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Contents Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 /Georg Kulenkampff (violin), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 /Georg Kulenkampff (violin), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 /Georg Kulenkampff (violin), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Schubert: In Der Ferne, D957 No. 6 /Max Lichtegg (tenor), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Schubert: Abschied, D 957 No. 7 /Max Lichtegg (tenor), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 32 in B flat major, K454 /Georg Kulenkampff (violin), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’ /Georg Kulenkampff (violin), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84 /Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich & Sir Georg Solti Rossini: Guillaume Tell Overture (CD & DVD performance) World Orchestra for Peace & Sir Georg Solti Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz.116 (CD & DVD performance) World Orchestra for Peace & Sir Georg Solti Beethoven: Heil sei dem Tag! (from Fidelio) CD & DVD performance /World Orchestra for Peace & Sir Georg Solti Mahler: Symphony No. 5 /Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich & Sir Georg Solti Bartók: Cantata Profana ‘The Nine Enchanted Stags’, BB 100, Sz. 94 /Budapest Festival Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Weiner, Leó: Serenade in F minor, Op. 3 /Budapest Festival Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Kodály: Psalmus hungaricus, Op. 13 /Budapest Festival Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’ /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Suppe: Leichte Kavallerie Overture /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Suppe: Dichter und Bauer Overture /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Suppe: Ein Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien Overture /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Suppe: Pique Dame Overture /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 /Clifford Curzon (piano), Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Wagner: Rienzi Overture /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer: Overture /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Wagner: Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Wagner: Siegfried Idyll /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Schumann: Overture, Scherzo, and Finale, Op. 52 /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Schumann: Overture to Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Op. 128 /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Verdi: Requiem /Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Martti Talvela (bass), Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Strauss, R: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D485 /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 ‘Unfinished’ /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 ‘The Great’ /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Wagner: Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Wagner: Das Rheingold: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Wagner: Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind! (from Die Walküre) /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Wagner: Siegfried: Waldweben /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Funeral March /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 /András Schiff (piano), Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Brahms: Variations on a theme by Schumann for four hands, Op. 23 /Sir Georg Solti (piano), András Schiff (piano) Strauss, R: Vier letzte Lieder /Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Strauss, R: Malven, AV 304 /Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Strauss, R: Hat gesagt – bleibt’s nicht dabei, Op. 36 No. 3 /Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Strauss, R: Muttertändelei, Op. 43 No. 2 /Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Strauss, R: Madrigal, Op.15, No. 1 /Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Strauss, R: Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 /Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Strauss, R: Schlechtes Wetter, Op. 69 No. 5 /Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Strauss, R: Allerseelen, Op. 10 No. 8 /Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Strauss, R: Die Nacht, Op. 10 No. 3 /Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Strauss, R: Cäcilie, Op. 27 No. 2 /Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Strauss, R: All mein Gedanken … Op. 21 No. 1 /Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Strauss, R: Begegnung (Meeting), AV 72 /Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Strauss, R: Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4 /Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Strauss, R: Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 /Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427 ‘Great’ /Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz, Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Uwe Heilmann, René Pape (bass), Wiener Staatsoper (opera company), Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 (CD & DVD performance) Arleen Auger (soprano), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Vinson Cole (tenor), René Pape (bass), Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70 /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 ‘Italian’ /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folksong ‘The Peacock’ /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Blacher: Variations on a Theme of Paganini Op. 26 /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36 /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina: Prelude & Dance of the Persian Slaves /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Borodin: Prince Igor Overture /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Glinka: Ruslan & Lyudmila Overture /Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K478 /Wilhelm Melcher (violin), Gerhard Voss (viola), Peter Buck (cello), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, K493 /Wilhelm Melcher (violin), Hermann Voss (viola), Peter Buck (cello), Sir Georg Solti (piano) Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 /Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Sir Georg Solti Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 ‘Jupiter’ /Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Sir Georg Solti Strauss, R: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64 /Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Sir Georg Solti Strauss, R: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 /Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Strauss, R: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 /Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Strauss, R: Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils /Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 /Julia Varady (soprano), Iris Vermillion (mezzo-soprano), Vinson Cole (tenor), René Pape (bass), Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 ‘Little Russian’ /Paris Conservatoire Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 /Paris Conservatoire Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Liszt: Tasso, Lamento e trionfo, symphonic poem No. 2, S96 /Orchestre de Paris & Sir Georg Solti Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1 /Orchestre de Paris & Sir Georg Solti Liszt: Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, symphonic poem No. 13, S107 /Orchestre de Paris & Sir Georg Solti Mahler: Symphony No. 4 /Sylvia Stahlmann (soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde /Marjana Lipovsek (contralto), Thomas Moser (tenor), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 /Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring /Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque, PP120 /Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice /Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 ‘Italian’ /Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D485 /Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48 /Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ /Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Decca presents the third in a trilogy of Solti releases which compliments the Solti/Chicago & Solti/London boxed sets … Solti (in) Europe. Containing 45 CDs + 2 DVDs from his very first recording on Decca (as a pianist in 1947) to his last studio album made three months before his death (which were his very first recordings made in his native Hungary with Hungarian musicians). Highlights include: Solti’s first recordings on Decca as a pianist accompanying violinist Georg Kulenkampff – Brahms’s Violin Sonatas, Mozart Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K.454 & Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata Beguiling accounts of Tchaikovsky’s Second and Fifth Symphonies with the Orchestre de Paris 3 recordings with the Berliner Philharmoniker including a dashing live account of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with the Concertgebouw Orchestra from 1961 and a thrilling Rite of Spring and Shostakovich’s First Symphony caught live in performance made 30 years later Countless benchmark recordings made in the Sofiensaal in Vienna including the 1967 recording of Verdi’s Requiem which was producer John Culshaw’s last Decca recording. The recorded sound has scarcely been bettered since The potent demonstration disc of orchestral excerpts from The Ring, in glorious Decca digital sound, Solti’s last orchestral recording made at the Sofiensaal o Mozart Piano Quartets K478 & K493 with members of the Melos Ensemble The 1995 UN 50th Anniversary Concert with Solti’s World Orchestra for Peace, on CD & DVD Mozart Requiem recorded live in Vienna’s Stephansdsom on the 200th Anniversary of the composer birth Solti’s last live recording with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. In what proved to be one of the last concerts before his death, Solti presided over an interpretation that tempers immense power with yearning introspection Includes a bonus audio documentary produced by Jon Tolansky with contributions from Angela Gheorghiu, Kiri Te Kanawa, Clemens Hellsberg (former violinist and Chairman of the Wiener Philharmoniker), Dr Michael Haas (former Decca Producer) and Charles Kaye (Director and General Manager of the World Orchestra for Peace), amongst others The recordings are accompanied by a 80pp book (En/Fr/De) with new notes by Andrew Stewart • Two-piece capbox, 80pp booklet, 45CD + 2DVDs, original jackets / dimensions: to follow |
