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The Golden ring : the making of Solti\u0027s Ring

Title
The Golden ring : the making of Solti\u0027s Ring / [a BBC music documentary made in cooperation with the Austrian Television Service].
Publication
London : Decca : London : Manufactured for and marketed by PolyGram Records, 1992.

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Additional Authors
  • Nilsson, Birgit
  • Windgassen, Wolfgang
  • Frick, Gottlob, 1906-1994
  • Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012
  • Watson, Claire
  • Burton, Humphrey, 1931-
  • Solti, Georg, 1912-1997
  • Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
  • Wiener Philharmoniker, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • British Broadcasting Corporation.
  • Österreichischen Fernsehens.
Description
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white; 12 in.
Summary
A documentary account of the recording sessions for Die Götterdämmerung, starring Birgit Nilsson, Dietrich Fisher-Dieskau, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick, and Claire Watson, with Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. Explains the techniques involved in recording such a work, and includes the immolation scene, Siegfried\u0027s funeral march, and the act 2 vengeance trio.
Subject
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
Note
  • Documentary.
  • Notes by H. Burton, with French translation, inserted in container.
  • Recorded in Vienna, 1964.
  • Videodisc release of the historic 1965 BBC film on Sir Georg Solti\u0027s recording of Wagner\u0027s "Der Ring des Nibelungen."
Credits (note)
  • Narrator/producer, Humphrey Burton ; recording team, John Culshaw, et al.
System Details (note)
  • Laserdisc; Extended play CLV; analog recording.
LCCN
044007125311
OCLC
  • ocm28637334
  • 28637334
  • SCSB-5539712
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries