Wagner Der Ring Des Nibelungen Solti 22LP in leather & wood collectors box
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Jan 21, 2016
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Wagner Der Ring Des Nibelungen Solti 22LP in leather & wood collectors box
This is a complete set of 22LPs, Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Most of the LPs look as though they have never been played.This set was issed in 1970.
The box is leather-coated wood with an embossed gilt design on the front.
It has aged very well, but long-term shelf storage has resulted in a dusty appearance on parts of the outer box’s surface. Maybe you can clean it, but I’d rather not try and risk damaging this very elaborate and beautiful package. The inner sleeves and booklets are in excellent condition, thought the whites have yellowed a little. The indicidual record sleeves have lost non of their lustre, but some of their glue joints have perished. I have checked this item over thoroughly and everything is in a condition which I think would please any collector.
Also included are two original sheets extracted from The Gramophone magazine, one each from March (“The texture of Siegfried”) and July 1963 (“The Gramophone and the voice”), relating to the recording of Siegfried which forms a part of this set. They discuss various aspects of putting a complete version of this opera onto a record for the first time. These are accompanied by what appears to be the original publicity leaflet for this recording.
Each opera comes with extensive notes, a spread of which is pictured below.
A beautiful addition to any classical LP audiophile's collection.
Buy now to avoid disappointment!
Additional information of the recordings making up this set: 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 625 (GS 6.9.7 (625))
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