Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Le Vaisseau fantôme, opéra en 3 actes (Der Fliegende Holländer)

Theo Adam (Der Holländer)
Martti Talvela (Daland)
Kenneth Macdonnand (Der Steuermann)
James King (Erik)
Anna Silja (Senta)
Annelies Burmeister (Mary)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
BBC Chorus
Otto Klemperer, direction

Despite the rich discography of Der Fliegende Hollaender, this version conducted by Klemperer in 1968 at BBC still remains at the top of this discography. Magnificent and austere, analitycal and powerful, the view of the German conductor perfectly fits with the sculpted voices of the cast, from Theo Adam to James King. But attention: this recording has nothing to do with the one tha Klemperer recorded for EMI. This one is the first version of the opera (dated back Dresda 1843), which is different expecially in the drammatical end.