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Keilberth's 1953 Ring Availability

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holderlin

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Jul 31, 2012, 1:56:10 PM7/31/12
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Does anyone know where I might be able to find a recording of this cycle? I have Das Rheingold and Die Walkure but am looking to complete the set. I'm surprised this hasn't been released on Orfeo or some legit production from the radio broadcasts.

Thanks,
Bob

Randy Lane

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Jul 31, 2012, 2:16:09 PM7/31/12
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Are you referring to this performance?

http://tinyurl.com/btq33ds


wkasimer

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Jul 31, 2012, 2:42:41 PM7/31/12
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On Jul 31, 1:56 pm, holderlin <b...@uwalumni.com> wrote:

>Does anyone know where I might be able to find a recording of this cycle?  I >have Das Rheingold and Die Walkure but am looking to complete the set.  I'm >surprised this hasn't been released on Orfeo or some legit production from the >radio broadcasts.

Not sure about the 1953 Keilberth, but this is the same year, same
cast, with Clemens Krauss:

http://www.amazon.com/Wagner-Ring-Nibelungen-Bayreuth-1953/dp/B003WFKJRE/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1343760047&sr=1-3&keywords=krauss+ring+1953

There's also the 1955 Keilberth, in stereo:

http://www.amazon.com/Wagner-Ring-Nibelungen-Astrid-Varnay/dp/B000XTCBWS/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1343760107&sr=1-2&keywords=ring+1955

With those two currently available, it's not hard to understand why
companies aren't eager to issue the 1953 Keilberth.

Bill

t.j.l...@googlemail.com

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Jul 31, 2012, 3:25:11 PM7/31/12
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The Andromeda set is the current cd edition, but like many others of Keilberth's ring, it miakenly uses the act 1 of Siegfried from the same year's Krauss ring, with Windgassen fluffing the forging song. It was only issued correctly once, on an Allegro lp I believe.

Matthew�B.�Tepper

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Jul 31, 2012, 4:14:32 PM7/31/12
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And the Allegro LPs were pretty bad, in so many ways. I used to own the
whole thing.

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wagnerfan

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Jul 31, 2012, 5:00:59 PM7/31/12
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Yes its available inexpensively pressed onto Cantus Line in excellent
sound at www.jpc.de

Wagner Fan

patterbear

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Jul 31, 2012, 5:06:57 PM7/31/12
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On Jul 31, 12:25 pm, t.j.lock...@googlemail.com wrote:
> The Andromeda set is the current cd edition, but like many others of Keilberth's ring, it miakenly uses the act 1 of Siegfried from the same year's Krauss ring, with Windgassen fluffing the forging song. It was only issued correctly once, on an Allegro lp I believe.

Did Windgassen ever NOT flub the forging song live? Every performance
I've heard of him live at Bayreuth he rushed into oblivion.

wagnerfan

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Jul 31, 2012, 5:22:32 PM7/31/12
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Culshaw talks about Windgassen's habit of singing ahead of the beat
- considering Bohms hit and run conducting in the mid 60s Ring, I'm
surprised it was a problem. Wagner Fan

wade

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Jul 31, 2012, 7:47:41 PM7/31/12
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is the right version of the act in the Melodram LP set from 1953 of the Keilberth Ring?
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