Since you are interested in Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (complete operas), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (complete opera recorded in 1952) Kirsten Flagstad / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Thomas Hemsley / Arda Mandikian / Mermaid Singers / Mermaid Orchestra / Geraint Jones [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / CD - released 19/Sep/2007 ] When the recording first appeared in January 1953 The Gramophone commented: "At last we have a really satisfactory recording of Dido". |
WAGNER
The Solti Wagner Collection (21 specially priced CDs in box) Nilsson, Domingo, Norman, Heppner, Mattila, Fischer-Dieskau, Hotter, Ludwig, etc [ Decca Records / 21 CD - released 21/Aug/2002 ] 21-CD LIMITED EDITION COLLECTOR'S BOX |
Placido Domingo, Jessye Norman, Hans Sotin, Vienna Philharmonic, Solti
Wagner - Lohengrin (Complete Opera) [ Decca Records / 4 CD - released 11/Aug/2002 ] Solti's monumental recording now remastered |