Your guide to classical music online

Reference Recording: Solti’s Ring–Deluxe Style

Robert Levine

Artistic Quality:

  • 10

Sound Quality:

  • 10
In time for Georg Solti’s centenary and Wagner’s bi-centenary, in […]
To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.
« Back to Search Results


Recording Details:

Album Title: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Reference Recording: This one

  • WAGNER, RICHARD:
    Der Ring des Nibelungen; Siegfried Idyll; Kinderkatechismus; Rienzi Overture; Der Fliegende Holländer Overture; Tannhäuser Overture & Venusberg Music

    Soloists: Birgit Nilsson, Regine Crespin, Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen, James King, Gerhard Stolze, Set Svanholm (tenor); Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano); Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone); Hans Hotter, Gottlob Frick, Gustav Neidlinger (bass); many others

  • Conductor: Solti, Georg
  • Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic
  • Orchestra: Vienna State Opera Chorus
  • Record Label: Decca - 028947837022
  • Medium: CD

Search Music Reviews

Search Sponsor

  • Insider Reviews only

  • Click here for Search Tips

Visit Our Merchandise Store

Visit Store
  • Ideally Cast Met Revival of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette
    by Robert Levine
    Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, NY; March 19, 2024—The Met has revived Bartlett Sher’s 1967 production of Gounod’s R&J hot on the heels of its
  • An Ozawa Story, November, 1969
    by David Vernier
    Much has justifiably been written regarding Seiji Ozawa’s extraordinary abilities and achievements as a conductor, and similarly about his generosity, graciousness, and sense of humor
  • Arvo Pärt’s Passio At St. John The Divine
    by Robert Levine
    Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, NY; January 26, 2024—When one thinks of musical settings of Christ’s Passion, one normally thinks of the
View More