Performer: Richard Wagner
Genre: Classical / Stage & Screen
Album: The Golden Ring
Released: 1969
Style: Romantic, Opera
MP3 version ZIP size: 1733 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1993 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1872 mb
Rating: 4.5
Votes: 983
Other Formats: TTA AA ADX VQF AU AC3 WAV

Tracklist

A1	Das Rheingold - Scene 4 'Entry Of The Gods Into Valhalla"
A2	Die Walküre - Act 3 Scene 1 'The Ride Of The Valkyries'
A3	Siegfried - Act 2 'Forest Murmurs'
A4	Götterdämmerung Prelude - 'Siegfried's Journey To The Rhine'
B1	Götterdämmerung - Act 3 Scene 1 'Song Of The Rhinemaidens'
B2	Götterdämmerung - Act 3 Scene 1 'Siegfried's Funeral March'
B3	Siegfried Idyll

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Sofiensaal
• Mastered At – Decca Studios
• Pressed By – Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, UK.
• Printed By – Senol Printing Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited
• Made By – The Decca Record Company Limited

Credits

• Composed By, Text By [German Texts By] – Richard Wagner
• Conductor – Georg Solti
• Illustration [Illustrations, From The Ring Of The Nibelung, Insert Page 1] – Arthur Rackham
• Liner Notes – Ray Crick
• Liner Notes [English Translations] – G. M. Holland*, Peggie Cochrane
• Mastered By – W
• Orchestra – Members Of The Orchestra* (tracks: B3), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra* (tracks: A1 to B2)
• Sleeve [Sleeve Design], Design [Sleeve Design] – Decca Publicity Art Department
• Vocals [Brünnhilde] – Birgit Nilsson (tracks: A4)
• Vocals [Donner] – Eberhard Wächter (tracks: A1)
• Vocals [Fricka] – Kirsten Flagstad (tracks: A1)
• Vocals [Froh] – Waldemar Kmentt (tracks: A1)
• Vocals [Loge] – Set Svanholm (tracks: A1)
• Vocals [Rhinemaidens, Flosshilde] – Ira Malaniuk (tracks: A1), Maureen Guy (tracks: B1)
• Vocals [Rhinemaidens, Wellgunde] – Gwyneth Jones (tracks: B1), Hetta Plumacher* (tracks: A1)
• Vocals [Rhinemaidens, Woglinde] – Lucia Popp (tracks: B1), Oda Balsborg (tracks: A1)
• Vocals [Siegfried] – Wolfgang Windgassen (tracks: A3, A4)
• Vocals [Valkyries, Gerhilde] – Vera Schlosser (tracks: A2)
• Vocals [Valkyries, Grimgerde] – Marilyn Tyler (tracks: A2)
• Vocals [Valkyries, Helmwige] – Berit Lindholm (tracks: A2)
• Vocals [Valkyries, Ortlinde] – Helga Dernesch (tracks: A2)
• Vocals [Valkyries, Rossweisse] – Claudia Hellmann (tracks: A2)
• Vocals [Valkyries, Schwertleite] – Helen Watts (tracks: A2)
• Vocals [Valkyries, Siegrune] – Vera Little (tracks: A2)
• Vocals [Valkyries, Waltraute] – Brigitte Fassbaender (tracks: A2)
• Vocals [Wotan] – George London (tracks: A1)

Notes

This is the first UK version for this Category.
This LP was not released on a 'grooved wideband' label.

LABELS:
- Black/silver 'wideband' labels, NO 'groove'
- "MADE IN ENGLAND BY" at 11 o'clock
- "℗ 1969" at bottom
- Decca 'Muscial Notes' logo on both sides
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down

SLEEVE:
- Front laminated
- No flipbacks
- Positive stereo Ⓢ on black spine
- "© 1969, The Decca Record Company Limited, London."
- "Sleeve printed in England by Senol Printing Limited"
- "Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited"

INSERT:
- One sheet folded into 4 full-size pages
- Contains liner notes and the lyrics in German and English
- "© 1969, The Decca Record Company Limited, London."
- "Printed in England by Senol Printing Limited"

CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 6421 on sleeve and insert
- SXL.6421 on labels

OTHER INFORMATION:
- This release compiles excerpts from previously available recordings (UK stereo versions):
 Track A1 (Das Rheingold): from Decca SXL 2101/2/3, originally released in 1959
 Track A2 (Die Walküre): from Decca SET 312/6, originally released in 1966
 Track A3 (Siegfried): from Decca SET 242/6, originally released in 1963
 Tracks A4 to B2 (Götterdämmerung): from Decca SET 292/7, originally released in 1965
 Track B3 (Siegfried Idyll): from Decca SET 323/4, originally released in 1966
- Labelography code: ED3
- This compilation was not issued in monophonic form anymore
- Track A2 is misspelled "Die Walkure [..]" on labels, but spelled correctly on sleeve
- Track A3 is misspelled "[..] Forest Murmers" on labels, but spelled correctly on sleeve

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - stamped): ZAL-9131-4W C JT 1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - stamped): ZAL-9132-3W C JT 2 B
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side A): ZAL.9131
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side B): ZAL.9132

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
591259	Wagner* - Sir Georg Solti*, Orchestre Philharmonique De Vienne*	Wagner* - Sir Georg Solti*, Orchestre Philharmonique De Vienne* - La Tétralogie (Extraits) / Siegfried-Idyll ‎(LP)	Decca	591259	France	Unknown
7.060 B	Richard Wagner / Orchestre Philharmonique De Vienne*, Georg Solti	Richard Wagner / Orchestre Philharmonique De Vienne*, Georg Solti - "Ring" Festival ‎(LP)	Decca	7.060 B	France	Unknown
478 3192	Richard Wagner, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra* ∙ Georg Solti	Richard Wagner, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra* ∙ Georg Solti - The Golden Ring ‎(CD)	Decca	478 3192	2011