The entire Karajan Ring in lossless 24-bit / 96kHz HD Audio on one Blu-ray Audio disc.
Deluxe 400-page hardback book edition in a slipcase, with original cover art includes rare artist photos from the recording sessions and from the rehearsals for the live Salzburg productions. Karajan was concerned with beauty, lyricism and structure, and for his Ring cycle he assembled a world-class cast of singers who possessed instrumental tone and were able to deliver a vivid and clear performance.
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Helen Donath (soprano), Josephine Veasey (mezzo-soprano), Simone Mangelsdorff (soprano), Erwin Wohlfahrt (tenor), Oralia Dominguez (mezzo-soprano), Zoltan Kelemen (bass), Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Martti Talvela (bass), Karl Ridderbusch (bass), Edda Moser (soprano), Gerhard Stolze (tenor), Donald Grobe (tenor), Robert Kerns (baritone)
Wagner: Die Walküre
Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Thomas Stewart (baritone), Régine Crespin (soprano), Josephine Veasey (mezzo-soprano), Cvetka Ahlin (mezzo-soprano), Liselotte Rebmann (soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Martti Talvela (bass), Barbro Ericson (mezzo-soprano), Helga Jenckel (mezzo-soprano), Carlotta Ordassy (mezzo-soprano), Danica Mastilovic (soprano), Ingrid Steger (soprano), Lilo Brockhaus (soprano)
Wagner: Siegfried
Catherine Gayer (voice), Oralia Dominguez (mezzo-soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Gerhard Stolze (tenor), Jess Thomas (tenor), Zoltan Kelemen (bass), Catherine Gayer (soprano), Karl Ridderbusch (bass), Thomas Stewart (baritone)
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Zoltan Kelemen (bass), Liselotte Rebmann (soprano), Catarina Ligendza (soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Helge Brilioth (tenor), Karl Ridderbusch (bass), Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano), Christa Ludwig (contralto), Thomas Stewart (baritone), Edda Moser (soprano), Lili Chookasian (mezzo-soprano), Walter Hagen-Groll (chorus master)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Herbert von Karajan