Georg Solti & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Wagner Tannhäuser (Paris Version) Box Set (2 SHM-SACD)

Single-Layer Stereo Japanese Import SHM-SACD!
This Single-Layer SHM-SACD can only be played on a Super Audio CD Player!
To mark Decca's 95th anniversary, Universal Japan is releasing this Tannhäuser recording for the first time as a single-layer SACD. Sir George Solti and the Vienna Philharmonic are true masters in the joint interpretation of Wagner, setting a milestone in recording history with their performance of "Der Ring des Nibelungen".
The recording took place in 1970 at Vienna's Sofiensaal, and the remastering of the original recording was carried out in 2024 at "Classic Sound" in the UK.
SHM-SACD (Super High Material SACD) is the ultimate Super Audio CD that utilizes the materials and technologies that were developed for the SHM-CD to further enhance the audio-resolution. These discs are made with polycarbonate developed for the screen of the liquid crystal display. As it has a higher transparency, players can read the signal more faithfully. Also, it excels in fluidity, which enables you to cast a more accurate pit. What works wonders for a low resolution format such as CD should offer even greater sonic improvements in a real high resolution format such as SACD.

Features:

• Super High Material Super Audio CD
• SHM-SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• Single-Layer Stereo SHM-SACD, to secure enough reflectance and not to compress DSD file
• Label of the disc is printed with a special green ink called 'Onsho Shiyou', which minimizes diffuse reflection
• Carefully selected master audio is used, from existing DSD files to newly converted from analog tapes
• This Single-Layer SHM-SACD can only be played on a Super Audio CD Player! It will NOT play on conventional CD Players!
• Made in Japan

Musicians:

• Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Sir Georg Solti, conductor

Selections:

Disc 1
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
1. Overture & Venusberger Music "Bacchanale"
Act 1
2. Beloved, tell me, where is your mind? (Venus)
3. You sound praise! The miracles be praised (Tannhäuser)
4. Beloved, come! Look at the grotto there! (Venus)
5. My song shall always sound only to you, only to you (Tannhäuser)
6. Go there, madman, go there!
7. Mrs. Holda Came Out of the Mountain (Shepherd Boy)
8. To you I wall, my Jusus Christ (Older Pilgrims)
9. Who is he there in the rutting territory?
10. Als du in kühnem Sange uns bestrittet (Wolfram)
Act 2
11. I'll greet you, dear hall, again (Elizabeth)
12. O princess! (Tannhäuser)
13. Already the Elden of my lands (Landgrave) are approaching
14. There was a great deal of beauty here in this hall (Landgrave)
Disc 2
1. I look around in this noble circle (Wolfram)
2. O Wolfram, der du so sangest (Tannhäuser)
3. Out to fight with us all! (Biterolf)
4. Ha, foolish braggart, Biterolf! (Tannhäuser)
5. To you, goddess of love, shall my song sound! (Tannhäuser)
6. Ha, the madman! Flee him! (Knights, Ladies)
7. Back from him! You are not his judges! (Elizabeth)
8. To lead the sinful to salvation (Tannhäuser)
9. A terrible crime was committed (Landgrave)
Act 3
11. Prelude
12. Well I know how to find them here in prayer (Wolfram)
13. Happy may now behold thee, O homeland, I may behold... (Older Pilgrim)
14. Almighty Virgin, hear my supplication! (Elizabeth)
15. Like Premonition of Death, Dawn Covers the Lands (Wolfram)
16. O du mein holder Abendstern (Wolfram)
17. I heard the sound of the harp—how sad it sounded! (Tannhäuser)
18. Fervor in the heart, like no Buusser (Tannhäuser)
19. I was drawn to it, where I was the delight and pleasure (Tannhäuser)
20. Welcome, unfaithful man! (Venus)