The Golden Ring [DVD Video]
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Composer: Richard WagnerConductor: Georg Solti
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vocals: Berit Lindholm
Vocals: Birgit Nilsson
Vocals: Brigitte Fassbaender
Vocals: Claudia Hellmann
Vocals: Eberhard W?chter
Vocals: George London
Vocals: Gerhard Stolze
Vocals: Gottlob Frick
Vocals: Hans Hotter
Vocals: Helen Watts
Vocals: Helga Dernesch
Vocals: Hetty Plumacher
Vocals: Ira Malaniuk
Vocals: Kirsten Flagstad
Vocals: Marilyn Tyler
Vocals: Oda Balsborg
Vocals: Set Svanholm
Vocals: Vera Little
Vocals: Vera Schlosser
Vocals: Waldemar Kmentt
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language); Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-08-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Decca
DVD Reviews of The Golden Ring [DVD Video]
DVD Review: The film that made me an operaphile
Summary: 5 Stars
When PBS aired this documentary in the 1960's, I was not only fascinated by the studio recording mechanics but AWED BY THAT MUSIC! I listened to both rock n' roll and classical music in that order; but this program marked a hinge moment in my life. To answer those criticisms that one must know the foreign language to appreciate the text of a particular opera, I knew just a handful of German words and nothing about the Niebelung myth. Yet, those grand, lush, motif-laden, and passionate sounds gave my teenage hormones a transcendent experience. Translation: I was blown away.
As corny as it may sound, I was hooked on Wagner from that presentation. I have a polite personality, but I remember persistently annoying my mother for a month's advance of my $3.00 per week allowance ($12.00) to purchase the monaural recording of Gotterdammerung. (Oh, my goodness, was I becoming Wagnerian in temperament?) That opera exposed me to the entire Ring, then to the opera canon, lieder, oratorios, instrumentalists, and other classical formats. Most fans ease into classical music, and especially opera, with Carmen or Don Giovanni. I charged into opera through one of its most complex works. Happily, this wonderful session is preserved on DVD.
DVD Review: For all Wagnarians and the people just getting to know Wagner, THIS DVD is a MUST. Most informative .
Summary: 5 Stars
A recording of such a scale is revealed in this DVD. Only down side is that the Decca people didn't record the first session but what you'll experiance in the last is worth every penny!DVD Review: A Great "Making of" Documentary for Those That Love Music
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading John Culshaw's memoir of the Ring recording, Ring Resounding, I have looked for the BBC documentary. I first found it on LaserDisc and truly enjoyed the experience of watching Gotterdammerung being recorded. After moving beyond that obsolete format, I looked for the DVD version. While it showed up as being made, it was no longer availalbe. Following the death of Birgit Nilsson, Decca (London) reissued the DVD. Thank you!
The technical aspects of the DVD are superb--the sound is clean and thrilling (even though it is in Dolby Digital Mono for the documentary portion). The Culshaw decision to require the BBC to use the sound as recorded by Decca, instead of their own sound, has stood the test of time very well. The Dolby Digital 5.1 remastering of key segments from the entire Ring recording was a great addition to the DVD that was not on the older LaserDisc format. As noted by others, it would be a joy to have a re-issued Ring on DVD in a new digital remastering. It should be noted that the remastering does not product a "movie-like" sound stage.
The real treasure is seeing talent at work. The singers were the best of their generation, and some without peer even today. The production staff's dedication to achieving what some have called 'the greatest achievement in recording history' is palpable. It reminds one how much great recorded music the world has lost due to the premature death of John Culshaw. To see the Vienna Philharmonic and Georg Solti at work is a very rare treat.
In short, this DVD is very highly recommended. It works for Wagnerites, music lovers, those interested in recording, and opera producers and directors (imagine if Wagner's, or any other composer's intentions were so closely followed in the theater).
DVD Review: What Exactly Is This?
Summary: 4 Stars
I have a DVD of "The Golden Ring", which is a BBC documentary on the production of a portion (Acts II and III of Goetterdaemmerung) of the first complete recorded Ring cycle. If I recall correctly I bought it several years ago from Amazon. So what is this new thing they're trying to sell me that's about to be released on DVD, "Golden Ring (Sub Ac3 Dol DTS)"? My only disappointment with what I have--and it is a very trivial one--is that whereas the sound of the Decca Ring is stunning stereo for its time (late 50's to late 60's) the sound on this BBC film soundtrack is mono. Is it possible someone went back to the original multitrack studio takes and derived Dolby and DTS sound from them, and re-dubbed them? Doubtful, but if it were I'd be tempted to buy it. As it is this "product page" is sadly typical of many of Amazon's: absolutely useless for gleaning any information of interest. A person who had no idea of what it is would be even more baffled. Georg Solti an actor?
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