℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
| Released | 2013 |
| Duration | 2h 25m 46s |
| Record Label | Decca |
| Genre | Classical |
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Kirsten Flagstad, George London, Gustav Neidlinger, Set Svanholm, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Available in 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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Das Rheingold: Scene 1
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1.1
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Vorspiel
Richard Wagner; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
4:14 | |||
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1.2
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"Weia! Waga! Woge du Welle!"
Richard Wagner; Hetty Plümacher; Oda Balsborg; Ira Malaniuk; Gustav Neidlinger; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
2:25 | |||
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1.3
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"Garstig glatter glitschriger Glimmer!"
Richard Wagner; Hetty Plümacher; Oda Balsborg; Ira Malaniuk; Gustav Neidlinger; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
4:55 | |||
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1.4
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"Wallala! Lalaleia! Leialalei!"
Richard Wagner; Hetty Plümacher; Oda Balsborg; Ira Malaniuk; Gustav Neidlinger; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
2:24 | |||
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1.5
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"Lugt, Schwestern! Die Weckerin lacht in den Grund"
Richard Wagner; Hetty Plümacher; Oda Balsborg; Ira Malaniuk; Gustav Neidlinger; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
5:49 | |||
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1.6
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"Der Welt Erbe Gewänn' ich zu eigen durch dich?"
Richard Wagner; Hetty Plümacher; Oda Balsborg; Ira Malaniuk; Gustav Neidlinger; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
4:25 | |||
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Das Rheingold: Scene 2
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1.7
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"Wotan! Gemahl! Erwache!"
Richard Wagner; Kirsten Flagstad; George London; Claire Watson; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
10:53 | |||
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1.8
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"Sanft schloß Schlaf dein Aug'"
Richard Wagner; Kurt Böhme; Walter Kreppel; George London; Claire Watson; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
7:28 | |||
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1.9
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"Zu mir, Freia!"
Richard Wagner; Waldemar Kmentt; Eberhard Wächter; Kurt Böhme; Walter Kreppel; George London; Claire Watson; Kirsten Flagstad; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
1:41 | |||
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1.10
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"Endlich, Loge!"
Richard Wagner; Eberhard Wächter; George London; Kurt Böhme; Set Svanholm; Kirsten Flagstad; Waldemar Kmentt; Paul Kuentz; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
3:45 | |||
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1.11
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"Immer ist Undank Loges Lohn!"
Richard Wagner; Set Svanholm; Kurt Böhme; George London; Walter Kreppel; Kirsten Flagstad; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
7:01 | |||
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1.12
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"Ein Runenzauber zwingt das Gold zum Reif"
Richard Wagner; Eberhard Wächter; Set Svanholm; George London; Waldemar Kmentt; Kirsten Flagstad; Kurt Böhme; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
3:07 | |||
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1.13
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"Hör', Wotan, der Harrenden Wort!"
Richard Wagner; Kurt Böhme; George London; Walter Kreppel; Claire Watson; Waldemar Kmentt; Set Svanholm; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
2:47 | |||
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1.14
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"Was sinnt nun Wotan so wild?"
Richard Wagner; Set Svanholm; Kirsten Flagstad; Eberhard Wächter; Waldemar Kmentt; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
5:09 | |||
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1.15
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"Auf, Loge, hinab zu mir!... Hehe! Hehe!"
Richard Wagner; George London; Set Svanholm; Eberhard Wächter; Waldemar Kmentt; Kirsten Flagstad; Gustav Neidlinger; Paul Kuentz; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
4:28 | |||
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Das Rheingold: Scene 3
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1.16
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"Schau, du Schelm"
Richard Wagner; Gustav Neidlinger; Paul Kuentz; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
2:07 | |||
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1.17
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"Nibelheim hier"
Richard Wagner; Set Svanholm; Paul Kuentz; George London; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
5:20 | |||
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1.18
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"Nehmt euch in acht!"
Richard Wagner; Paul Kuentz; George London; Gustav Neidlinger; Set Svanholm; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
7:33 | |||
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1.19
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"Vergeh, frevelnder Gauch!"
Richard Wagner; George London; Gustav Neidlinger; Set Svanholm; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
3:55 | |||
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1.20
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"Ohe! Ohe! Schreckliche Schlange"
Richard Wagner; Set Svanholm; George London; Gustav Neidlinger; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
6:29 | |||
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Das Rheingold: Scene 4
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1.21
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"Da, Vetter, sitze du fest!"
Richard Wagner; Set Svanholm; Gustav Neidlinger; George London; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
4:41 | |||
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1.22
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"Gezahlt hab' ich; nun lasst mich zieh'n!"
Richard Wagner; Gustav Neidlinger; Set Svanholm; George London; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
5:36 | |||
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1.23
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"Bin ich nun frei?"
Richard Wagner; Gustav Neidlinger; Set Svanholm; George London; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
4:09 | |||
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1.24
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"Fasolt und Fafner nahen von fern"
Richard Wagner; Set Svanholm; Eberhard Wächter; Waldemar Kmentt; Kirsten Flagstad; Walter Kreppel; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
5:18 | |||
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1.25
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"Gepflanzt sind die Pfähle"
Richard Wagner; Kurt Böhme; George London; Eberhard Wächter; Set Svanholm; Waldemar Kmentt; Claire Watson; Kirsten Flagstad; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
5:48 | |||
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1.26
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"Weiche, Wotan, weiche!"
Richard Wagner; Jean Madeira; George London; Kirsten Flagstad; Waldemar Kmentt; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
6:00 | |||
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1.27
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"Hört, ihr Riesen!"
Richard Wagner; Claire Watson; Eberhard Wächter; George London; Kurt Böhme; Walter Kreppel; Set Svanholm; Kirsten Flagstad; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
6:34 | |||
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1.28
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"Schwüles Gedünst schwebt in der Luft"
Richard Wagner; Eberhard Wächter; Waldemar Kmentt; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
3:12 | |||
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1.29
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"Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge"
Richard Wagner; George London; Kirsten Flagstad; Set Svanholm; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti |
4:51 | |||
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1.30
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"Rheingold! Rheingold! Reines Gold!"
Richard Wagner; Hetty Plümacher; George London; Set Svanholm; Oda Balsborg; Ira Malaniuk |
3:42 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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"... 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. Rheingold wholly belies its age; the spacious orchestral textures and clarity of the voices are really impressive ... 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
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.
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Decca Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.04 -4.52 to 0.00 | -23.11 -30.55 to -18.03 | -18.83 -26.50 to -12.20 | 13 10 to 16 | |
| 1 | Vorspiel | -4.52 | -23.39 | -20.3 | 11 |
| 2 | "Weia! Waga! Woge du Welle!" | -3.92 | -23.02 | -20.0 | 12 |
| 3 | "Garstig glatter glitschriger Glimmer!" | 0.00 | -22.62 | -19.0 | 14 |
| 4 | "Wallala! Lalaleia! Leialalei!" | -1.73 | -22.95 | -19.1 | 13 |
| 5 | "Lugt, Schwestern! Die Weckerin lacht in den Grund" | 0.00 | -21.56 | -17.1 | 13 |
| 6 | "Der Welt Erbe Gewänn' ich zu eigen durch dich?" | 0.00 | -22.17 | -16.7 | 14 |
| 7 | "Wotan! Gemahl! Erwache!" | -0.12 | -22.89 | -18.9 | 14 |
| 8 | "Sanft schloß Schlaf dein Aug'" | -0.11 | -21.30 | -17.8 | 13 |
| 9 | "Zu mir, Freia!" | -0.10 | -20.54 | -16.7 | 13 |
| 10 | "Endlich, Loge!" | -2.06 | -25.51 | -21.7 | 15 |
| 11 | "Immer ist Undank Loges Lohn!" | -1.64 | -26.88 | -22.9 | 16 |
| 12 | "Ein Runenzauber zwingt das Gold zum Reif" | -2.15 | -25.32 | -21.7 | 14 |
| 13 | "Hör', Wotan, der Harrenden Wort!" | -0.16 | -22.62 | -19.0 | 13 |
| 14 | "Was sinnt nun Wotan so wild?" | -4.36 | -30.55 | -26.5 | 15 |
| 15 | "Auf, Loge, hinab zu mir!... Hehe! Hehe!" | 0.00 | -20.73 | -15.9 | 12 |
| 16 | "Schau, du Schelm" | 0.00 | -23.49 | -16.4 | 15 |
| 17 | "Nibelheim hier" | -0.16 | -23.43 | -18.7 | 13 |
| 18 | "Nehmt euch in acht!" | 0.00 | -22.44 | -18.3 | 14 |
| 19 | "Vergeh, frevelnder Gauch!" | -3.29 | -28.11 | -23.3 | 16 |
| 20 | "Ohe! Ohe! Schreckliche Schlange" | -0.08 | -21.24 | -16.5 | 12 |
| 21 | "Da, Vetter, sitze du fest!" | 0.00 | -20.77 | -15.9 | 11 |
| 22 | "Gezahlt hab' ich; nun lasst mich zieh'n!" | 0.00 | -23.19 | -18.2 | 15 |
| 23 | "Bin ich nun frei?" | 0.00 | -22.29 | -16.7 | 13 |
| 24 | "Fasolt und Fafner nahen von fern" | -2.87 | -26.36 | -22.4 | 14 |
| 25 | "Gepflanzt sind die Pfähle" | 0.00 | -21.73 | -17.5 | 13 |
| 26 | "Weiche, Wotan, weiche!" | -3.53 | -27.37 | -24.0 | 14 |
| 27 | "Hört, ihr Riesen!" | -0.14 | -22.14 | -18.3 | 13 |
| 28 | "Schwüles Gedünst schwebt in der Luft" | 0.00 | -19.39 | -15.4 | 11 |
| 29 | "Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge" | -0.23 | -21.19 | -17.7 | 13 |
| 30 | "Rheingold! Rheingold! Reines Gold!" | 0.00 | -18.03 | -12.2 | 10 |