Wagner, Kirsten Flagstad, Marianne Schech, Set Svanholm, Otto Edelmann, The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti - Die Walküre Act 3 / Todesverkündigung From Act 2 FLAC

• Performer: Wagner, Kirsten Flagstad, Marianne Schech, Set Svanholm, Otto Edelmann, The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti
• Title: Die Walküre Act 3 / Todesverkündigung From Act 2
• Genre: Classical
• Cat #: SXL 2031-2
• Label: Decca
• Country: UK
• Date of release: Nov 1958
• Style: Romantic, Opera
• FLAC size 1075 mb
• MP3 size: 1464 mb
• Record From 2 × Vinyl, LP, Stereo Box Set

Decca Romantic Opera 1958

• Baritone Vocals [Bass-Baritone, Wotan] – Otto Edelmann (tracks: A to C)
• Composed By, Libretto By – Richard Wagner
• Conductor – Georg Solti
• Contralto Vocals [Rossweisse] – Hetty Plumacher (tracks: A to C)
• Contralto Vocals [Schwertleite] – Margaret Bence (tracks: A to C)
• Contralto Vocals [Siegrune] – Anny Delorie (tracks: A to C)
• Engineer [Uncredited] – James Brown
• Liner Notes [Die Walküre] – John Culshaw
• Liner Notes [English Translation Of German Libretto] – G. M. Holland
• Mastered By [Side B] – K
• Mastered By [Sides A, C, D] – E
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Waltraude] – Grace Hoffmann (tracks: A to C)
• Orchestra – The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Photography By [Inside Libretto] – Gustav Schikola, Abresch, Sabine Toepffer
• Producer [Uncredited] – Erik Smith
• Soprano Vocals [Brünnhilde] – Kirsten Flagstad
• Soprano Vocals [Gerhilde] – Oda Balsborg (tracks: A to C)
• Soprano Vocals [Grimgerde] – Frieda Roesler (tracks: A to C)
• Soprano Vocals [Helmwige] – Clare Watson (tracks: A to C)
• Soprano Vocals [Ortlinde] – Ilona Steingrüber (tracks: A to C)
• Soprano Vocals [Sieglinde] – Marianne Schech (tracks: A to C)
• Tenor Vocals [Siegmund] – Set Svanholm (tracks: D)

This is the first UK version for this Category.

LABELS:
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- "ORIGINAL RECORDING BY" at 11 o'clock
- "Made in England" at bottom
- "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1958"
- No speed indication on labels
- Decca 'Muscial Notes' logo on all sides
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down

BOX:
- Grey, hinged box
- Triangular "DECCA STEREOPHONIC" logo on front
- Spine has a magenta coloured stripe pasted on it which shows the title and the Category
- Back of box is blank (grey)

LIBRETTO:
- 20 pages
- Contains liner notes, photos of the recording and the libretto in German language with an English translation
- "Published by the Publicity Department"
- "© Copyright of translation reserved by The Decca Record Company Ltd., London, 1957"
- The chapter "Notes on the Artists" is signed "H.D.R."

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Recorded 13 - 28 May 1957 in the Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Labelography code: ED1
- Corresponding mono issue has Category LXT 5389-90
- Misspelled titles/tracks on this release:
 Title on front of box: "Todesverkundigung" instead of "Todesverkündigung"
 Track B: "schmählisch" instead of "schmählich"
 Track B: "Brunnhilde's" instead of "Brünnhilde's"
- Side numbers are in auto-coupled order
- Side number 4 (which has Act 2 on it) is (mis)printed as side 2 on the label.
- Act 1, with Flagstad as Sieglinde and conducted by Knappertsbusch, was recorded in October 1957.
 These fragments, effectively trial runs for the "Ring", were superseded by Solti’s complete recording in Oct - Nov 1965.
 See John Culshaw, "Ring Resounding", pages 73-75.

• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - stamped): ZAL-3659-1E BH RT 3 1 C A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - stamped): ZAL-3660-3K K RT 1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side C - stamped): ZAL-3661-1E CA UI RT 3 1 C A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side D - stamped): ZAL-3662-1E UC RT 2 C
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side A): ZAL.3659
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side B): ZAL.3660
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side C): ZAL.3661
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side D): ZAL.3662
• Other (Category LP 1): SXL.2031
• Other (Category LP 2): SXL.2032

• Recorded At – Sofiensaal
• Mastered At – Decca Studios
• Pressed By – Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, UK.
• Printed By – Balding & Mansell Ltd
• Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited