Ferenc Fricsay conducts Wagner’s Die fliegende Hollander
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COMPOSERS: Richard Wagner
LABELS: Eloquence
ALBUM TITLE: Wagner
WORKS: Die fliegende Hollander
PERFORMER: Metternich, Kupper, Windgassen; RIAS Kammerchor; RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Ferenc Fricsay
CATALOGUE NO: Eloquence 480 7199 (1952)
Fricsay’s 1952 studio Dutchman is wonderfully conducted, though of the principal singers only Wolfgang Windgassen’s Erik consistently hits the spot.
George Hall