Credits:

Sir Georg Solti,Birgit Nilsson,Wolfgang Windgassen,Gustav Neidlinger,Gottlob Frick,Claire Watson,Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,Christa Ludwig,Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Description:

This is the final work in a major project launched in 2022 to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the birth and 25th anniversary of the death of Sir Georg Solti, the conductor responsible for the first ever studio recording of Wagner's great work, "Ring of the Nibelung". A total of four complete studio recordings of "The Ring of the Nibelung," the first ever completed by Scholte between 1958 and 1965, will be released at any time! The singers, orchestra, performances, recordings, etc., are all still the best and most enduring recordings ever made, more than half a century after they were recorded. This 2022 remastered edition uses DSD masters produced in 2022 from the original 1958 stereo master tapes. Supervised by Andrew Wedman, formerly of Emil Berliner Studios, the tapes were adjusted with a Studer A820 machine, a Weiss analog-to-digital converter, and a proprietary workstation that records the output.Some of the 38 original master tapes, the oldest of which were 65 years old, were in need of editorial repair and oxide stripping. The tapes in poor condition were successfully repaired by baking them at 55°C for 10 hours, and mastered anew at 24bit/192kHz in high resolution. Mastering was performed by DECCA engineer Philip Siney, who trained under engineer Jimmy Locke, who was involved in the original recording sessions in 1964 and 1965 and supervised two transfers in 1984 and 1997. For tape hiss and noise removal, sophisticated tools such as iZotope RX-9 and CEDAR Retouch, which are far more effective and less invasive than previous programs, are used, allowing the brilliant overtones of the Vienna Philharmonic's brass and strings to be heard like never before. The Japanese edition only comes with a green color label coat, a three-sided case with the original LP jacket, and a booklet with bilingual lyrics. Universal Music