Ring Resounding
The Recording of Der Ring Des Nibelungen
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2012
Summary
The extraordinary account of how Wagner’s Ring was first recorded in stereo. Conducted by Sir Georg Solti and sung by opera’s finest, it is still considered the greatest recording ever made.
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 p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845951948 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1845951948 |
| Author: | John Culshaw |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Pimlico |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2012 |
| Weight: | 323g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 135mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
A compulsively readable, entertaining narrative
A compulsively readable, entertaining narrative * Financial Times *
It’s a dramatic story of crisis, chaos and triumph, and Mr Culshaw…tells it superbly * Observer *
We now have a permanent - and worthy - account of a monumental artistic achievement * Daily Mail *
Mr Culshaw’s book makes stirring reading, and sets the seal on the real artistic achievement * Vogue *
In listening to the Decca Ring one immediately senses it to be one of the greatest achievements ever made by a record company; in reading Mr Culshaw’s book, one knows WHY it is * Scotsman *
Mr Culshaw who was (together with Solti) the leading spirit in the enterprise from first to last, has made the very most of his narrative opportunities * Sunday Times *
John Culshaw
John Culshaw joined Decca after the war as a studio assistant and went on to become recording manager and then musical director. He pioneered the use of stereo for recording opera, his aim being to involve the listener in the drama and so make the opera come alive. He produced over twenty operas after the advent of stereo.
John Culshaw was working on the last chapters of his autobiography, Putting the Record Straight, when he died, in 1980, from a rare form of hepatitis.
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