Recordings

RecordingsDedicated Wagnerites and neophytes alike will find ample cause to rejoice in the first available complete LP recording of Das Rheingold (London OSA 1309). Not only is it superbly performed; stereo seems to have been meant for this sort of operatic grandeur and spaciousness, and the full exploitation of its potentials as utilized here – with virtually no yielding to the temptation of overdoing stereo effects (well, maybe a little on the anvils) – comes as close to recording perfection a...