Sunday Classics

WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman: End of Act I, Daland, "Hei! Wie die Segel schon sich blähn" ("Hey, how the sails are already filling!") . . . Sailors, "Mit Gewitter und Sturm" ("Through thunder and storm")

In Act II of Wagner's Flying Dutchman, the sea captain Daland has just walked into his home on the rugged Norwegian coast following a harrowing voyage with a near-fatal landing, as we witnessed in Act I. Here bass Karl Ridderbusch as Daland exhorts his daughter, Senta, to welcome the guest he's brought home with him (from a Rome Radio broadcast performance conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, February 15, 1969).

Otto KlempererBEETHOVEN: The Creatures of Prometheus (ballet), Op. 43: OverturePhilharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, cond. EMI, recorded Nov. 25, 1957New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, cond.

by KenNothing fancy tonight. It's even music we've heard before: the always-uplifting Allegretto of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony. We're just going to listen to two recordings, which actually have a connection, which we'll talk about in this week's Sunday Classics post.

Tenor René Kollo sings "On Youth" from Mahler's Song of the Earth, with the Israel Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein, in May 1972.

The early-career Colin Davis MOZART: The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384: Overture (with concert ending)Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Colin Davis, cond.