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This first complete studio recording of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, made between 1958 and 1966, was a groundbreaking technical and artistic achievement, the most ambitious and intricately involved opera recording project of the 20th century. Produced for Decca by John Culshaw, whose vision and untiring devotion brought the gargantuan project to completion, the 14 ½-hour release set a new standard for opera recordings. The details Culshaw lavished on the production, which included building new musical instruments, precisely calculating the placement and choreography of each singer to maximize the theatricality of each scene, and creating an array of fabulous special effects resulted in a landmark recording that has lost none of its power with the passage of time.
Culshaw and conductor Georg Solti assembled the most impressive Wagnerian musicians available. The Vienna Philharmonic, one of the very finest orchestras in the world, plays with a sure grasp of Wagner's style, with passionate intensity and impeccable musicianship. Solti's epic vision of the Ring glows in its details and overwhelms in its sweeping drama. A number of very fine interpretations of the Ring have been recorded since, but Solti's version remains close to the top and in a class by itself. The selections on this disc offer a taste of the each of the operas. The focus of the CD is orchestral; even though most of the excerpts, which include "Entry of the Gods into Valhalla," "The Ride of the Valkyries," "The Magic Fire Music," and "Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene," do include voices, this is not the album for listeners looking primarily for vocal highlights from The Ring. It's a terrific sample of Solti's exemplary conducting, though, and should whet listeners' appetites to hear the complete operas.
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Das Rheingold / Vierte Szene (Richard Wagner)
Richard Wagner, ComposerLyricist - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Hetty Plümacher, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Waldemar Kmentt, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Ira Malaniuk, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eberhard Wächter, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George London, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kirsten Flagstad, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Set Svanholm, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist - John Culshaw, Producer - Oda Balsborg, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
Die Walküre, WWV 86B / Act 3 (Richard Wagner)
Richard Wagner, ComposerLyricist - Brigitte Fassbaender, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helen Watts, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Claudia Hellmann, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Birgit Nilsson, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helga Dernesch, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist - Berit Lindholm, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marilyn Tyler, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vera Schlosser, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Wagner, ComposerLyricist - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Hotter, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
Siegfried / Erster Aufzug (Richard Wagner)
Richard Wagner, ComposerLyricist - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Gerhard Stolze, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Windgassen, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist - John Culshaw, Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1963 Decca Music Group Limited
Siegfried / Zweiter Aufzug (Richard Wagner)
Richard Wagner, ComposerLyricist - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wolfgang Windgassen, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 1963 Decca Music Group Limited
Götterdämmerung / Dritter Aufzug (Richard Wagner)
Richard Wagner, ComposerLyricist - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist - John Culshaw, Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1965 Decca Music Group Limited
Richard Wagner, ComposerLyricist - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gottlob Frick, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Birgit Nilsson, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 1965 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
This first complete studio recording of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, made between 1958 and 1966, was a groundbreaking technical and artistic achievement, the most ambitious and intricately involved opera recording project of the 20th century. Produced for Decca by John Culshaw, whose vision and untiring devotion brought the gargantuan project to completion, the 14 ½-hour release set a new standard for opera recordings. The details Culshaw lavished on the production, which included building new musical instruments, precisely calculating the placement and choreography of each singer to maximize the theatricality of each scene, and creating an array of fabulous special effects resulted in a landmark recording that has lost none of its power with the passage of time.
Culshaw and conductor Georg Solti assembled the most impressive Wagnerian musicians available. The Vienna Philharmonic, one of the very finest orchestras in the world, plays with a sure grasp of Wagner's style, with passionate intensity and impeccable musicianship. Solti's epic vision of the Ring glows in its details and overwhelms in its sweeping drama. A number of very fine interpretations of the Ring have been recorded since, but Solti's version remains close to the top and in a class by itself. The selections on this disc offer a taste of the each of the operas. The focus of the CD is orchestral; even though most of the excerpts, which include "Entry of the Gods into Valhalla," "The Ride of the Valkyries," "The Magic Fire Music," and "Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene," do include voices, this is not the album for listeners looking primarily for vocal highlights from The Ring. It's a terrific sample of Solti's exemplary conducting, though, and should whet listeners' appetites to hear the complete operas.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:58
- Main artists: Birgit Nilsson Wolfgang Windgassen Hans Hotter Gerhard Stolze Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Georg Solti
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 1998 Decca Music Group Limited This Compilation ℗ 1998 Decca Music Group Limited
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