Wagner: Die Walkure - Hybrid Sacd -georg Solti
Label: DECCA Catalog: 4853160 Format: SACD / CD Hybrid Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hotter, James King, Christa Ludwig, Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti"No one has surpassed Solti's DECCA Ring in momentum, ambition, grandeur, dramatic immediacy, and sheer adrenaline" (Stereophile) The first stereo recording made in the studio of Richard Wagner's complete Ring cycle has since achieved cult status and has twice been voted the "best recording of all time." As the second release of the legendary Solti Ring, Die Walküre appears as a limited deluxe 5-LP edition. And never has this groundbreaking recording sounded better. "It can be said in good conscience that the Solti Ring has never sounded better," Gramophone Magazine writes of this edition, which is based on a new HD transfer of the original master tapes. Top-class cast with Birgit Nilsson, James King, Régine Crespin, Gottlob Frick, Hans Hotter, Christa Ludwig and Brigitte Fassbaender. Price: $169.98 |