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Home › Forums › Audio Forum › General Discussion › Best CD ‘Ring’?
I have searched high & low for the Ultimate ‘Ring’.
Criteria:
– good sound (post-1970)
– competent singers
– understanding conducting
I have found the following unacceptable so far:
– Karl Boehm – sacrilegiously fast tempi. Too bad, otherwise a freat candidate.
– Furtwaengler – Walkuere only – the ultimate performance in voiceand conducting but poor sound.
– Other pre-1970 Bayreuth performances – poor sound
– Gergiev – Rheingold & Walkuere only – conducting somewhat deficient
– Solti – can’t hear the singers. Try hearing Mime (“Zwangvolle Plage! Mueh ohne Zweck!”) at the beginning of Siegfried! Fie on John Culshaw! No wonder Birgit refused any further studio performances.
– I am sticking with my DVD rip of Levine/Met. Good old Jimmy.
Any suggestions? Is the Stein/Vienna Opera one available anywhere?