The Golden Ring (DVD)

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The legendary 1965 BBC film on the pioneer recording by Sir Georg Solti of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. Filmed during the recording of Gotterdammerung in the Sofiensale with the Vienna Philharmonic, it features performances by the great Wagner singers Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. The DVD also includes ORF's German-language version of the program (Hinter den Kulissen der Gotterdammerung) featuring different interview footage with Sir Georg Solti.

Bonus material: 69 minutes of audio highlights from Solti's Ring in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound.