Wagner - Der fliegende Holländer
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
RecommendedLise Davidsen (Senta), Gerald Finley (The Dutchman), Brindley Sherratt (Daland), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Erik), Anna Kissjudit (Mary), Eirik Grøtvedt (Steersman)
Orchestra and Chorus of Norwegian National Opera, Edward Gardner
Finley and Davidsen sound like sleep-walkers as they plumb the depths of their shared predicament, and they are supported by a first-class cast. Stanislas de Barbeyrac’s agonised Erik and Brindley... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th April 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2025, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Opera
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Winner - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2025, Opéra
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Opera & Stage
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RecommendedAlbert Dohmen (Der Holländer), Ricarda Merbeth (Senta), Matti Salminen (Daland), Robert Dean Smith (Erik), Silvia Hablowetz (Mary), Steve Davislim (Steuermann)
Rundfunkchor Berlin & Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski
Janowski's conducting is crisp and fleet-footed, shaping the music naturally and fluently...[Dohmen] is a warm anti-hero, but too soft-grained to sound demonically desperate. Matti Salminen's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th September 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011, Editor's Choice
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New. Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer
Theo Adam, Martti Talvela, Kenneth Macdonald, James King, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
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and Dietsch: Le Vaisseau Fantôme
Evgeny Nikitin (Der Holländer), Ingela Brimberg (Senta), Eric Cutler (Georg), Mika Kares (Donald), Bernard Richter (Der Steuermann), Helene Schneiderman (Mary), Russell Braun (Troïl), Sally Matthews (Minna), Bernard Richter (Magnus), Ugo Rabec (Barlow) & Eric Cutler (Éric)
Les Musiciens...
Minkowski and his players give Dietsch all the vitality they can. The cast sings with conviction...Dietsch by turns sounds like Auber, Meyerbeer, even Gounod: elegant, lyrical but never distinctive..... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Opera
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Opera, February 2014, Recording of the Month
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Brian Mulligan (Der Holländer), Jennifer Holloway (Senta), Ain Anger (Daland), Bryan Register (Erik), Richard Trey Smagur (Steuermann), Maya Yahav Gour (Mary)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Netherlands Radio Choir, Jaap van Zweden
Mulligan's Dutchman is about as good as you get nowadays with thrilling drops into a gravelly lower register...Holloway is an unsentimental Senta, who manages the changes of emotional tone in... —
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Ludwig Weber (Daland), Astrid Varnay (Senta), Wolfgang Windgassen (Erik), Elisabeth Schärtel (Mary), Josef Traxel (Der Steuermann) & Hermann Uhde (Der Holländer)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Hans Knappertsbusch
Maestro Knappertsbusch is on the concentrated form of his 1951 Munich Tristan. …all is steely strength, realised through dynamic sensitivity and spacious tempi… Any suspicion that Astrid Varnay…... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2010, Editor's Choice
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Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
John Tomlinson (The Dutchman), Nina Stemme (Senta), Eric Halfvarson (Daland), Kim Begley (Erik), Patricia Bardon (Mary), Peter Wedd (Steersman)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry
Tomlinson, a favourite in the title-role at Bayreuth, now a veteran, is masterful as the Dutchman, exploiting his wide tonal and expressive range, with few signs of wear on the voice...[Stemme... —
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Bernd Weikl, Cheryl Studer, Plácido Domingo, Hans Sotin, Peter Seiffert
Chorus & Orchestra of German Opera Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
Sinopoli's is an intensely involving performance...Cheryl Studer is a deeply moving Senta, not just immaculate vocally but conveying the intense vulnerability of the character in finely detailed... —
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
RecommendedThomas Stewart, Gwyneth Jones, Karl Ridderbusch, Hermin Esser, Wagner & Harald Ek
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Karl Böhm
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Building a Library, March 2000, First Choice
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Terje Stensvold (Der Holländer), Kwangchul Youn (Daland), Anja Kampe (Senta), Christopher Ventris (Erik), Jane Henschel (Mary), Russell Thomas (Der Steuermann)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln & NDR Chor, Andris Nelsons
Stensvold's Dutchman is noble and warm-toned, but conveys little deep feeling...That leaves the honours to Jane Henschel's lively Mary, and still more to Anja Kampe's Senta. Her voice has hardened... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Editor's Choice
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