Author : John Culshaw
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1845951948
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)
Book Synopsis Ring Resounding by : John Culshaw
Download or read book Ring Resounding written by John Culshaw and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing in the history of recording approaches Decca's mammoth venture in producing Wagner's Ring complete for the first time. It was eight years in the making and this book tells the story of how it was made and the people who made it, written by the man who - as the recording producer - was in charge of the whole project. Conducted by the great Georg Solti, Decca's recording has been voted the best recording ever made. All the celebrated Wagner singers of their age take their places in the story, including Birgit Nilsson, Kirsten Flagstad, Hans Hotter, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gottlob Frick and Wolfgang Windgassen. The recording was made in Vienna with the Viennese Philharmonic Orchestra, and Culshaw displayed extraordinary dedication to Wagner's musical requirements and to putting into practice his own belief that a stereo recording could create a 'theatre of the mind'.