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(Visually Graded) Vinyl looks Near Mint and sleeve looks VG+. See pics and info for details.
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Richard Wagner ‎– Lohengrin

Label:
 Richmond ‎– RS 65003
Series:
 Richmond Opera Treasury Series -
Format:
 5 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Box Set
Country:
 US
Released:
  1974
Genre:
 Classical
Style:
 Opera
 
Tracklist

A     Act I, Scene 1    
B     Act I, Scene 2, Scene 3 Part 1    
C     Act I, Scene 3 Conclusion    
D     Act II, Scene 1, Scene 2 Part 1    
E     Act II, Scene 2 Conclusion, Scene 3 Part 1    
F     Act II, Scene 3 Conclusion, Scene 4, Scene 5 Part 1    
G     Act II, Scene 5 Conclusion    
H     Act III, Scene 1, Scene 2 Part 1    
I     Act III, Scene 2 Conclusion, Scene 3 Part 1    
J     Act III, Scene 3 Conclusion    

Credits

    Baritone Vocals – Hermann Uhde
    Bass Vocals – Josef Greindl
    Conductor – Joseph Keilberth
    Soprano Vocals – Astrid Varnay, Eleanor Steber
    Tenor Vocals – Wolfgang Windgassen

Notes

Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra

- Lohengrin, WWV 75, is a Romantic opera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner, first performed in 1850. The story of the eponymous character is taken from medieval German romance, notably the Parzival of Wolfram von Eschenbach and its sequel Lohengrin, itself inspired by the epic of Garin le Loherain. It is part of the Knight of the Swan legend.

The opera has inspired other works of art. King Ludwig II of Bavaria named his castle Neuschwanstein Castle after the Swan Knight. It was King Ludwig's patronage that later gave Wagner the means and opportunity to complete, build a theatre for, and stage his epic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. He had discontinued composing it at the end of Act II of Siegfried, the third of the Ring tetralogy, to create his radical chromatic masterpiece of the late 1850s, Tristan und Isolde, and his lyrical comic opera of the mid-1860s, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.

The most popular and recognizable part of the opera is the Bridal Chorus, colloquially known as "Here Comes the Bride," usually played as a processional at weddings. The orchestral preludes to Acts I and III are also frequently performed separately as concert pieces. Many consider the Act I prelude Wagner's greatest single composition, an inspiring free-variation curtain-raiser on one soaring theme starting and ending softly on divided violins in high register, then building to a mighty climax with full brass and two climactic cymbal crashes in a classic orchestral crescendo-diminuendo, gradually approaching the one climax and then just as gradually receding, to end as ethereally as it started in the high divided violins, and representing the descent of the Holy Grail (the cup out of which Christ legendarily drank out of in the Last Supper the night before his crucifixion) from Heaven back down to Earth.  -wikipedia

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NM-
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VG++/EX
(VERY GOOD ++/ Excellent) Disc plays near perfectly, but may have minor, light scuffs that do not interfere with the sound quality. There can possibly be a light hairline scratch or two but nothing that is obvious or affects play. Vinyl is bright and shiny; label is clean and unmarked. Sleeve is Excellent.
VG+
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VG
(VERY GOOD) Vinyl will have noticeable scratches and scuffs that cause surface noise There should be no skips. Vinyl may appear somewhat dull and grayish. Labels may have small tears, tape marks, larger writing, etc. but still easily legible.  Sleeve may have moderate wear or writing, tape, price tags etc, seem splits. May have promo corner, hole or notch in sleeve.