Wagner Der Ring Des Nibelungen - 22 LP Decca Box Set
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Wagner's Der Ring Des Nibelungen - 22 LP Decca Box Set
Incredible 1970 UK TWENTY TWO stereo LP boxed set of the complete edition of Richard Wagner's four part opera, 'Der Ring des Nibelungen', also known as 'The Ring Cycle' featuring the four operas 'Das Rheingold','Die Walkure', 'Siegfried' and 'Gotterdammerung'.
There is also a unique three record introduction to 'The Ring' set narrated by Deryck Cooke featuring excerpts from the four operas.
Each opera is in its own separate wooden ended partition with full size libretto booklets containing synopsis & full transcription for the operas.
The performance is THE classic version by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti,
a powerful orchestral drama, phenomenal performance and superb sound.
The whole ensemble is enclosed in a very weighty carved wooden box with gilded front panel.
The box and wooden/leather spines show negligible wear over the past forty years & the librettos are complete, clean & undamaged,
with all vinyl EXCELLENT CONDITION with the exceptional audio clarity that only these specialist pressings can give
.Details of Records:
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN
* Guide & Introduction to "Der Ring des Nibelungen" by Deryck Cooke
* Recording year: 1968
* Record number: ZAL 8422-7
* Number of LP’s: THREE
* Orchestra: Introduction By (Sir) Georg Solti
DAS RHIENGOLD
* Recording year: 1958
* Record number: ZAL 4260-5
* Number of LP’s: THREE
* Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Vienna State Opera Chorus, conducted by (Sir) Georg Solti.
* Cast: Jean Madeira, Set Svanholm, George London, Kirsten Flagstad. Claire Watson, Gustav Neidlinger, Kurt Böhme, Eberhard Wächter, Walter Kreppel
DIE WALKÜRE
* Recording year: 1966
* Record number: ZAL 7131 – 7140
* Number of LP’s: FIVE
* Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Vienna State Opera Chorus, conducted by (Sir) Georg Solti.
* Cast: Gottlob Frick, Regine Crespin, James King, Brigit Nilsson, Christa Ludwig
SIEGFRIED
* Recording year: 1963
* Record number: ZAL 5742-52
* Number of LP’s: FIVE
* Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Vienna State Opera Chorus, conducted by (Sir) Georg Solti.
* Cast: Wolfgang Windgassen, Brigit Nilsson, Hans Hotter, Gerhard Stolze, Gustav Neidlinger, Kurt Bohme, Marga Hoffgen
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
* Recording year: 1965
* Record number: ZAL 6673-6684
* Number of LP’s: SIX
* Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Vienna State Opera Chorus, conducted by (Sir) Georg Solti
* Cast: Briget Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gustav Neidlinger, Gottlob Frick, Claire Watson Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Christa Ludwig, Lucia Popp, Gwyneth Jones, Maureen Guy, Helen Watts, Grace Hoffman, Anita Välkki
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