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This is a partial discography of Das Rheingold, the first of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner.. The length of the Ring cycle meant that in the pre-LP days (before 1948) recordings from the Ring operas were largely confined to excerpts.
Between 1958 and 1965 the Decca record company made the first complete recording to be released of Richard Wagner's operatic tetralogy, Der Ring des Nibelungen ("The Nibelung's Ring"), comprising Das Rheingold ("The Rhinegold"), Die Walküre ("The Valkyrie"), Siegfried and Götterdämmerung ("Twilight of the Gods").
The four operas of Richard Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen together take about 15 hours, which makes for several records, tapes, or CDs, and much studio time. For this reason, many full Ring recordings are the result of "unofficial" recording of live performances, particularly from the Bayreuth Festival where new productions are often broadcast by German radio.
Das Rheingold was Wagner's first work that adopted these principles, and his most rigid adherence to them, despite a few deviations – the Rhinemaidens frequently sing in ensemble. As the "preliminary evening" within the cycle, Das Rheingold gives the background to the events that drive the main dramas of the cycle.
Das Rheingold: George London, Set Svanholm, Gustav Neidlinger, Paul Kuen, Kirsten Flagstad, Claire Watson: VPO 1958-09 & 10 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1: Clifford Curzon: VPO 1958-10 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3: VPO 1959-05 Suppé: Dichter und Bauer Overture VPO 1959-05 Suppé: Pique Dame Overture VPO 1959-05 Suppé: Ein Morgen, ein Mittag ...
Herbert Von Karajan, conductor; Otto Gerdes, producer – Wagner: Das Rheingold (Berlin Philharmonic) Georg Solti, conductor; John Culshaw, producer – R. Strauss: Elektra (Vienna Philharmonic) Julius Rudel, conductor; Thomas Z. Shepard, producer – Ginastera: Bomarzo (Washington Opera Society)
In September 1981, Speight Jenkins wrote in Record World, New York, about the recording of Das Rheingold with Ortrun Wenkel (Erda), Siegmund Nimsgern (Alberich), Theo Adam (Wotan), Peter Schreier (Loge), Lucia Popp (Woglinde), Yvonne Minton (Fricka) and the Staatskapelle Dresden under the direction of Marek Janowski, recorded 1980 in Dresden ...
CD: Myto Cat: 3MCD 972-155 Mono, studio 1950 Set Svanholm Kirsten Flagstad Peter Markwort Josef Herrmann Alois Pernerstorfer Elisabeth Höngen Ludwig Weber Julia Moor Wilhelm Furtwängler Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus CD: Opera d'Oro Cat: OPD1501 [2] (complete Ring) Mono, Live 1951 Set Svanholm Helen Traubel Peter Klein Ferdinand Frantz ...