From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!mes
Newsgroups: net.music
Title: Re: Critiques on the Ring, anyone? - (nf)
Article-I.D.: harpo.1354
Posted: Mon Jan 31 09:40:41 1983
Received: Tue Feb  1 02:28:58 1983

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harpo!mes    Jan 31 08:52:00 1983

To my ears, the 1962 Bayreuth Festspiele recorded by Philips (NL) is easily
the best recording of the Ring to date. In fact, the recording quality is
quite amazing, given 1962 technology. Since the set was released only in 
1975 (?) or so, I wonder how much fairly modern signal processing went into
the production release as compared to the original tapes...
Check especially Sawillisches' (sp?) Lohengrin... and I particularly 
enjoyed Elsa's procession to the Cathedral..
 
On a different note, do any of the airlines offer trip packages to Bayreuth
at a discount rate?
                        Michael Sajor, BTL-Whippnay NJ, harpo!mes