Commemorating the 25th anniversary of Sir Georg Solti’s passing, “The Greatest Recording Of All Time” now sounding better than ever before.

•            Transferred and remastered in HD sound at 24bit / 192kHz from the original two-track stereo mastertapes
•            The first all-new transfer in over twenty-five years
•            The first-ever stereo production of Wagner’s Ring cycle, still considered the benchmark today.
•            “Here is the greatest achievement in gramophone history yet”, wrote Gramophone in 1965. For many, it still is.

All four operas in the cycle now available in deluexe hybrid SACD editions

This iconic recording is released internationally for the first time on Hybrid SACD, delivering Solti & Culshaw’s sonic vision in the highest quality possible. The Hybrid SACD format combines the high density 24bit / 192kHz stereo mix with a standard CD layer meaning these discs will also play in any normal CD player, delivering unrivalled listening flexibility.

Each edition includes lavishly illustrated booklets featuring technical information on the new HD remaster and original recording techniques, introduction to each opera by Producer John Culshaw, synopses and libretti in English & German plus many original session photographs and rare facsimiles

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.Vorspiel

Wiener Philharmoniker

2.Wes Herd Dies Auch Sei

Various Performers

3.Kuhlende Labung Gab Mir Der Quell

Various Performers

4.Mud Am Herd Fand Ich Den Mann

Various Performers

5.Friedmund Darf Ich Nicht Hei?en

Various Performers

6.Aus Dem Wald Trieb Es Mich Fort

Various Performers

7.Ich Wei? Ein Wildes Geschlecht

Various Performers

8.Ein Schwert Verhiess Mir Der Vater

Various Performers

9.Schlafst Du, Gast?

Various Performers

10.Wintersturme Wichen Dem Wonnemond

Various Performers

11.Du Bist Der Lenz

Various Performers

12.Wehwalt Hei?t Du Furwahr?

Various Performers

Disc 2

Track name

Artist

1.Vorspiel

Wiener Philharmoniker

2.Nun Zaume Dein Ross, Reisige Maid

Various Performers

3.Der Alte Sturm, Die Alte Muh'

Various Performers

4.So Ist Es Denn Aus Mit Den Ewigen Gottern

Various Performers

5.Nichts Lerntest Du

Various Performers

6.Was Verlangst Du?

Various Performers

7.Schlimm, Furcht Ich, Schlo? Der Streit

Various Performers

8.Was Keinem in Worten Ich Kunde

Various Performers

9.Ein Andres Ist's: Achte Es Wohl

Various Performers

10.O Sag, Kunde, Was Soll Nun Dein Kind?

Various Performers

11.Raste Nun Hier; Gonne Dir Ruh!

Various Performers

12.Hinweg! Hinweg! Flieh Die Entweihte!

Various Performers

Disc 3

Track name

Artist

1.Siegmund! Sieh Auf Mich!

Various Performers

2.Hehr Bist Du, Und Heilig

Various Performers

3.So Wenig Achtest Du Ewige Wonne?

Various Performers

4.Zauberfest Bezahmt Ein Schlaf

Various Performers

5.Kehrte Der Vater Nur Heim

Various Performers

Disc 4

Track name

Artist

1.Hojotoho! Heiaha!

Various Performers

2.Schutzt Mich Und Helft in Hochster Not

Various Performers

3.Nicht Sehre Dich Sorge Um Mich

Various Performers

4.Steh, Brunnhild'

Various Performers

5.Wo Ist Brunnhild', Wo Die Verbrecherin?

Various Performers

6.Hier Bin Ich, Vater

Various Performers

7.Wehe! Weh! Schwester, Ach Schwester!

Various Performers

8.War Es So Schmahlich?

Various Performers

9.Nicht Weise Bin Ich, Doch Wusst' Ich Das Eine

Various Performers

10.So Tatest Du, Was So Gern Zu Tun Ich Begehrt

Various Performers

11.Du Zeugtest Ein Edles Geschlecht

Various Performers

12.Leb Wohl, Du Kuhnes, Herrliches Kind

Various Performers

13.Denn Einer Nur Freie Die Braut

Various Performers

14.Loge, Hor! Lausche Hieher!

Various Performers

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