Wagner – The Complete Ring Cycle Joseph Keilberth/Chor & Orchester der Bayreuther Festpiele SKU: SBTLP0119 Barcode: SBTLP0119 450.00 £450.00 Genre: Classical Label: Testament Released Date: 8th July 2016 Buying Format: Box Set Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Decca Testament – SBTLP0119 – 180 gram Vinyl Deluxe 19 Disc Box Set – Pure Analogue Audiophile Mastering The most coveted performance of Wagner’s legendary epic Ring Cycle was in fact recorded by Decca in Stereo live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival. But until now, that lost performance has remained but a memory. Thrillingly conducted by Joseph Keilberth (called by Astrid Varnay, “a conductor with so much love, who was always there for you”), the cycle provides the opportunity to hear complete for the first time on commercial release the definitive performances of Hans Hotter, Astrid Varnay, Ramon Vinay, Josef Greindl and Paul Kuen, in addition to the much-loved Siegfried of Wolfgang Windgassen, here heard in his prime. These live Bayreuth performances were taped by a Decca team led by Peter Andry and including the noted engineers Kenneth Wilkinson and Roy Wallace, with Gordon Parry as assistant. Using a new six-channel mixer designed by Wallace, the team made both stereo and mono recordings of each opera. Three microphones were placed in the sunken orchestra pit and three were hanged from a lighting bridge about 20 feet above the stage. “This was brilliant; it worked beautifully,” remembers Wallace. The company prepared for an expected release, but John Culshaw, recently returned to Decca, vetoed the project. He disliked “live” recordings and already had plans for a studio Ring with Solti, which began four years later. Decca’s recording vividly captures in wonderful stereo sound the unique acoustic and stage/pit balance of the Bayreuth Festival theatre with its sunken orchestra, in addition to preserving the leading singers from a Wagnerian golden age in live performance. Hans Hotter, Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gré Brouwenstijn, Hermann Uhde, Ramon Vinay, Josef Greindl, Josef Traxel, Rudolf Lustig, Gustav Neidlinger, Ludwig Weber, Paul Kuen, Georgine von Milinkovic, Maria von Ilosvay, Toni Blankenheim, Hertha Wilfert, Jutta Vulpius, Elisabeth Schärtel, Gerda Lammers, Mina Bolotine, Jean Watson Chor & Orchester der Bayreuther Festpiele Joseph Keilberth Artist Joseph Keilberth/Chor & Orchester der Bayreuther Festpiele Genre Classical Label Testament Buying Options Box Set Format Box Set Condition New Country UK Track Listings • 19-LP Box Set (4 Box Sets in 1: Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried, Gotterdammerung) with • Four booklets Joseph Keilberth - Wagner: Das Rheingold-The Ring Cycle - ASD1390 (3 LPs) Joseph Keilberth - Wagner: Die Walkure - The Ring Cycle - ASD1391 (5 LPs) Joseph Keilberth - Wagner: Siegfried - The Ring Cycle - ASD1392 (5 LPs) Joseph Keilberth - Wagner: Gotterdammerung -The Ring Cycle - ASD1393 (6 LPs) Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Classical View Product Quick View Nikolaus Harnoncourt Mozart: Requiem Classical | Sony Classical | 2LP Released 7th October 2016 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nikolaus Harnoncourt Mozart: Requiem £21.00 Genre: Classical Label: Sony Classical SKU: 88985342001 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 7th October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Yo-Yo Ma Six Evoloutions Classical | Sony Music | 3LP Released 14th September 2018 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Yo-Yo Ma Six Evoloutions £24.00 Genre: Classical Label: Sony Music SKU: 19075854651 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 14th September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Leif Ove Andsnes Dvorak: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op.85 Classical | Sony Classical | 2LP Released 28th October 2022 £32.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Leif Ove Andsnes Dvorak: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op.85 £32.00 Genre: Classical Label: Sony Classical SKU: 19658740671 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 28th October 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Schubert/Richter Wanderer Fantasie – Sonata in A Major op 120 Classical | Hi Q | 180g, 1LP Released 13th October 2014 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Schubert/Richter Wanderer Fantasie – Sonata in A Major op 120 £20.00 Genre: Classical Label: Hi Q SKU: HIQLP042 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 13th October 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Scott Ross Domenico Scarlatti 13 Keyboard Sonatas Classical | Warner Classics | 180g, 1LP Released 6th February 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Scott Ross Domenico Scarlatti 13 Keyboard Sonatas £19.00 Genre: Classical Label: Warner Classics SKU: 0190295890605 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 6th February 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Beth Gibbons & the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs) Classical | Domino | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 29th March 2019 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Beth Gibbons & the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs) £22.00 Genre: Classical Label: Domino SKU: WIGLP395 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 29th March 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tchaikovsky -OSR/Ansermet The Nutcracker Classical | Speakers Corner | 180g, 2LP Released 18th September 2006 £64.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tchaikovsky -OSR/Ansermet The Nutcracker £64.00 Genre: Classical Label: Speakers Corner SKU: SXL209293 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 18th September 2006 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ravi Shankar André Previn Shankar: Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra Classical | Warner Classics | 1LP Released 4th November 2022 £22.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Ravi Shankar André Previn Shankar: Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra £22.00 Genre: Classical Label: Warner Classics SKU: 0190296266959 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th November 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Various Artists Intense Tchaikovsky Classical | Warner Classics | 1LP Released 3rd May 2024 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Intense Tchaikovsky £20.00 Genre: Classical Label: Warner Classics SKU: 5054197704772 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd May 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Alexander Kobrin & Frederic D'Oria-Nicolas Heritage Classical | Fondamenta | 2CD Released 25th November 2013 £TBC Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Alexander Kobrin & Frederic D'Oria-Nicolas Heritage £TBC Genre: Classical Label: Fondamenta SKU: FON1302011 Formats: 2CD Released Date: 25th November 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Classical Start again
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