The Golden Ring: Great Scenes From Wagner’s Der Ring Des Nibelungen Sir Georg Solti SKU: 4853364 Barcode: 0028948533640 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Classical Label: Decca Released Date: 28th October 2022 Buying Format: SACD Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Decca’s landmark recording of Wagner’s 15-hour epic, Der Ring des Nibelungen conducted by Sir Georg Solti is the most celebrated classical recording in history. The world’s best-selling opera recording —a recording project on a scale without precedent and the first-ever studio recording of Wagner’s masterpiece,it took seven years to record from 1958 to 1965 Solti and the legendary Decca producer John Culshaw assembled the dream cast, the greatest Wagnerian voices of the day: Kirsten Flagstad, George London, Hans Hotter, Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, James King, Régine Crespin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Christa Ludwig, Lucia Popp, Gwyneth Jones and Brigitte Fassbaender. The luxury casting even extended to Joan Sutherland as the Woodbird in Siegfried The perfect marriage of art and technology, this massive undertaking would not have been greeted with such unprecedented enthusiasm and rave reviews were it not for the skill of Decca’s dream team: Producer John Culshaw and Chief Engineer Gordon Parry. They created in sound the ideal ‘Theatre in the Mind.’ As Culshaw said: “It is precisely because the work is so huge and demanding that one should not pass lightly over any detail.” The recording set new standards for opera in stereo and is still regarded as the benchmark over six decades later For the first time on Hybrid SACD, Decca proudly present a selection of the greatest scenes from Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen conducted by Sir Georg Solti and includes a 24pp booklet, including introductory texts on each opera and many original session photographs The Hybrid SACD format delivers Solti & Culshaw’s sonic vision in the highest quality possible, combining the high density stereo mix at 24bit 192kHz with a standard CD layer meaning this disc will also play on any normal CD player, delivering unrivalled listening flexibility. Artist Sir Georg Solti Genre Classical Label Decca Buying Options SACD Format SACD Condition New Country UK Track Listings Heda! Heda! Hedo! Zu mir, du Gedüft! [Das Rheingold, WWV 86A / Scene IV] - Edit / Remastered 2022 Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge [Das Rheingold, WWV 86A / Scene IV] - Remastered 2022 Rheingold! Rheingold! [Das Rheingold, WWV 86A / Scene IV] - Remastered 2022 Hojotoho! Heiaha! (Ride of the Valkyries) [Die Walküre, WWV 86B / Act III] - Edit / Remastered 2022 Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind [Die Walküre, WWV 86B / Act III] - Remastered 2022 Denn einer nur freie die Braut [Die Walküre, WWV 86B / Act III] - Remastered 2022 Loge, hör! Lausche hieher! [Die Walküre, WWV 86B / Act III] - Remastered 2022 Hoho! Hoho! Hohei! Schmiede, mein Hammer, ein hartes Schwert! [Siegfried, WWV 86C / Act I] - Remastered 2022 Meine Mutter, ein Menschenweib! [Siegfried, WWV 86C / Act II] - Edit / Remastered 2022 Siegfried's Hornruf [Siegfried, WWV 86C / Act II] - Edit / Remastered 2022 Trauermarsch [Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D / Act III] - Edit / Remastered 2022 Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort [Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D / Act III] - Remastered 2022 Mein Erbe nun nehm' ich zu eigen [Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D / Act III] - Remastered 2022 Fliegt heim, ihr Raben! 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