Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen

Barenboim's seminal Ring cycle, filmed at the Bayreuth Festival in June & July 1991 and 1992.

"I am more than ever impressed by Barenboim's exciting, excitable conducting. His ability to integrate massive dramatic peaks within the 'symphonic' span of Wagner's long, action-packed acts, his evident love of Wagner's orchestration and his deeply felt response to Wagner's most profoundly moving utterances make this the most compelling of modern recorded Rings." (Hugh Canning, BBC Music Magazine, October 1994)

“From his singing actors director Harry Kupfer has secured performances of unremitting physical and emotional energy… It’s an extraordinary tour de force, thrillingly sung off the text and the action.” (Gramophone 2005)