Sir Georg Solti
Sir Georg Solti was one of this century’s most brilliant conductors and a leading figure of musical culture in Europe and the US. The great Maestro made his first recordings for Decca in 1947, as a pianist with Kulenkampff (Brahms and Beethoven violin sonatas) and as a conductor with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra (Beethoven Egmont Overture). He continued as an exclusive Decca artist for over half a century and leaves a vast legacy of over 250 great recordings - including 45 complete operas - chiefly with the Vienna Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic and the Chicago and London Symphony Orchestras. He won many international honours for his recordings including 32 Grammy awards - more than any other classical or popular recording artist. Sir Georg studied piano, composition and conducting with Bartók, Dohnányi, Kodály and Leo Weiner at Budapest’s Liszt Academy. Although he made his concert debut as a pianist, he was soon engaged as a conductor by the Budapest Opera. In 1937, Toscanini selected him as his assistant at the Salzburg Festival. Before the outbreak of World War II, Sir Georg went to Switzerland as a refugee, turning again to the piano for his livelihood and in 1942, he was awarded first prize in the Concours International in Geneva. Following the war in 1946, he was invited by the American military government to conduct a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio in Munich. The success of this performance led to his appointment as Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera, whose quality and reputation he firmly re-established over the next six years. During his tenure in Munich, the Salzburg Festival was revived and Sir Georg appeared there, as well as in Vienna, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Florence and Buenos Aires. In 1952, Maestro Solti accepted the post of Artistic and Music Director at the Frankfurt City Opera, where he remained for nine years. From 1961 until 1971, he was Music Director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and in 1992 was named Music Director Laureate. During his tenure there he achieved international fame for his performances of Die Frau ohne Schatten, the British premiere of Moses und Aron and Wagner’s Ring. With Decca he made perhaps the most famous single recording of all time - the entire Ring cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic. It took seven years to complete and was the first complete studio recording. Maestro Solti's remarkable partnership with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra began in 1954, when he first led the Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival. He returned to Chicago for guest engagements with the Lyric Opera in 1956, conducting Die Walküre, Salome, and La forza del destino. His Chicago Orchestra Hall debut took place on December 9, 1965, and his first concerts as Music Director were in September 1969. Maestro Solti served as Music Director for 22 years (1969-1991) and is credited with greatly extending and enhancing the Orchestra's worldwide reputation - its first foreign tour, in 1971, was under his direction. As Music Director Laureate he was due to conduct the orchestra’s 1000th concert at the beginning of October. Up until his death last year, Sir Georg’s performing schedule was as packed as that of a man half his age, and he had engagements booked up to the 21st century. For his outstanding contribution to music, he received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain in 1972. From 1979 to 1984, he served as Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and subsequently its Conductor Emeritus. Maestro Solti has received honorary doctor of music degrees from Oxford University, the University of London, and the Universities of Durham, Leeds and Surrey; and in the United States from Roosevelt and De Paul Universities in Chicago, Yale and Harvard Universities, and the Eastman School of Music. He has received an honorary doctor of humanities degree from Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina. An honorary degree "in disciplines of art, music, and drama" from the University of Bologna completes the list of honorary degrees. As well as his record number of Grammys Sir Georg has received many other major awards. In 1989, he received the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society, Great Britain's highest musical honour (previous recipients include Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, Arturo Toscanini and Igor Stravinsky). He is an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Music, London. In September 1985, Sir Georg was given the title of Professor Honoris Causa by the Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. He also received the Knight Commander's Cross (with badge and star) of the Order of Merit from the Federal Republic of Germany and the 1987 Loyola-Mellon Humanities Award. That year, on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday, Maestro Solti received the Medal of Merit, Chicago's highest award, and was honoured with the dedication of a bronze bust of his likeness in Lincoln Park. He also received the Order of the Flag of the Republic of Hungary and was named "Musician of the Year" by Musical America. In 1988, he received the Edward Moss Martin Award from the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation in Chicago and, in 1992, the Leonie Sonning Music Prize from Denmark. In 1993, he received the Middle Cross of the Order of Merit with Star from the Republic of Hungary and the highest German decoration, the "Grosses Verdienstskreuz mit Stern und Schulterband." In that same year to mark his 80th birthday, and a collaboration of over 40 years, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra struck and presented to Sir Georg as its first recipient, the "Hans Richter Medal". In December 1993, he was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honour and the Belgian title of "Commandeur de l'Ordre de Leopold." In 1994, he received the "Ordem Militar De Santiago De Espada" from the President of Portugal, the country's highest civilian honour (the last musician to receive it was Stravinsky in 1954). He holds the French "Légion d'Honneur" and in 1995 received the "Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres." In 1996, he was given the honour "Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy" and the Académie du Disque Lyrique in Paris established the "Solti Prize", to be awarded annually to an outstanding young singer. The first recipient of this prestigious award was American soprano Renée Fleming. Decca has recently completely remastered sets of two of Sir Georg’s classic recordings; in 1997 his legendary Ring cycle was re-released and then in autumn 1998, the Strauss opera sets followed. In October 1998, a little over a year after his death, Sir Georg Solti’s life and music were celebrated in a special concert recorded for TV and audio at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Mstislav Rostropovich, Angela Gheorghiu, Anne Sofie von Otter, Maxim Vengerov and Zubin Mehta joined the London Philharmonic Orchestra for the occasion, which also raised money for the newly formed Solti Foundation, a fund conceived of by Sir Georg just before he died with the aim of promoting musical education and helping young talent throughout the world. A plaque now adorns the Budapest house where Solti grew up. The conductor's ashes were interred in Budapest next to Bartok's grave.
