In 2010, PentaTone decided to embark on the ambitious project of recording the ten major Wagner operas with the same musical forces. Never before had a record company recorded all of Wagner’s operas with the same orchestra, choir and conductor, even the same producer, within a period of two and a half years.  On top of that, all of the operas, including the Ring Cycle, were recorded for the first time in multi-channel surround sound and with the highest technical quality. Each opera was performed only once. All of the performances were recorded live, as well as all prior rehearsals of the choir and orchestra. Conductor Marek Janoswki Janowski explicitly wished to avoid any staging, since this is the best way to allow the music to stay true to its nature. This made it possible to accomplish such a superior recording. PentaTone have produced only 350 boxes of the complete operas. The box consists of 32 SACDs plus one DVD, which contains an interview with Marek Janowski and some extracts from Gotterdammerung. This very limited edition Wagner box set is available worldwide as of 1 September 2014.