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The Golden Ring

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on BBC Two England

In this special double-length edition of Workshop, film and television cameras take you behind the scenes in Vienna during the recording sessions for Wagner's Gotterdammerung, described by Alec Robertson as the greatest achievement in the history of the gramophone'.
The Vienna State Opera Chorus
Chorus Master, Wilhelm Pitz
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
The conductor, Georg Solti
A BBC music documentary made as a co-production with the Austrian Television Service
Facilities by courtesy of the Decca Record Company Ltd.
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Contributors

Film Cameraman:
Peter Sargent
Sound:
Norman Allen
Film Editor:
Inman Hunter
Associate Producer:
John Drummond
Associate Producer:
Walter Klapper
Narrated and produced by:
Humphrey Burton
Singers:
The Vienna State Opera Chorus
Chorus Master:
Wilhelm Pitz
Musicians:
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Georg Solti
The singers - Brunnhilde:
Birgit Nilsson
The singers - Siegfried:
Wolfgang Windgassen
The singers - Hagen:
Gottlob Frick
The singers - Gunther:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
The singers - Gutrune:
Claire Watson
The record producer:
John Culshaw
Source: Radio Times

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