Credits:

Bach, J.S. / Schayegh

Description:

Celebrating the 110th anniversary of Scholte's birth and the 25th anniversary of his death! The 2022 remastering of Scholte's "Ring of the Nibelung", the greatest recording ever made by the Decca label! This is the third volume of a major project launched in 2022 to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the birth and 25th anniversary of the death of Sir Georg Solti, the conductor who was responsible for the first ever studio recording of Wagner's great work "Ring of the Nibelung". The first ever complete studio recording of "Ring of the Nibelung" completed by Scholte between 1958 and 1965 will be released at any time. The singers, orchestra, performances, recordings, etc., are all still the best and most enduring recordings ever made, more than half a century after they were recorded. This 2022 remastered edition uses DSD masters produced in 2022 from the original stereo master tapes. Directed by Andrew Wedman, formerly of Emil Berliner Studios, the tapes were adjusted with a Studer A820 machine, a Weiss AD converter, and a proprietary workstation that records the output. Some of the 38 original master tapes, the oldest of which was 65 years old, were in need of editorial repair and oxide stripping, but those in poor condition were successfully repaired by baking them at 55°C for 10 hours and newly mastered at a high resolution of 24bit/192kHz.Mastering was done by DECCA engineer Philip Siney, who trained under engineer Jimmy Locke, who was involved in the original recording sessions in 1964 and 1965 and also supervised two transfers in 1984 and 1997. For tape hiss and noise removal, sophisticated tools such as iZotope RX-9 and CEDAR Retouch are used, which are far more effective and less invasive than in previous programs, allowing the brilliant overtones of the Vienna Philharmonic's brass and strings to be heard like never before. the SACDs are Hybrid SACD version in a 12" (LP size) slipcase with a 56-page booklet. Universal Music/IMS