRecording between 1949 and 1960.