ALBUM
Una raccolta completa degli album di Sir Georg Solti, dalle prime produzioni ai successi più recenti.
Angela Gheorghiu, Frank Lopardo, Leo Nucci
Verdi: La traviata
Live at London, 1994, Deluxe Version / 2 of 2
Deryck Cooke, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Introduction to Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen; Siegfried Idyll; Kinderkatechismus
Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, Anne Sofie von Otter, Uwe Heilmann
Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor "Grosse Messe"
Tatiana Troyanos, Plácido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa
Bizet: Carmen
CD 3 of 3
Plácido Domingo, Jessye Norman, Wiener Philharmoniker
Wagner: Lohengrin
CD 4 of 4Geraint Evans, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Verdi: Falstaff
2 CDsThomas Moser, Marjana Lipovšek, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz
Bach, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion BWV 244
CD3 of 3Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Stravinsky: Symphony in C/Symphony in 3 Movements/Symphonie de Psaumes
Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Bach, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion BWV 244
3 CDsChicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Dvorák: Symphony No. 9
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Elgar: Enigma Variations / Kodály: Peacock Variations / Blacher: Variations On A Theme Of Paganini
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique/Liszt: Les Préludes
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Women's Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Debussy: Nocturnes; La Mer; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Enigma Variations
Decca - The Collection / New Cover Art 2023
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Sir Georg Solti
Götterdämmerung
4 CDs / Remastered 2022
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
SD / Remastered 2022
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Wagner: Siegfried
SD / Remastered 2022
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Wagner: Die Walküre
Dolby Atmos / Remastered 2022Sir Georg Solti
Die Walküre
4 CDs / Remastered 2022
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Elgar: Cockaigne Overture; Pomp & Circumstance Marches Nos.1-5; Enigma Variations
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Wagner: Das Rheingold
SD / Remastered 2022
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
The Golden Ring: Great Scenes from Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen
SD
Sir Georg Solti
The Golden Ring: Great Scenes from Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen
SACD
José van Dam, Paolo Coni, Luca Canonici
Verdi: Falstaff
SDChicago Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Wagner: Ouvertüren und Orchesterszenen
EloquenceKirsten Flagstad, Sir Georg Solti
Wagner: Die Walküre (Act III) – Excerpts
Opera Gala – Volume 16Birgit Nilsson, Sir Georg Solti
Strauss: Salome; Wagner: Götterdämmerung – Excerpts
Opera Gala – Volume 18Kirsten Flagstad, Set Svanholm, Birgit Nilsson
Wagner: Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung ; Tristan und Isolde – Excerpts
Opera Gala – Volume 17
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Georg Solti
Venice
176.4kHz/24-bit
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Mahler: Symphony No.8
Presto PicksSir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, René Kollo
Yvonne Minton Sings Mahler
Sir Georg Solti, René Kollo, Helga Dernesch
Wagner: Tannhäuser
Georg Solti, René Kollo, Helga Dernesch
Wagner: Tannhäuser
Sir Georg Solti, René Kollo, Christa Ludwig
Wagner: Parsifal
Alicia de Larrocha, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 25 & 27
Sir Georg Solti, Birgit Nilsson, Carlo Bergonzi
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Sir Georg Solti, Birgit Nilsson, Fritz Uhl
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Sir Georg Solti, Birgit Nilsson, Regina Resnik
Richard Strauss: Elektra
Sir Georg Solti, Birgit Nilsson, Gerhard Stolze
Richard Strauss: Salome
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta; Divertimento; Miraculous Mandarin Suite
Sir Georg Solti, Norman Bailey, Janis Martin
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Romeo & Juliet; Nutcracker Suite
Barbara Hendricks, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Del Tredici: Final Alice
Sir Georg Solti, Philip Langridge, Franz Mazura
Schoenberg: Moses und Aron
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; Dance Suite
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn / Schoenberg: Variations, Op.31
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet (Highlights); Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche; Don Juan
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"
Sir Georg Solti, Yvonne Minton, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 5; 4 Songs from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
Sir Georg Solti, Yvonne Minton, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 6; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Wagner: Overtures & Preludes
Kyung Wha Chung, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Berg: Violin Concerto / Bartók: Violin Concerto No.1
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 / Weber: Overture "Oberon"
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 2; Tragic Overture
Sir Georg Solti, Kenneth Riegel, Frederica von Stade
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; La Mer / Ravel: Boléro
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition / Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Sir Georg Solti, Siegfried Jerusalem, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Liszt: A Faust Symphony
