Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Das Rheingold
George London (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), Claire Watson (Freia), Set Svanholm (Loge), Waldemar Kmentt (Froh), Eberhard Wächter (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Jean Madeira (Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Walter Kreppel (Fasolt), Kurt Böhme (Fafner),...
Awards:
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Grammy Awards, 9th Awards (1966), Best Opera Recording
a living, convincing, whole, holistic and vibrant experience is just what this edition delivers...it faithfully reflects the spaciousness and appropriate aura that would have been experienced...
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Das Rheingold
George London (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), Claire Watson (Freia), Set Svanholm (Loge), Waldemar Kmentt (Froh), Eberhard Wächter (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Jean Madeira (Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Walter Kreppel (Fasolt), Kurt Böhme (Fafner),...
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Awards:
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Grammy Awards, 9th Awards (1966), Best Opera Recording
a living, convincing, whole, holistic and vibrant experience is just what this edition delivers...it faithfully reflects the spaciousness and appropriate aura that would have been experienced...
About
Sir Georg Solti’s Wagner’s epic music-drama Der Ring des Nibelungen was the first-ever studio recording of Wagner’s masterpiece on an unprecedented recording scale without precedent. Masterminded by legendary producer John Culshaw and his technical team under the direction of chief engineer Gordon Parry between 1958-1965, this massive undertaking set new standards in both opera recording and the possibilities of the effective and imaginative use of stereo.
The combination of Sir Georg Solti and the Vienna Philharmonic with an international cast of the greatest Wagnerian singers available resulted in a recording which was greeted with exceptional enthusiasm and rave reviews and which quickly won numerous international awards. This edition offers something that is the supreme sound experience of what is generally acknowledged to be the greatest version of Wagner’s supreme masterpiece.
Containing Wagner’s libretti, this audiophile edition offers something that is the supreme sound experience of what is generally acknowledged to be the greatest version of Wagner’s supreme masterpiece.
This release replicates the glorious 14CD deluxe edition (0028947837022), which sold 6000 units.
This release requires a Blu-Ray player, and contains no video content other than an on-screen menu. It plays on a standard Blu-Ray player, and is not restricted regionally in any way. A Blu-Ray player can be a very simple and affordable addition to any hi-fi system, enabling true 24-bit playback.
24-bit, 48kHzArtists
Das Rheingold
George London (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), Claire Watson (Freia), Set Svanholm (Loge), Waldemar Kmentt (Froh), Eberhard Wächter (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Jean Madeira (Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Walter Kreppel (Fasolt), Kurt Böhme (Fafner), Oda Balsborg (Woglinde), Hetty Plümacher (Wellgunde), Ira Malaniuk (Flosshilde)
Die Walküre
James King (Siegmund), Régine Crespin (Sieglinde), Gottlob Frick (Hunding), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Brigitte Fassbaender (Waltraute), Berit Lindholm (Helmwige), Helga Dernesch (Ortlinde), Vera Schlosser (Gerhilde), Helen Watts (Schwertleite), Vera Little (Siegrune), Claudia Hellmann (Rossweise), Marilyn Tyler (Grimgerde)
Siegfried
Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Hans Hotter (Wanderer), Gerhard Stolze (Mime), Marga Höffgen (Erda), Joan Sutherland (Waldvogel)
Götterdämmerung
Gottlob Frick (Hagen), Claire Watson (Gutrune), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gunther), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute), Lucia Popp (Woglinde), Gwyneth Jones (Wellgunde), Maureen Guy (Flosshilde), Helen Watts (Erste Norn), Grace Hoffman (Zweite Norn), Anita Välkki (Dritte Norn)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Sir Georg Solti
Contents and tracklist
- Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Jean Madeira (mezzo-soprano), Oda Balsborg (soprano), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Kurt Böhme (bass), Gustav Neidlinger (bass), Claire Watson (soprano), Paul Kuentz (bass), Paul Kuentz (tenor), Ira Malaniuk (contralto), Walter Kreppel (bass), George London (bass-baritone), Hetty Plumacher (contralto), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Set Svanholm (tenor)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1958-10
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Hans Hotter (bass), Vera Schlosser (soprano), James King (tenor), Marilyn Tyler (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Ernst Wiemann (bass), Régine Crespin (soprano), Gottlob Frick (bass), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Vera Little (mezzo-soprano), Claudia Hellmann (mezzo-soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto), Berit Lindholm (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1965-11
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Gerhard Stolze (tenor), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Hans Hotter (bass), Gustav Neidlinger (bass), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Kurt Böhme (bass), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marga Höffgen (contralto)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1962-10
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Gustav Neidlinger (bass), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Lucia Popp (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Helen Watts (contralto), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Grace Hoffman (mezzo-soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Maureen Guy (mezzo-soprano), Gottlob Frick (bass), Claire Watson (soprano), Anita Valkki (soprano), Gwyneth Jones (soprano)
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1964-05-20
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
Awards and reviews
Classical Net 2013
a living, convincing, whole, holistic and vibrant experience is just what this edition delivers...it faithfully reflects the spaciousness and appropriate aura that would have been experienced had you been sitting in on those amazing recordings in Vienna's Sofien Hall over 50 years ago...this is a superb release: it has everything that the original (many would say the best) complete Ring recording had – and much more.
Limelight Magazine 13th March 2013
It’s the most gorgeous thing, even though it’s not exactly a bargain, and it’s never sounded better either.