Wagner R

Ten very well-filled discs documenting six glorious decades at the Paris Opera [RMo]

A recording for the ages, revealed in full splendour in a new re-mastering [JQ]

Neglected Gallic Wagner from Detroit proves a winner [DMD]

Schippers’s great Osaka Die Walküre is one of the great treasures of the Wagner discography [MB]

It would be hard to find a more sumptuously played and superbly recorded Wagner disc than this one [MB]

A worthwhile effort is sadly – but seriously – flawed [RMay]

An outstanding album, groundbreaking in repertoire and programming, beautifully performed and recorded [GPu]

Klemperer consolidated; his full Warner legacy in best-yet transfers [JW]

(Déjà Review) An unusual and challenging interpretation with exceptional performances by the two leads [AO]

Resplendent brass playing with Wagner’s Ring ruling lesser contemporary works [NB]

A brisk and brusque compendium of the main Tristan themes for the impatient, would-be Wagnerian [RMo]

A parcel of bleeding chunks that don’t quite add up [DMD]

The ace that trumped Solti [LD]

An overview by Jack Lawson

Triumph! Rejoice! Victory! Solti’s Ring, at last, as Wagner intended! [PCG]

(Déjà Review) Both performance and engineering are of the highest quality [GD]

A spectacular staging of a visually impressive and finely performed Ring from Bulgaria [GT]

Classic Kubelík, wonderful Wagner [LD]

A sampler for the newly remastered Decca/Solti Ring demonstrates that the improvements are more than simply cosmetic [PCG]

For the conductor’s fans only [SV]

(Déjà Review) A welcome addition to Guild’s Fritz Busch series [BBr]

An innovative and at times challenging production, with high calibre singing and playing [RWe]

A glorious sampler heralding a complete project which promises the best sound yet for this greatest of Wagner recordings [RMo]