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.Ĭulshaw and conductor Georg Solti assembled the most impressive Wagnerian musicians available. 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. A Blu-Ray player can be a very simple and affordable addition to any hi-fi system, enabling true 24-bit playback.This first complete studio recording of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, made between 19, was a groundbreaking technical and artistic achievement, the most ambitious and intricately involved opera recording project of the 20th century.
It plays on a standard Blu-Ray player, and is not restricted regionally in any way. This release requires a Blu-Ray player, and contains no video content other than an on-screen menu. This release replicates the glorious 14CD deluxe edition (0028947837022), which sold 6000 units. 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.Ĭontaining 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. 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. 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. 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.
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