Wagner’s Ring Cycle - VPO/Georg Solti Including 3 LP Commentary by Deryck Cooke

	£		150
	$		199

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Wagner’s Ring Cycle - VPO/Georg Solti Including 3 LP Commentary by Deryck Cooke. Condition is Used but mostly unplayed. Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class.

The Ring of the Nibelung. Der Ring des Nibelungen. Wagner’s astonishing four opera cycle based on Norse mythology.

The most lavishly produced set of the LP era. Wooden box with 5 wooden spined inserts.

Includes Deryck Cooke’s scholarly 3 disc commentary.

Sounds incredible. An audiophile’s dream.

Very heavy. Would prefer that buyer collects if possible. See pictures for reviews back in the day. Below are some more recent reviews of a reissue on Blu-ray.

. . engineer Gordon Parry captures in blazing stereo one of the most amazing casts ever assembled . . . [the Vienna Philharmonic] plays like ones possessed, sporting a fabulous tone and magnificent brass . . . This is still the best available "Ring" if you are having only one. The sound was always great, and . . . the vocal opulence of this set is likely to remain unsurpassed forever. .....a mandatory purchase for all Wagnerians and classical music lovers in general.

Record Review / Steven Ritter, Audiophile Audition / 19. January 2015

This is not simply an historic recording, not simply an outstanding rendition of the Ring cycle -- it also just happens to sound damn good as well. A must buy....

Record Review / Hi-Fi Plus (Hampshire) / 01. July 2015

. . . [artistically, Solti's "Ring" still stands] as "the" version of the "Ring" by which all others are judged.

Record Review / Paul E. Robinson, Classical Voice North America / 02. August 2015

For 50 years the most talked-about, best-known recording of Wagner's "Ring" Cycle is the Decca set from Vienna conducted by Georg Solti . . .

Record Review / Bruce Surtees, Wholenote Magazine (Toronto) / 26. October 2015

This was the first-ever complete recording of the "Ring" -- it was completed in 1964 -- This massive box set includes Deryck Cooke's invaluable introduction to the "Ring" with musical examples.

Record Review / Paul E. Robinson, Musical Toronto / 09. December 2015

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