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Wagner - Der fliegende Holländer / Morris, Voigt, Heppner, Rootering, Groves, Svendén, MET, Levine
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Wagner - Der fliegende Holländer / Morris, Voigt, Heppner, Rootering, Groves, Svendén, MET, Levine  (Audio CD) 
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James Levine's is a more recent entry in the realm of Dutchman recordings, and sonically the recording is absolutely stunning, with great attention having been paid to the recording process. The casting for this Metropolitan Opera effort is also uniformly first rate, even in the less grateful roles of the hapless Erik, sung by the impressive Ben Heppner, and the scolding nurse, Mary, sung by Birgitta Svendén. Morris's brooding Dutchman is hard to match on any other available recording, and Deborah Voigt is a ravishing Senta. The chorus work is quite good, though not quite as rich as that heard in the Solti/Chicago recording. Overall, Levine does a workmanlike job of conducting these impressive forces, though there are passages in which his tempi seem to drag. This recording is a must for anyone who needs a completely up to date version of Wagner's first major opera. --Christian C. Rix

Product Details:
Audio CD Release Date: April 15, 1997
Studio: Sony
Number Of Discs: 2
Average Customer Rating: based on 9 reviews
Track Listing:
Disc: 1
1. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Ouvert�re
2. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 1. Scene 1.: 'Hojoje! Hojoje! Hallojo! Ho!'
3. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 1. Scene 1.: 'Mit Gewitter und Sturm'
4. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 1. Scene 2.: 'Die Frist ist um'
5. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 1. Scene 3.: 'He! Holla! Steuermann!'
6. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 1. Scene 3.: 'Durch Sturm und b�sen Wind verschlagen'
7. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 1. Scene 3.: 'Wie? H�rt' ich recht?'
8. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 1. Scene 3.: 'S�dwind! S�dwind!'
9. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 2. Scene 1.: 'Summ und brumm, du gutes R�dchen'
10. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 2. Scene 1.: ''Du b�ses Kind! Wenn du nicht spinnst'
11. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 2. Scene 1.: 'Johohoe!' - 'Traft ihr das Schiff'
Disc: 2
1. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 2. Scene 1.: 'Ach! wo weilt sie'
2. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 2. Scene 1.: 'Senta! Willst du mich verderben?'
3. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 2. Scene 2.: 'Bleib, Senta!'
4. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 2. Scene 2.: 'Auf hohem Felsen lag ich tr�umend'
5. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 2. Scene 3.: 'Mein Kind, du siehst mich auf der Schwelle'
6. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 2. Scene 3.: 'M�gst du, mein Kind, den fremden Mann'
7. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 2. Scene 3.: 'Wie aus der Ferne l�ngst vergangner Zeiten'
8. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 2. Scene 3.: 'Wirst du des Vaters Wahl nicht schelten?'
9. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 2. Scene 3.: 'Verzeiht! Mein Volk h�lt drau�en sich nicht mehr'
10. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 3. Scene 1.: 'Steuermann! La� die Wacht!'
11. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 3. Scene 1.: 'Johohoe! Johohoe! Hoe! Hoe!'
12. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 3. Scene 2.: 'Was mu�t' ich h�ren!'
13. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 3. Scene 2.: 'Willst jenes Tags du nicht dich mehr entsinnen'
14. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 3. Scene 2.: 'Verloren! Ach! Verloren!'
15. Der fliegende Holl�nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Act 3. Scene 2.: 'Erfahre das Geschick, vor dem ich dich bewahr' '
 
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:

2Levine's sinking Dutchman...  Feb 17, 2010
This recording is a major disappointment. The singers are so wonderfully cast that I would have loved to see what they could have done with a reading of the score that wasn't so sluggish. And I know, I know. That's what EVERYONE has been saying about Levine in this recording. But I still gave it a listen hoping that maybe these reviewers were exaggerating, or nitpicking. Unfortunately they were absolutely correct. Under Levine any momentum the orchestra and the singers build just...DIES. I found my mind wandering waiting for passages to start, waiting for a singer to spit out their lines already. It's just a complete drag.

I don't want to be completely unfair. The sound is clear, the orchestra has power, the leads can definitely sing. In the end however, this doesn't even crack the top 5 Dutchman stereo recordings: the Dohnányi, Klemperer, Doráti, Solti and Sinopoli sets are all superior. At least check out a few of those recordings before settling on this one.

6 of 7 found the following review helpful:

5A Fine Dutchman  Oct 02, 2006
This recording, featuring noted Wagnerians James Morris and Deborah Voight, is a great recording of Dutchman. I can't figure out why there are so many negative reviews here.

Morris' Dutchman is nothing short of stunning and Voigt makes an amazing Senta (her rendition of Senta's Ballad is just perfect). Dismiss the naysayers and add this to your collection.

3 of 5 found the following review helpful:

2Orchestra is fine, but . . .  Aug 22, 2006
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra gives out a spectacular performance, creating enormous power and precision. And that's probably the only thing that's good about this Flying Dutchman. James Levine's tempi are dragged (most notably the "Overture" and the "Spinning Chorus"), making this the least Wagnerian of all studio recordings. The choir is surprisingly unpleasant: their diction isn't good enough and their pitch isn't completely correct. The vocal soloists . . . well, let's just say that even Daniel Barenboim's choice of casting is better than this. As for the sound quality, it's just plain awful: The volume is a bit weak and the bass sound is heard incorrectly.

All in all, if you want to get this ONLY for the orchestral sound, then do it. Otherwise, go for the Solti, Sinopoli, or Klemperer recordings.

4 of 7 found the following review helpful:

1A complete DUD. Avoid.  Jul 04, 2006
I'll just get straight to the point. I agree with the other reviews, this is not a good Dutchman. The cast is certainly decent, if not great, but there are more insightful performances on other sets, Klemperer on EMI having the best cast overall. The amazon review mentions the good sound quality, and it is very good.......if all you want to hear is the orchestra. True the MET orchestra plays superbly, at loud parts the orchestra sounds massive and powerful, impressive in its own right. But the orchestra simultaneously drowns out the singers at every tutti throughout the entire performance. And the loud parts are the only times this performance sounds any good. Levine's shaping of the score is formless and lifeless, lacking in any sense of drive or momentum, sounding pratically comatose in slow and/or quiet sections. Just listen the beginning of Act 2, the maiden's spinning song. No pulse, no verve, no life. I was quite frankly bored listening to this performance. There are many better performances of this piece on record. Among them, the classic Klemperer on EMI; Steinberg on Naxos, a great bargain version; and in the realm of modern digital recordings, Sinopoli on DG and Dohnanyi on Decca are both superb. Get any of them before getting this dud of a performance.

11 of 12 found the following review helpful:

3Slow and Dull but Nice Enough  Aug 26, 2004
This recording seems to have been made at the nadir of Levine's fixation on glacial tempos. The result is not more profound or more sublime--it's just dull. The sound is lovely but entirely bereft of any trace of drama. So much so that I'd almost recommend Barenboim's recording--with Eaglen's horrific Senta--just as an antidote. But luckily there are plenty of recordings to go around, so no such choice is necessary. In any event, though, skip this one. The overture, spinning song, ballade, double chorus--they're all pretty, but deadly dull. The choral singing is also pretty unfocused.

 
 
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