![]() ![]() At the time of this recording in 1961, he was already under contract to lead a full Wagner Ring Cycle the following year at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. 1961, 2023 (DXD, DSD256) HEREĮrich Leinsdorf was a very well respected Wagnerian of long standing. Wagner Die Walküre, Erich Leinsdorf, Birgit Nilsson, Jon Vickers, George London, David Ward, Rita Gorr, Gré Brouwenstijn, London Symphony Orchestra. ![]() By the time this was released, Decca was moving well along on it's Ring Cycle with Solti, rights to the tapes reverted back to Decca, and Decca was busy promoting the Solti recordings (which are wonderful, but lack the excellence of casting in the last to be recorded, Die Walküre, as found in this Leinsdorf recording). High Definition Tape Transfers (HDTT) has released the great Erich Leinsdorf recording of Die Walküre-let there be celebrations in the streets! With the greatest cast ever assembled, and led by a great Wagner conductor, this recording should have been the start of a full Ring Cycle for RCA.
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