A legendary staging on video: the unrivalled Bayreuth Centenary Ring by Boulez/Chéreau on 4 Blu-ray Video Discs in remastered HD-quality, with audio layers in DTS-HD Master Audio Surround 5.1 and 24-bit Stereo PCM. Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German

Plus: The Making of – The Making of the Ring for the first time on one additional Blu-ray Video Disc. In English with subtitles in French, Spanish, Japanese, German

The 60pp booklet includes full tracklistings and two texts in E/G, including a stunning in-depth analysis of work and music by Pierre Boulez himself, written for the original production

Kenneth Chalmers: Refreshing the Ring

Pierre Boulez: Time Re-explored

Capbox, 5 Blu-ray Video Discs in Sleeves, 60pp Booklet

Tracklist:

WAGNER: Der Ring des Nibelungen Chor & Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele

• Das Rheingold McIntyre · Becht · Salminen · Schwarz · Reppel · Sharp
• Die Walküre Hofmann · Salminen · McIntyre · Altmeyer · Jones · Schwarz · Reppel
• Siegfried Jung · Zednik · McIntyre · Becht · Hübner · Wenkel · Jones · Sharp
• Götterdämmerung Jung · Mazura · Becht · Hübner · Jones · Altmeyer · Killebrew · Wenkel · Sharp
• The Making of – A documentary with FRIEDELIND WAGNER, WOLFGANG WAGNER, BRIAN LARGE, GWYNETH JONES, DONALD McINTYRE, PATRICE CHÉREAU, PIERRE BOULEZ.

Written by JOHN ARDOIN and narrated by GEORGE GRIZZARD. Produced and directed by PETER WEINBERG