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 3; Academic Festival Overture
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Elgar: Enigma Variations; Cockaigne
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Overture Les francs-juges
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7; Overture "Coriolan"
Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2; Overture "Egmont"
Sir Georg Solti, Ruth Ziesak, Uwe Heilmann
Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons)
Georg Solti, Lucia Popp, Yvonne Minton
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 8
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; Overture "Leonore" No. 3
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"; Overture Leonore No. 3
Sir Georg Solti, Hildegard Behrens, Peter Hofmann
Beethoven: Fidelio
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 / Weber: Overture "Oberon"
Sir Georg Solti, Pilar Lorengar, Yvonne Minton
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral"
Sir Georg Solti, Ruth Ziesak, Herbert Lippert
Haydn: Die Schöpfung (The Creation)
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Bartók: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Beethoven: Piano Concertos
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vovka Ashkenazy, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bartók: Piano Concerto No.1; Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"
Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Tippett: Symphonies Nos. 1-4; Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles
Sir Georg Solti, Renata Tebaldi, Ettore Bastianini
An Evening At The Lyric Opera Of Chicago
Sir Georg Solti, London Symphony Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Birgit Nilsson, Regina Resnik, Marie Collier
Strauss: Elektra
Birgit Nilsson, Grace Hoffman, Gerhard Stolze
Strauss: Salome
Leontyne Price, Jon Vickers, Rita Gorr
Verdi: Aida
96 kHz / 24 BitSir Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 102 & 103
Sir Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 96 "Miracle" & 101 "The Clock"
Sir Georg Solti, Norma Burrowes, Rudiger Wohlers
Haydn: Die Schöpfung (The Creation)
Sir Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 "Surprise" & 100 "Military"
Sir Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 95 & 104
Sir Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 97 & 98
Sir Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 93 & 99
Georg Kulenkampff, Georg Solti
Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms: Violin Sonatas
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Schubert: Symphony No. 5; Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3, 5 & 7
Sir Georg Solti
Haydn: Symphonies 100, 102, 103. Mozart: Symphonies 25 & 38; Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Mischa Elman, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4; Violin Concerto
Sir Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra, The John Alldis Choir
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex; Strauss: Elektra (Scenes); Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite
Sir Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Kodaly & Bartok: Orchestral Works
Henry Lewis, Sir Georg Solti
Stars And Stripes
Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Solti Overtures
Sir Georg Solti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Solti At The Ballet
Sir Georg Solti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Solti At Covent Garden
Sir Georg Solti, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 2 & 5 / Russian Orchestral Works
Sir Georg Solti, London Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bartok: Orchestral Works
Bernd Weikl, Teresa Kubiak, Stuart Burrows
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Sir Georg Solti, Budapest Festival Orchestra
The Last Recording - Bartók: Cantata Profana / Kodály: Psalmus Hungaricus / Weiner: Serenade
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3
Sir Georg Solti, Helga Dernesch, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Women's Chorus
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Sir Georg Solti, National Philharmonic Orchestra
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Highlights)
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Hungarian Connections
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No. 2
Sir Georg Solti, Plácido Domingo, Jessye Norman
Wagner: Lohengrin (Highlights)
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Tippett: Byzantium; Symphony No. 4
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Stravinsky: Petrushka; Jeu de cartes
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 8
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No. 1
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 "Romantic"
Birgit Nilsson, Fritz Uhl, Regina Resnik
Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde
Barbara Hendricks, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
David Del Tredici: Final Alice
Australian Eloquence Digital
London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Romantic Russia
CD 44 of 50Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Sir Georg Solti, Isobel Buchanan, Mira Zakai
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Elgar: Enigma Variations; Falstaff
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Georg Solti
Gluck: Orfeo und Euridice (Highlights)
Eloquence
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Kyung Wha Chung, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bartók: Piano Concertos; Violin Concertos
2 CDsYvonne Minton, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Mahler: Symphony No.9; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen etc.
