What works based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the "Nibelungenlied" were first organized into a studio recording by John Royds Culshaw OBE
John Culshaw: John Royds Culshaw OBE (28 May 192427 April 1980) was a pioneering English classical record producer for Decca Records. John Culshaw:  He recorded a wide range of music, but is best known for masterminding the first studio recording of Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen", begun in 1958. Der Ring des Nibelungen: Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner. Der Ring des Nibelungen:  The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the "Nibelungenlied".
Der Ring des Nibelungen