Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer Recording Supervision: Fritz Ganss. Rec. at Grunewaldkirche Berlin, 1960-02-15 - 1960-02-20.

• Cast: Fritz Wunderlich (Steuermann), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Holländer), Gottlob Frick (Daland), Marianne Schech (Senta), Rudolf Schock (Erik), Sieglinde Wagner (Mary), Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin (Chorus Master: Karl Schmidt), Staatskapelle Berlin, cond. Franz Konwitschny

• "FonoForum", 3/1961: "Fritz Wunderlich sings the Steuermann in a youthful naturalness. [...] romantic and poetic (his Song of the South Wind having a charmingly yearning and loving quality) - an ideal realization of this part."
• "Opernwelt", 6/1975: "Fritz Wunderlich virtually comes up to the ideal Steuermann."
• Alan Blyth in "Gramophone", 9/1994: "Wunderlich's Steuermann is in a class of its own."
• Jos Herman, Flemish Wagner Society, in the usenet newsgroup humanities.music.composers.wagner, 1998-01-14: "[...] The transfer and recording is surprisingly first rate, the playing is vivid and transparent. You can hear details you never heard before. Fischer Dieskau may be a problem for some and he has never been a 'helden bariton' but what he achieves by sheer musicality is astonishing. If you have heard his monologue once you get bored by George London afterwards. Who has done better in the Steuermann as Fritz Wunderlich? I always have to join in with the terrific Gotlob Frick as Daland in 'Wer baut auf Wind, baut auf Satans Erbarmen'. ..."
• Gary Stephens, 1999: "This recording was made in the Grunewaldkirche, and though I don't (yet) possess a copy of the recording, I have listened to excerpts on the Web and it definitely *sounds* like it was recorded in a church, with lots of reverberation (possibly too much for some people). So try and listen to a sample before buying." [comment submitted to this website]
• Moira Clegg, July 2000: "Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's interpretation of the Hollaender is to me one of the most wonderful performances on disk. He is able to suggest the Hollaender's wild changes of mood. His clear diction, beauty of tone and phrasing, wide variation in dynamics and great musicality and control add up to a nobility of expression which defines the Hollaender perfectly for me." [comment submitted to this website]

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	Berlin Classics BC 2097-2 (2 CD)
	Coronata Classic Collection 2322CCC (on "The Art of Franz Konwitschny Vol. 2", 11 CD)
	EMI 763214 2 (2 CD)
	Electrola SME 91 056/58 (3 LP)
	Electrola 183-30226/28 (3 LP)
	EMI 1C 149-30206/08 (3 LP)
	EMI ASDW 9011/13 (3 LP)
	EMI WALP 555/57 (3 LP, mono)
	Angel SCL 3616 (3 LP)

Highlights on

	Berlin Classics 009 080 2 BC
	EMI 2 52381 2
	EMI 1C 037-28169

Excerpts on

	EMI 7 67187 2 ("Hojoje! Hojoje! Hallojo! Ho!" on "Gottlob Frick - Portrait eine großen Bassisten", 3 CD)
	EMI 5759152 ("Mit Gewitter und Sturm" on "The very best of FW", 2 CD)
	Electrola 60653 E (Act 3, entre-acte and choir scene, + Tannhäuser without FW)
	Electrola 60653 STE (Act 3, entre-acte and choir scene, + Tannhäuser without FW)
	Seraphim SIC-6062 ("Mit Gewitter und Sturm", + "Ombra mai fu" from "O holde Dame", + "Dies Bildnis" from "FW in 9 Opernpartien" on "The Seraphim Guide to Grand Opera", 3 LP)

Fritz Wunderlich Discography