2 CDsAndrás Schiff, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1; Variations on a Theme by Schumann
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No. 0
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
Sir Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmoniker
Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6
London Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Dance Suite; The Miraculous Mandarin
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3,5 & 7
2 CDsBerliner Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche; Salome's Dance
Sir Georg Solti, Kiri Te Kanawa, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Georg Solti
Famous Overtures
2 CDsJulius Katchen, London Symphony Orchestra, Ataúlfo Argenta
Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 etc.
2 CDsLeontyne Price, Tatiana Troyanos, Edita Gruberova
R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
2 CDsSergei Aleksashkin, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Shostakovich::Symphony No.15 /Mussorgsky: Songs & Dances of Death etc.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
The Tchaikovsky Album
2 CDsBerliner Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche etc.
Iris Vermillion, Julia Varady, Vinson Cole
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Antony Hopkins, Sergei Aleksashkin, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Mens Chorus
Shostakovich: Symphony No.13/Yevtushenko: Poems
Sylvia Sass, Kolos Kováts, Istvan Sztankay
Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
Julia Varady, Hildegard Behrens, Reinhild Runkel
R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
3 CDsWiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti
Shostakovich: Symphony No.9/Beethoven: Symphony No.5
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Verdi: Opera Choruses
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Beethoven: Symphony No.3/Egmont Overture
Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Augér
Mahler: Symphony No.8
András Schiff, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1/Dohnányi: Nursery Variations
Sir Georg Solti
Sir Georg Solti - the first recordings as pianist and conductor, 1947-1958
4 CDsBirgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Hans Hotter
Wagner: The Ring - Great Scenes
Sir Georg Solti, Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Sir Georg Solti, Régine Crespin, Birgit Nilsson
Wagner: Die Walküre
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Sir Georg Solti, Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen
Wagner: Siegfried
Sir Georg Solti, Kirsten Flagstad, George London
Wagner: Das Rheingold
London Symphony Orchestra, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Georg Solti
Romantic Russia - Borodin / Glinka / Mussorgsky / Tchaikovsky
London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Tippett: Symphonies Nos.1-3; Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles
2 CDs
Luciano Pavarotti, Renée Fleming, Jessye Norman
Romantic Strauss
Georg Solti, Simon Preston, Heather Harper
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast; Coronation Te Deum; Choral Works; Songs
István Kertész, Sir Georg Solti
Kodaly: Psalmus Hungaricus; Missa Brevis; Pange Lingua; Psalm 114; Hymn of Zrinyi; Laudes Organi. Bartok: Cantata profana
Georg Solti, Pilar Lorengar, Yvonne Minton
Beethoven: Symphony No.9
Leo Nucci, Paata Burchuladze, Kiri Te Kanawa
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
2 CDs
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Shostakovich: Symphony No.10
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Mahler: Symphony No.1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4, Romeo and Juliet
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Daniel Barenboim, András Schiff, Georg Solti
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20; Concerto for 2 Pianos; Concerto for 3 Pianos
Jessye Norman, Reinhild Runkel, Robert Schunk
Beethoven: Symphony No.9
Leontyne Price, Jon Vickers, Robert Merrill
Verdi: Aida
3 CDsVladimir Ashkenazy, Kyung Wha Chung, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bartók: Piano Concerto No.2/Violin Concerto No.2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Dolby AtmosSir Georg Solti, Felicity Lott, Anne Sofie von Otter
Bach, J.S.: Mass in B minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition//Prokofiev: Symphony No.1/Tchaikovsky: 1812
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6/Romeo & Juliet
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies
6 CDs
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite; The Nutcracker Suite; Romeo and Juliet
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Ravel: Boléro/Le Tombeau de Couperin/Debussy: La Mer
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Mahler: Symphony No.5
Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne
Verdi: Requiem
Remastered 2013
London Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 - "Scottish"; Symphony No.4 - "Italian"
Australian Eloquence Digital
