RICHARD WAGNER DAS RHEINGOLD DECCA SXL.2103 GEORG SOLTI VIENNA PHILHARMONIC EXC

	£		36
	$		48

An original stereo press of this classic Wagner opera conducted by Georg Solti in 1959.
"Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), WWV 86A, is the first of the four music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (English: The Ring of the Nibelung). It was performed, as a single opera, at the National Theatre Munich on 22 September 1869, and received its first performance as part of the Ring cycle at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, on 13 August 1876."
Wagner* - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra* Conducted By Georg Solti – Das Rheingold
Label: Decca – SXL 2101/2/3 Format: 3 x Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Ed 1 Box Set Country: UK Released: Mar 1959 Genre: Classical Style: Opera, Romantic
A1 Weia! Waga! Woge! Du Wellen A2 Hehe Ihr Nicker A3 Lugt Schwestern! A4 Interlude
B1 Geheimnisshehr Hallt Mir Dein Wort B2 Heda! Heda! Hedo! B3 Abendlich Strahlt Der Sonne Auge (Entry Of The Gods Into Valhalla)
C1 Wotan, Gemahl! Erwache! C2 Hilf Mir Schwester! C3 Sanft Schloss Schlaf Dein Aug' C4 Endlich Loge!
D1 Gezahlt Hab'ich D2 Bin Ich Nun Frei? (Alberich's Curse) D3 Fasolt Und Fafner Nahem Von Fern D4 Weiche, Wotan! Weiche! (Erda's Warning)
E1 Umsonst Sucht Ich (Loge's Narration) E2 Interlude (Wotan And Loge Descend To Nibelheim) E3 Hehe! Hieher! Tuckischer Zwerg
F1 Wer Hilfe Mir! F2 Gehorchen Muss Ich Den Leibichen Bruder F3 Was Wollt Ihr Hier? Interlude (Wotan And Loge Return From Nibelheim) F4 Da, Vetter, Sitze Du Fest!
Recorded At – Sofiensaal Record Company – The Decca Record Company Limited Copyright © – The Decca Record Company Limited Lacquer Cut At – Decca Studios Pressed By – Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, UK. Photography By – Fayer, Vienna*, Hans Wild (2) Lacquer Cut By – E (24) Liner Notes – John Culshaw, Robert Boas
Baritone Vocals [Donner] – Eberhard Wächter (tracks: B1 to E3) Baritone Vocals [Wotan] – George London (2) (tracks: B1 to F4) Bass Vocals [Alberich] – Gustav Neidlinger (tracks: A1 to A4, D1 to F4) Bass Vocals [Fafner] – Kurt Böhme (tracks: B1 to E3) Bass Vocals [Fasolt] – Walter Kreppel (tracks: B1 to E3) Composed By – Richard Wagner Conductor – Georg Solti Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Erda] – Jean Madeira (tracks: B1 to D4) Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Flosshilde] – Ira Malaniuk (tracks: A1 to B3) Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Wellgunde] – Hetta Plumacher* (tracks: A1 to B3) Orchestra – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra* Soprano Vocals [Freia] – Claire Watson (tracks: B1 to E3) Soprano Vocals [Fricka] – Kirsten Flagstad (tracks: B1 to E3) Soprano Vocals [Woglinde] – Oda Balsborg (tracks: A1 to B3) Tenor Vocals [Froh] – Waldemar Kmentt (tracks: B1 to E3) Tenor Vocals [Loge] – Set Svanholm (tracks: B1 to F4) Tenor Vocals [Mime] – Paul Kuen (tracks: E1 to F4)
FFSS (Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound) Black box with eight page booklet Other (Catalog number, record 1): SXL 2101 Other (Catalog number, record 2): SXL 2102 Other (Catalog number, record 3): SXL 2103 Matrix / Runout (Side 1 label, inverted in parentheses): ZAL.4260 Matrix / Runout (Side 2 label, inverted in parentheses): ZAL.4261 Matrix / Runout (Side 3 label, inverted in parentheses): ZAL.4262 Matrix / Runout (Side 4 label, inverted in parentheses): ZAL.4263 Matrix / Runout (Side 5 label, inverted in parentheses): ZAL.4264 Matrix / Runout (Side 6 label, inverted in parentheses): ZAL.4265 Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout, stamped): ZAL-4260-1E BG RT 1 Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout, stamped): ZAL-4261-1E BI RT 32B CA Matrix / Runout (Side 3 runout, stamped): ZAL-4262-1E B 1 Matrix / Runout (Side 4 runout, stamped): ZAL-4263-1E B 1 Matrix / Runout (Side 5 runout, stamped): ZAL-4264-1E BU RT 2B Matrix / Runout (Side 6 runout, stamped): ZAL-4265-1E BU RT 2B