Wagner solti ring esoteric remastering essd90024 jl. It was a young georg solti who rose to the task in 1958, recording the cycle for decca with a stellar cast that included the premier. His voice is well suited for the role, which he learned specifically for solti. Buy a cd or vinyl record and get 90 days free amazon music unlimited. Press extranet richard wagner orchestral favourites wiener philharmoniker sir georg solti. In 1958, solti was a young and rising conductor with potential, but no one had a clue about his wagnerian credentials, except perhaps producer john culshaw. Albums primary genre is classical, it was released on january 1, 2014 and contains 179 tracks of duration 4 hours, 6 minutes and 41 seconds with a soft, smooth, and pleasant sound. Chorussir georg solti 195665 decca 455 5552 very nice, sneered a rival producer, hearing that decca were embarking on the ring. The vienna philharmonic, one of the very finest orchestras in the world, plays with a sure grasp of wagners style, with passionate intensity and with impeccable musicianship. The combination of sir georg solti and the vienna philharmonic with an international cast of the greatest wagnerian singers resulted in. Avrotros vrijdagconcert, vrijdag 23 september 2016, in tivolivredenburg te utrecht. Cd and dvd recordings of richard wagners ring cycle or. Vienna philharmonic orchestrageorg solti decca 0289 478 3702 2 17 cds, 1 dvd, 1 bluray audio disc. When this was first issued, there were no other recordings of wagners ring in the catalogue.
Vienna state opera chorus, vienna philharmonic, georg. For this reason, many full ring recordings are the result of unofficial recording of live performances, particularly from the bayreuth festival where new productions are often broadcast by german radio. Vienna philharmonic orchestra, vienna state opera chorussir georg solti 195665 decca 455 5552 very nice, sneered a rival producer, hearing that decca were embarking on the ring. Casting the many daunting roles was a challenge, but for the most part the soloists are wonderfully. What needs to be stressed from the outset in any discussion of this recording is that, while solti was ostensibly the music director, the sound of this ring ultimately. And you can also read the complete libretti of these operas on several. They procured 18 anvils of the exact sizes wagner specified, provided. This 20 remastering on 12 cds is a major improvement over three previous cd releases, all of which were on 14 cds. A roundup of the finest recordings of wagners ring, as the opera world prepares to celebrate the composers bicentenary next year. Download recordings of all of wagners mature works free written by the wagnerian on saturday, 10 august 20 3. It is often referred to as the ring cycle, wagners ring, or simply the ring. Culshaw and conductor georg solti assembled the most impressive wagnerian musicians available.
Wagners great epic has more than a few pages of tedium, and soltis unfailing energy is enormously helpful in enlivening such passages. Richard wagner georg solti, the vienna philharmonic birgit nilsson, wolfgang windgassen, hans hotter, gerhard stolze, gustav neidlinger and joan sutherland siegfried. Produced for decca by john culshaw, whose vision and untiring devotion brought the gargantuan project to completion, the. It sounds spectacularly good from that technical standpoint, with special emphasis given the biting bpo brass, and with that fine but micromanaged orchestra rather overwhelming karajans rotating casts of underpowered singers. It would be really nice if these bluray audio releases included a download ticket for the hires flac files. Wagner ring des nibelungen solti 1 bluray audio download. The immortal masterpiece the ring of the nibelung by genius composer richard wagner gave new life to the german myth of the nibelungs. The most important reasons for the success of this ring as a performance are solti and the vienna philharmonic orchestra. Experience the ring cycle from a brand new, intimate perspective. Sir georg solti, vienna philharmonic orchestra, vienna state opera choir, kirsten flagstad, paul kuen. The ring is a prophecy for the iii millennium, more powerful than nostradamus. Download torrent wagner solti fast and easy torrent search. Richard wagner, georg solti, vienna philharmonic orchestra wagner. Soltis epic vision of the ring glows in its details and overwhelms in its sweeping drama.
There were no further studio recordings until the digital era, when the east german company eurodisc committed to cd a set conducted by marek janowski. The works are based loosely on characters from the norse sagas and the nibelungenlied. A number of very fine interpretations of the ring have been recorded since, but soltis version remains close to the top and is in a class by itself. It must have been a matter of pride to sir georg solti that his version, the first complete studio recording of the ring, remained top choice from the 1960s, when it came out, to 1997, when he. This is the 2016 remastering, made by dgs expert japanese techs, of the studio ring its dirigent laid down incrementally between 196670. Richard wagner, georg solti, vienna philharmonic orchestra. Wagners ring cycle, streaming on demand, for free, on bbc iplayer and. Solti s recording of wagner s ring is the best recording ever made the first reasons for the huge success of georg solti and john culshaws decca ring are related to its historical. Download recordings of all of wagners mature works free. The rest of the ring has been superbly cast as well, right down to the smallest roles.
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