Wagner: Das Rheingold

Over the next few weeks we will re-release the iconic complete Ring recorded in 1953 by Wilhelm Furtwängler, live from the studios of the Italian radio (one act was recorded every night). The cast is absolutely sensational, gathering the elite of Wagnerian singing: Martha Mödl, Wolfgang Windgassen, Sena Jurinac, Ludwig Suthaus, Ferdinand Frantz… As for Furtwängler’s conducting, it reveals the vertiginous depth of his intelligence of both the score and the drama, and a darkness that made this rendition legendary.