Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Lindholm, Kuchta, Thomas, Stewart, Rysanek, King, Dernesch, Greindl; Maazel. Bayreuth, 1969
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Lindholm, Kuchta, Thomas, Stewart, Rysanek, King, Dernesch, Greindl; Maazel. Bayreuth, 1969
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Lindholm, Kuchta, Thomas, Stewart, Rysanek, King, Dernesch, Greindl; Maazel. Bayreuth, 1969
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Lindholm, Kuchta, Thomas, Stewart, Rysanek, King, Dernesch, Greindl; Maazel. Bayreuth, 1969
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Lindholm, Kuchta, Thomas, Stewart, Rysanek, King, Dernesch, Greindl; Maazel. Bayreuth, 1969
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Lindholm, Kuchta, Thomas, Stewart, Rysanek, King, Dernesch, Greindl; Maazel. Bayreuth, 1969
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Lindholm, Kuchta, Thomas, Stewart, Rysanek, King, Dernesch, Greindl; Maazel. Bayreuth, 1969
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Lindholm, Kuchta, Thomas, Stewart, Rysanek, King, Dernesch, Greindl; Maazel. Bayreuth, 1969
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Lindholm, Kuchta, Thomas, Stewart, Rysanek, King, Dernesch, Greindl; Maazel. Bayreuth, 1969
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Lindholm, Kuchta, Thomas, Stewart, Rysanek, King, Dernesch, Greindl; Maazel. Bayreuth, 1969

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Der Ring des Nibelungen

Lindholm, Kuchta, Thomas, Stewart, Rysanek, King, Dernesch, Greindl; Maazel
Bayreuth, 1969

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Der Ring des Nibelungen

Richard Wagner

Lorin Maazel delivers a sweeping, unapologetically romantic interpretation of Der Ring des Nibelungen, embracing the epic scale of Wagner's tetralogy while maintaining a meticulous attention to detail. His flexible approach to tempo and thoughtful editorial decisions—most of which are carried out with refined musical taste—add distinctive character to this cycle. It also helps that he has a top-tier cast at his disposal.

Berit Lindholm is in superb voice as the Walküre and Siegfried Brünnhildes, particularly excelling in her brief but punishing appearance in Siegfried. Gladys Kuchta takes on the Götterdämmerung Brünnhilde, handling the role's most dramatic demands with security and vocal beauty. Jess Thomas is in excellent form as Siegfried, singing with notable sweetness and lyricism—especially during the "Forest Murmurs" in Act II of Siegfried—even if some strain appears in the heavier passages.

Thomas Stewart brings both majesty and polish to Wotan and Gunther, while Leonie Rysanek and James King contribute vocal and dramatic firepower as Sieglinde and Siegmund. Janis Martin offers a richly sung Fricka, and veteran bass Josef Greindl makes a forceful impression as Hagen. Gerhard Stolze is in superb form as Mime, Wolfgang Windgassen is a witty yet noble Loge, and Helga Dernesch rounds out the cast with a luxurious Gutrune.

Ring cycles just don't get much better than this.

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Pietro R.✓ Verified Buyer

Italy

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Un grande Ring di cui non si parla mai!!

Possiedo oltre 20 registrazioni della meravigliosa avventura musicale che è Der Ring des Nibelungen e questa diretta da Maazel non è seconda a nessuna! La qualità della ripresa sonora (stereo) è buona pur senza essere eccellente, ma la direzione di Maazel è strepitosa, viva, romantica, mai noiosa e gli interpreti sono tutti eccellenti senza eccezioni!! Sarebbe lungo fare l'elenco, ma cantano divinamente! Incredibilmente questa edizione discografica è praticamente sconosciuta! Quasi nessuno sa che un giovane Maazel diresse a Bayreuth l' intero ciclo del Ring. Questa registrazione merita di essere annoverata tra le più grandi!
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Richard H.✓ Verified Buyer

United States

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A performance worthy of Bayreuth.

The performance was as expected. Very fine singing and the sound is excellent.
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John B.✓ Top Reviewer

United States

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Mea Culpa

I don't know what the review below is talking about. The sound quality of this cycle is decent to very good broadcast stereo. The performances are also top notch, including Thomas Stewart's angry Wotan/ Wanderer. Maybe when that review was written, the reviewer was biased against any interpretation which diverted from traditional norms?. Well I feel totally comfortable scolding him since that reviewer was me. Revisiting this performance recently has been a very entertaining and humbling experience. Mea Culpa!
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Jukeboxtheater✓ Top Reviewer

United States

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Disappointing

First of all, the sound quality wasn't nearly as good as I was expecting. There is a constant low level buzz/raspy sound in the right channel throughout Das Rheingold and sporadically in the other operas which I found very distracting. The overall sound quality even without the buzz I would describe as adequate, but not much better than that. Then there's the performance, I was really excited about this Ring because of Thomas Stewart and Jess Thomas, both of whom I remembered and loved from the Karajan DG recording. Unfortunately, both were disappointments. Stewart's light baritone does't do justice to Wotan at all and he sings without a trace of nobility or grandeur. Listening to his performance I couldn't stop thinking that he would have made a much better Alberich. Jess Thomas, on the other hand, has a great voice and is at times very impressive as Siegfried, but his Forging song is underpowered and he audibly tires towards the end of that opera. The rest of the cast is mostly very good, with special mention given to David Ward's Fasolt (I wish he had been cast as Wotan) and Berit Lindholm's Brunnhilde.
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Kenneth S.✓ Top Reviewer

United States

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Kenneth Sherrill

This is a wonderful performance. Very dramatic. Excellent singing. Maazel isn't a distraction.
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