Wagner: Der Fliegender Hollander (1841 version); Dietsch: Le vaisseau fantome, ou Le Maudit des mers Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble & Marc Minkowski

• 1 Ouverture 09:34
• 2 Act I: Hojohe! Hallojo! Hojoha! Ho! 08:54
• 3 Act I: Aria: Die Frist ist um 10:35
• 4 Act I: He! Holla! Steuermann! 02:14
• 5 Act II: Summ und brumm, du gutes Radchen 07:53
• 6 Act II: Johohoe! 09:01
• 7 Act II: Bleib, Senta! Bleib nur einen Augenblick! 13:20
• 8 Act II: Mein Kind, du siehst mich auf der Schwelle 07:12
• 9 Act II: Wie aus der Ferne langst vergang'ner Zeiten 14:52
• 10 Act II: Verzeiht! Mein Volk halt draussen sich nicht mehr 03:15
• 11 Act III: Steuermann, lass die Wacht! 11:40
• 12 Act III: Was musst' ich horen 03:15
• 13 Overture 09:31
• 14 Act I Tableau 1: Scene 1: Sur cette terre - Vous ne savez pas tout (Eric, Minna, Magnus, Chorus) 12:34
• 15 Act I Tableau 1: Scene 3: Pourquoi, Magnus, seul avec moi (Magnus, Minna) 07:47
• 16 Act I Tableau 1: Scene 4: Il fait nuit (Minna) 06:28
• 17 Act I Tableau 1: Scene 5: Votre pere, Minna! (Minna, Eric) 04:46
• 18 Act I Tableau 2: Scene 1: La plus belle de nos filles (Minna, Barlow, Chorus) 04:15
• 19 Act I Tableau 2: Scene 1: Ces doux talismans que j'aime (Barlow) 01:57
• 20 Act I Tableau 2: Scene 2: Buvez avec nous, camarades! - Silence! (Eric, Scriften, Troil, Minna, Chorus) 04:46
• 21 Act I Tableau 2: Scene 4: Quel que soit le courroux de mon pere - Par les vents promenees (Troil, Minna) 11:02
• 22 Act I Tableau 2: Scene 5: Ensemble, ils s'aiment (Troil, Minna, Barlow, Magnus, Eric, Chorus) 06:52
• 23 Act II: Entracte 03:01
• 24 Act II Tableau 3: Scene 1: De la grandeur divine - Dans ce port, a l'abri des tempetes humaines (Magnus, Troil, Chorus) 10:41
• 25 Act II Tableau 3: Scene 3: Ici, seule avant l'heure, je vais prier (Minna, Magnus) 03:32
• 26 Act II Tableau 3: Scene 3: Desormais plus de plainte - Minna, du nom d'epouse (Magnus, Troil, Minna) 04:03
• 27 Act II Tableau 3: Scene 5: Quel secret en ce jour (Troil, Minna) 07:28
• 28 Act II Tableau 3: Scene 6: Minna, de cet epoux donne, par votre pere (Troil, Minna, Barlow, Magnus, Chorus) 06:29
• Total Runtime 03:26:57

Info for Wagner: Der Fliegender Hollander (1841 version); Dietsch: Le vaisseau fantome, ou Le Maudit des mers

When he arrived in Paris on 17 September 1839, the young Richard Wagner aspired to one single ambition: to have his music performed on the stage of the Opéra, for the French capital was, for an operatic composer, the sole temple of posterity. Inspired by reading a novella by Heine he began composing 'Der fliegende Holländer'. Unfortunately, Léon Pillet, the director of the Opéra who took up his post during the summer of 1840, shattered Wagner’s hopes at a stroke. He proposed merely to buy from Wagner his ‘idea’, which he found appealing. To meet an urgent need for funds, Wagner sold the subject of the work to the new management for 500 francs. More precisely, he submitted a synopsis in broken French summarising an operatic adaptation of the story of the Flying Dutchman.

Entrusted to Paul Foucher and Bénédict-Henri Révoil in the summer of 1841, Wagner’s synopsis soon assumed the form of a French libretto, enriched with new influences: Walter Scott’s 'The Pirate', the writings of James Fenimore Cooper, and especially 'The Phantom Ship' by Frederick Marryat (translated into French in 1839 under the title of 'Le Vaisseau fantôme'). Once it had been set to verse by Foucher, it was handed over to the composer Pierre-Louis Dietsch, Léon Pillet's friend and protegée, newly-appointed chorusmaster at the Opéra. Wagner’s missed opportunity with the Paris operatic stage (the first in a long series) therefore gave rise to two distinct works: Dietsch’s 'Le Vaisseau fantôme', performed for the first time at the Paris Opéra on 9 November 1842, and Wagner’s 'Der fliegende Holländer', premiered in Dresden on 2 January 1843.

Founded in 1982 by Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble breathes new life into the Baroque, Classical and Romantic repertoires, performed on period instruments. Recent operatic successes include a Mozart gala for the orchestra’s 30th anniversary and Offenbach’s 'Les Contes d’Hoffmann' (Salle Pleyel); Wagner’s 'Der fliegende Höllander' (Opéra de Versailles, MC2 Grenoble, Theater an der Wien, Palau de la Música in Barcelona); and Mozart’s 'Lucio Silla' at the Salzburg Mozartwoche and Festival, and at the Musikfest Bremen where it has appeared regularly since 1995. The orchestra’s recordings for naïve include the complete ‘London’ Symphonies of Haydn in 2010 and the Schubert symphonies in 2012, bestsellers on the naïve label.

“Minkowski and his players give Dietsch all the vitality they can. The cast sings with conviction...Dietsch by turns sounds like Auber, Meyerbeer, even Gounod: elegant, lyrical but never distinctive.. Minkowski's Hollander, though, is an excellent performance, sweeping, vital and atmospheric, carried along by Evgeny Nikitin's dark, resentful Dutchman” (BBC Music Magazine)

“The matching of Minkowski and his regular orchestra to this repertoire...is an genius...he achieves a clever integration of slow tempi within a basically swift framework. Sally Matthews's Minna has excellent French and well-studied ramatic projection of the role. Evgeny Nikitin's Holländer ideally balances neurosis with mystery.” (Gramophone)

“Minkowski casts Wagner's opera with what might be described as 'Meyerbeer' voices...Cutler's high, flexible, French-sounding tenor...sounds more comfortable at the top of his role than heftier Heldentenors. Nikitin's Dutchman, too, is a success...Minkowski gets vivid playing from his Musiciens du Louvre and there is a palpable sense of the dramatic impact the opera must have had in the 1840s.” (International Record Review)

Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer

Evgeny Nikitin, bass bariton (Holländer)
Ingela Brimberg, soprano (Senta)
Eric Cutler, tenor (Georg)
Mika Kares, bass (Donald)
Bernard Richter, tenor (Steuermann)
Helene Schneiderman, mezzo-soprano (Mary)
Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor
Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble
Marc Minkowski, conductor

Pierre-Louis Dietsch: Le Vaisseau Fantôme ou Le Maudit des Mers

Russell Braun, bariton (Troil)
Sally Matthews, soprano (Minna)
Bernard Richter, tenor (Magnus)
Ugo Rabec, bass (Barlow)
Eric Cutler, tenor (Éric)
Mika Kares, bass (Scriften)
Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor
Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble
Marc Minkowski, conductor

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