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| Management number | 22714264 | Release Date | 2025/11/11 | List Price | $22.79 | Model Number | 22714264 | ||
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This listing is for Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer 2xCD Box Set New Sealed.
COMPOSER(S): Wagner
WORKS: Der fliegende Holländer
PERFORMER: James Morris, Deborah Voigt, Ben Heppner, Jan-Hendrik Rootering Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus/James Levine
LABEL: Sony
CATALOGUE NUMBER: S2K 66342
Performances of The Flying Dutchman stand or fall by the ability of the lead bass-baritone to project the anguished, world-weary yet demonic nature of the accursed seafarer. I was not expecting a definitive reading from James Morris, whose Wotan has often tended towards the bland. But his darkly despairing Monologue is very impressive and comes closer to the superb Fischer-Dieskau (with Konwitschny, available on Berlin Classics) than most recent versions. Deborah Voigt makes heavy weather of Senta’s Ballad: there is plenty of feeling but, thanks to Levine’s ponderous tempo, no momentum. The huge pause before her ‘sudden inspiration’ to save the Dutchman – probably a badly calculated edit – makes
| Category | Electronics > Media > CD |
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| Size | N/A |
| Brand | CDS |
| Condition | Like new |
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