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Early hi-fi : Vol. 2, wide range and stereo recordngs made by Bell telephone laboraties in the 1930s ; orchestral excerpts from The ring of Nibelung / Wagner.
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
- Standardized Title:
- Ring des Nibelungen. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operas--Excerpts.
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Operas.
- Excerpts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc (51:44 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono and stereo ; 12 in.
- 12 in.
- Contained In:
- Stokowski-Gatewood Collection of Commercial Sound Recordings. Item 254
- Place of Publication:
- United States : Bell Laboratories, 1980.
- System Details:
- analog
- 33 1/3 rpm
- microgroove
- stereo
- mono
- Contents:
- Die Walkure: Ride of the Valkyries (4:13) ; Wotan's farewell, excerpts, and Magic fire music (14:10)
- Seigfried: Forest murmers (8:15)
- Die Gotterdammerung: Seigfried's funeral music (6:30) ; Brunnhilde's immolation (17:16) / Wagner
- Stokowski speaks to the audience (1:20)
- Participant:
- Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor.
- Notes:
- Recorded April 29/30, 1932, at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA.
- Program notes by H. Ward Marston, IV, on container; technical information about early hi-fi on container.
- This recording was Record 336 in Gatewood's collection of recordings.
- The ride of the Valkyries and Magic fire music are partially in stereo; the rest are in mono.
- Contains:
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre. Walkürenritt
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre. Leb' wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre. Feuerzauber
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Siegfried. Waldweben
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung. Trauermarsch
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung. Brünnhildes Schlussgesang
- Publisher Number:
- BTL 8001 Bell Laboratories
- Access Restriction:
- Off-site storage: 24-hour retrieval.
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