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An Introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen
: :When Wagner set the Ring to music, he intended the orchestra to act in the fashion of a chorus from a classic Greek tragedy--setting the mood and commenting on the action. In order to allow a nonverbal musical line to reflect on the plot, Wagner developed a psychologically and musically complex symbology to communicate his thoughts to the listener. From the beginning the Ring has spawned numerous written commentaries on the relationships of the motif structure, but by ...
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Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Ring Cycle) / Sir Georg Solti
: essential recording:Modern storage media (CD/DVD) offer both high fidelity and great reliability in the playback of music. Yet only a bit more than a generation ago, the possibilities inherent in the long-playing record inspired John Culshaw, a young producer for Decca, to attempt the most ambitious recording project ever contemplated up to that time--a complete studio recording of the Ring. Though other Rings were issued after this landmark enterprise, none have equaled the Decca Ring in popularity. ...
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
from: Gebhardt Records
: essential recording:Modern storage media (CD/DVD) offer both high fidelity and great reliability in the playback of music. Yet only a bit more than a generation ago, the possibilities inherent in the long-playing record inspired John Culshaw, a young producer for Decca, to attempt the most ambitious recording project ever contemplated up to that time--a complete studio recording of the Ring. Though other Rings were issued after this landmark enterprise, none have equaled the Decca Ring in popularity. ...
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Wagner: Die Walküre, Act 3
from: EMI Classics
: essential recording:Modern storage media (CD/DVD) offer both high fidelity and great reliability in the playback of music. Yet only a bit more than a generation ago, the possibilities inherent in the long-playing record inspired John Culshaw, a young producer for Decca, to attempt the most ambitious recording project ever contemplated up to that time--a complete studio recording of the Ring. Though other Rings were issued after this landmark enterprise, none have equaled the Decca Ring in popularity. ...
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Das Rheingold
from: Decca / London
: essential recording:Modern storage media (CD/DVD) offer both high fidelity and great reliability in the playback of music. Yet only a bit more than a generation ago, the possibilities inherent in the long-playing record inspired John Culshaw, a young producer for Decca, to attempt the most ambitious recording project ever contemplated up to that time--a complete studio recording of the Ring. Though other Rings were issued after this landmark enterprise, none have equaled the Decca Ring in popularity. ...
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Mozart: Requiem
from: Classica D'oro
: essential recording:Modern storage media (CD/DVD) offer both high fidelity and great reliability in the playback of music. Yet only a bit more than a generation ago, the possibilities inherent in the long-playing record inspired John Culshaw, a young producer for Decca, to attempt the most ambitious recording project ever contemplated up to that time--a complete studio recording of the Ring. Though other Rings were issued after this landmark enterprise, none have equaled the Decca Ring in popularity. ...
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Richard Strauss: Arabella
from: Decca
: essential recording:Modern storage media (CD/DVD) offer both high fidelity and great reliability in the playback of music. Yet only a bit more than a generation ago, the possibilities inherent in the long-playing record inspired John Culshaw, a young producer for Decca, to attempt the most ambitious recording project ever contemplated up to that time--a complete studio recording of the Ring. Though other Rings were issued after this landmark enterprise, none have equaled the Decca Ring in popularity. ...
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
from: Angel Records
: :After World War II, the allied powers contemplated suppression of all Wagnerian performance in Germany. However, wiser heads prevailed, and in 1951 the Festspielhaus at Bayreuth reopened under the management of Wagner's grandsons. As noisy as a stage recording can be, with limited fidelity from the dawn of the LP era, this set still conveys the enthusiasm accompanying the newly reopened festival. Casting is uneven, but the recording retains interest for the connoisseur because of the energetic conducting ...
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
: :After World War II, the allied powers contemplated suppression of all Wagnerian performance in Germany. However, wiser heads prevailed, and in 1951 the Festspielhaus at Bayreuth reopened under the management of Wagner's grandsons. As noisy as a stage recording can be, with limited fidelity from the dawn of the LP era, this set still conveys the enthusiasm accompanying the newly reopened festival. Casting is uneven, but the recording retains interest for the connoisseur because of the energetic conducting ...
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Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen (Wilhelm Furtwangler, Italian Radio 1953, EMI)
: essential recording:Furtwängler's 1953 Ring cycle, recorded 'live' in the RAI (Radiotelevisione Italiana) studios, one act at a time, for broadcast purposes, is remastered here from the original tapes, in contrast to vinyl pressings used for the original 1972 EMI LP release. The noted Wagnerian scholar Deryck Cooke best characterized the great conductor's view of this magnum opus as a 'stark, heavy, brooding work, a profound tragedy set in a primitive world of ancient Teutonic gods and heroes, ...
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