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Time & Elements

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by: Martha's Wake

Release Date September 26, 2000

CD-Charts Position 2

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Mozart: Complete Edition Box 17: Theatre & Ballet Music

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by: Various Artists

Release Date November 24, 2005

CD-Charts Position 3

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Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer

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from: DG

Release Date October 12, 1998

CD-Charts Position 4
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Wagner: The Great Operas from the Bayreuth Festival (33 Disc Box Set)

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by: Various Artists Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele Karl Böhm James Levine

Release Date November 05, 2008
I remember back in the days of LP, I had a huge Philips box containing this Dutchman, Tannhauser and the Knappertsbusch Parsifal from the 1960's. I concur with other reviewers that it is a pity Universal Classics has chosen the inferior Levine Parsifal for inclusion here, but the Tannhauser and Dutchman are the same performances conducted by Sawallisch. This time around, Universal adds Mastersinger, Lohengrin, Tristan and a complete Ring! Parsifal excepted, it is still a worthwhile set to have. Overall, all the other performances are fine. The Parsifal is simply bogged down by Levine's conducting. The Sawallisch Dutchman is immediate and gripping, vividly conducted. Silja sings so much better here than she did for Klemperer in the same opera ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 5
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Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer

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from: Opera Double Decca

Release Date June 18, 2004
I remember back in the days of LP, I had a huge Philips box containing this Dutchman, Tannhauser and the Knappertsbusch Parsifal from the 1960's. I concur with other reviewers that it is a pity Universal Classics has chosen the inferior Levine Parsifal for inclusion here, but the Tannhauser and Dutchman are the same performances conducted by Sawallisch. This time around, Universal adds Mastersinger, Lohengrin, Tristan and a complete Ring! Parsifal excepted, it is still a worthwhile set to have. Overall, all the other performances are fine. The Parsifal is simply bogged down by Levine's conducting. The Sawallisch Dutchman is immediate and gripping, vividly conducted. Silja sings so much better here than she did for Klemperer in the same opera ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 6
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Wagner: Der fliegende Hollander

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by: Lisbeth Balslev Simon Estes Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele Woldemar Nelsson

Release Date July 16, 2007
I remember back in the days of LP, I had a huge Philips box containing this Dutchman, Tannhauser and the Knappertsbusch Parsifal from the 1960's. I concur with other reviewers that it is a pity Universal Classics has chosen the inferior Levine Parsifal for inclusion here, but the Tannhauser and Dutchman are the same performances conducted by Sawallisch. This time around, Universal adds Mastersinger, Lohengrin, Tristan and a complete Ring! Parsifal excepted, it is still a worthwhile set to have. Overall, all the other performances are fine. The Parsifal is simply bogged down by Levine's conducting. The Sawallisch Dutchman is immediate and gripping, vividly conducted. Silja sings so much better here than she did for Klemperer in the same opera ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 7
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer

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by: Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele Karl Böhm

Release Date June 11, 2007
I am a great fan of the recently deceased Thomas Stewart, which is why I bought this recording; I think his Wotan for Karajan and his Sachs for Kubelik are true monuments to his lovely voice and interpretative skills, but this "Hollaender" simply does not hit the spot. I wondered why I was not previously aware of it and having played it, I can see why it is somewhat disregarded compared with other, classic accounts such as the live 1955 Bayreuth recording conducted by Keilberth. Sure, with Keilberth, you have to put up with relatively congested mono sound but the intensity of the drama of the piece really emerges vividly when you have the voices and acting skills of two such performers as Uhde (who died prematurely) and Varnay. Stewart never really gets ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 8
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer

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by: REINSTATED U.K.

Release Date April 17, 1996
I am a great fan of the recently deceased Thomas Stewart, which is why I bought this recording; I think his Wotan for Karajan and his Sachs for Kubelik are true monuments to his lovely voice and interpretative skills, but this "Hollaender" simply does not hit the spot. I wondered why I was not previously aware of it and having played it, I can see why it is somewhat disregarded compared with other, classic accounts such as the live 1955 Bayreuth recording conducted by Keilberth. Sure, with Keilberth, you have to put up with relatively congested mono sound but the intensity of the drama of the piece really emerges vividly when you have the voices and acting skills of two such performers as Uhde (who died prematurely) and Varnay. Stewart never really gets ... Read More: