Decca Classics

CAST LIST:
SIEGMUND – JAMES KING
SIEGLINDE – RÉGINE CRESPIN
HUNDING – GOTTLOB FRICK
WOTAN – HANS HOTTER
BRÜNNHILDE – BIRGIT NILSSON
FRICKA – CHRISTA LUDWIG
8 WALKÜREN · VALKYRIES
WALTRAUTE – BRIGITTE FASSBAENDER
ORTLINDE – HELGA DERNESCH
HELMWIGE – BERIT LINDHOLM
GERHILDE – VERA SCHLOSSER
SIEGRUNE – VERA LITTLE
SCHWERTLEITE – HELEN WATTS
ROSSWEISSE – CLAUDIA HELLMANN
GRIMGERDE – MARILYN TYLER
WIENER PHILHARMONIKER / SIR GEORG SOLTI

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 WILL BE RELEASED IN DELUXE 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

“The greatest recording of all time”:
Gramophone Magazine 1999 · BBC Music Magazine 2011
Grammy Award · Edison Award · Grand Prix Mondial du disque

Please visit www.soltiring.com to discover more about this iconic recording