Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti – Wagner: Die Walküre (2013) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti - Wagner: Die Walküre (2013) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz] Download

Twice voted the greatest recording ever made (by Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine) these historic performances of Wagner’s The Ring led by Sir Georg Solti were originally rereleased in 2012 as an epic 17-disc box set to mark the 100th anniversary of Solti’s birth. It took Solti and the Vienna Philharmonic seven years to record the entire cycle, from 1958 to 1965, making these the first complete studio recordings of The Ring.”… there is only one recording which defines the industry’s finest achievement: the Decca/Solti Ring … this recording is monumental.”
– Gramophone

“… performed with heart-stopping drama and power … groundbreaking … the result’s exciting … a superb restoration … a Ring cycle refreshed for a new generation.”
– BBC Music Magazine

“… widely acknowledged as one of the most significant events in the history of classical recording … felt by many (myself included) to be the greatest recording ever made … a cause for celebration for Wagnerians, music lovers and audiophiles … competitive today for sound and performance quality and especially for their casts of singers … an essential acquisition.”
– Fanfare

“The unsurpassed quality of singers and orchestra, Solti’s astonishing ability to tell a dramatic story in music, the epic scope and sweep of work and performance and the sound, as much a wonder for our own time as half a century ago, make these recordings seem more precious, their qualities less likely to ever be repeated … it’s everything the serious lover of this work and this recording could want … all earlier digital editions suddenly sound muffled … these performances deserve to be heard in the best possible sound. This set delivers it and much more.”
– Stereophile

Tracklist:

1-1. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – Orchestervorspiel (03:15)
1-2. James King – “Wes Herd dies auch, hier muß ich rasten” (04:02)
1-3. James King – “Kühlende Labung gab mir der Quell” (09:34)
1-4. Régine Crespin – “Müd am Herd fand ich den Mann” (05:06)
1-5. James King – “Friedmund darf ich nicht heißen” (04:26)
1-6. James King – “Aus dem Wald trieb es mich fort” (06:01)
1-7. Gottlob Frick – “Ich weiß ein wildes Geschlecht” (05:40)
1-8. James King – “Ein Schwert verhieß mir der Vater” (06:09)
1-9. Régine Crespin – “Schläfst du, Gast?” (06:46)
1-10. James King – “Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond” (02:54)
1-11. Régine Crespin – “Du bist der Lenz” (06:44)
1-12. Régine Crespin – “Wehwalt heißt du fürwahr?” (05:06)
1-13. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – Vorspiel (02:16)
1-14. Hans Hotter – “Nun zäume dein Ross, reisige Maid” (02:49)
1-15. Christa Ludwig – “Der alte Sturm, die alte Müh'” (04:40)
1-16. Christa Ludwig – “So ist es denn aus mit den ewigen Göttern” (02:57)
1-17. Hans Hotter – “Nichts lerntest du” (05:15)
1-18. Hans Hotter – “Was verlangst du?” (06:16)
1-19. Birgit Nilsson – “Schlimm, fürcht ich, schloß der Streit” (04:42)
1-20. Hans Hotter – “Was keinem in Worten ich künde” (06:06)
1-21. Hans Hotter – “Ein andres ist ‘s: achte es wohl” (10:29)
1-22. Birgit Nilsson – “O sag, künde, was soll nun dein Kind?” (07:02)
1-23. James King – “Raste nun hier; gönne dir Ruh!” (03:27)
1-24. Régine Crespin – “Hinweg! Hinweg! Flieh die Entweihte!” (08:11)
1-25. Birgit Nilsson – “Siegmund! Sieh auf mich!” (07:18)
1-26. James King – “Hehr bist du, und heilig” (05:57)
1-27. Birgit Nilsson – “So wenig achtest du ewige Wonne?” (05:05)
1-28. James King – “Zauberfest bezähmt ein Schlaf” (03:59)
1-29. James King – “Kehrte der Vater nur heim” (06:11)
1-30. Vera Schlosser – “Hojotoho! Heiaha!” (08:24)
1-31. Birgit Nilsson – “Schützt mich und helft in höchster Not” (03:17)
1-32. Régine Crespin – “Nicht sehre dich Sorge um mich” (05:19)
1-33. Hans Hotter – “Steh, Brünnhild'” (00:56)
1-34. Hans Hotter – “Wo ist Brünnhild’, wo die Verbrecherin?” (04:07)
1-35. Birgit Nilsson – “Hier bin ich, Vater” (04:09)
1-36. Brigitte Fassbaender – “Wehe! Weh! Schwester, ach Schwester!” (04:24)
1-37. Birgit Nilsson – “War es so schmählich?” (05:19)
1-38. Birgit Nilsson – “Nicht weise bin ich, doch wusst’ ich das eine” (04:48)
1-39. Hans Hotter – “So tatest du, was so gern zu tun ich begehrt” (06:48)
1-40. Birgit Nilsson – “Du zeugtest ein edles Geschlecht” (05:33)
1-41. Hans Hotter – “Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind” (02:18)
1-42. Hans Hotter – “Denn einer nur freie die Braut” (09:57)
1-43. Hans Hotter – “Loge, hör! Lausche hieher!” (04:53)