THE VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by HANS KNAPPERTSBUSCH Wagner: Die Walküre Act One Complete / Götterdämmerung (1958 UK first issue STEREO 5-track double vinyl LP on the deep groove 'wideband' Decca label with 'Original recording bythe Decca Record Co. Ltd. London' perimeter text, a superb recording featuring performances by Kristen Flagstad, Set Svanholm and Arnold Van Mill, presented in a textured box with front laminated artwork and gold-embossed spine and containinga 10-page booket featuring biographies, synopsis and libretto. The box show scuffing to the bottom edge with a split at the bottom right corner of the lid, there is also a discreet catalogue annotation to the reverse, otherwise few other signs of wear, leaving the front art clean & sharp; the booklet has a little foxing to the cover with no creases or tears. The labels have just a few faint spindle marks to point to very limited play; the vinyl has been professionally cleaned and shows just a few faint, merely cosmetic marks; playback confirms very little ambient noise indeed with the dynamics as strong today as when first pressed, leaving it visually Excellent with playback more akin to Near Mint - a superb copy SXL2074-5).