When Rome Radio taped this Götterdämmerung in 1953, it was the culmination of a cycle of Wagner's complete Der Ring des Nibelungen made under the direction of Wilhelm Furtwängler. Recorded in monaural sound, one act at a time every two to four days between October 26 and November 27, the project was intended for later radio broadcast and not commercial release. The year before, EMI had re-signed the great German conductor and part of its plan was to record a complete Ring in the studio in newly invented stereo sound. ...
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When Rome Radio taped this Götterdämmerung in 1953, it was the culmination of a cycle of Wagner's complete Der Ring des Nibelungen made under the direction of Wilhelm Furtwängler. Recorded in monaural sound, one act at a time every two to four days between October 26 and November 27, the project was intended for later radio broadcast and not commercial release. The year before, EMI had re-signed the great German conductor and part of its plan was to record a complete Ring in the studio in newly invented stereo sound. Unfortunately, Furtwängler died in November 1954, just weeks after recording a studio Die Walküre in Vienna, and his stereo Ring was left unfulfilled.Despite this, it took EMI an amazing 20 years to release Furtwängler's Rome Ring. Part of the reason for the delay was that several of the singers were signed to another label, and part of the reason was that EMI thought a monaural cycle couldn't compete with stereo cycles. Finally, in 1972, EMI released the Rome Ring -- and found it sold...
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