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Georg Solti, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Offenbach: Gaité Parisienne; Gounod: Faust Ballet Music; Rossini/Respighi: Rossiniana
Australian Eloquence Digital
Georg Solti, Melos Quartet
Mozart: Piano Quartets Nos.1 & 2
Australian Eloquence Digital
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Bruckner: Symphony No.8
Australian Eloquence Digital
Sir Georg Solti
Solti dirigiert Wagner
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Béla Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion & Celesta
Sir Georg Solti
Solti The Legacy 1937-1997
2 CDs
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 4, 5 & 6 - "Pathétique"
CD 2 of 2
Sir Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmoniker, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Solti - Richard Strauss - The Operas
Sir Georg Solti
Solti - Verdi - The Operas
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Solti - Bartók
CD 7 of 7
Carlo Cossutta, Margaret Price, Gabriel Bacquier
Verdi: Otello
Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Augér
Mahler: Symphony No. 8
Optimized For Digital / Dolby AtmosBryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Ann Murray
Mozart: Don Giovanni (QS)
Eloquence
Kyung Wha Chung, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Berg: Violin Concerto; Chamber Concerto
Helen Watts, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Mahler: Symphony No.3
2 CDsYvonne Minton, René Kollo, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti
Mahler: Symphony No.9 / Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
2 CDsChicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Mahler: Symphony No.7
Sir Georg Solti
A Passion For Music
5 CDsLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Elgar: Symphony No.1/ In the South
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Shostakovich: Symphony No.1/Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos.3 & 4
London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti
Holst: The Planets
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Georg Solti
Liszt: Symphonic Poems
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Shostakovich: Symphony No.8
Ryland Davies, Pilar Lorengar, Tom Krause
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte
3 CDs
Norman Bailey, Bernd Weikl, René Kollo
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg
4 CDsGeorg Solti
Le nove sinfonie
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Bruckner Sinfonie Nr. 5
EloquenceLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Haydn: 12 "London" Symphonies
CD 4 of 4Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra
The World of Classical Favourites
Bavarian State Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Sir Georg Solti - the first recordings as pianist and conductor, 1947-1958
CD 4 of 4
Kyung Wha Chung, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bartók: Violin Concertos
CD 2 of 2Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Bruckner: Sinfonie Nr.8
EloquenceBirgit Nilsson, Fritz Uhl, Sir Georg Solti
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
4 CDs
Helga Dernesch, René Kollo, Wiener Philharmoniker
Wagner: Tannhäuser
CD 3 of 3
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Bartók: The Orchestral Masterpieces
CD 2 of 2José van Dam, Ben Heppner, Karita Mattila
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
CD 4 of 4
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, René Kollo, Hans Hotter
Wagner: Parsifal
CD 4 of 4
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Mahler: Symphony No.1
Sir Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmoniker, Anny Schlemm, Brigitte Fassbaender, Edita Gruberova, Julia Hamari, Lucia Popp, Norma Burrowes, Walter Berry, Wiener Sängerknaben
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (Highlights)
The Cleveland Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet/Cinderella (highlights)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Liszt: Faust Symphony; Dante Symphony; Les Prélludes; Prometheus
CD2 of 2Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti
Schubert: Symphony No.9 / Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Jorge Bolet, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 etc.
CD 2 of 2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Mahler: Symphony No.5
CD2 of 2
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Schumann: The Symphonies etc
CD2 of 2Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Ann Murray
Mozart: Don Giovanni - Highlights
Pilar Lorengar, Stuart Burrows, Cristina Deutekom
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte - Highlights
Tatiana Troyanos, Plácido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa
Bizet: Carmen - Highlights
Leontyne Price, Rita Gorr, Jon Vickers
Verdi: Aïda - Highlights
Sir Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmoniker
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
4 SetsBryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Ann Murray
Mozart: Don Giovanni
CD3 of 3
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Bruckner: The Symphonies
CD 10 of 10Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4/Shostakovich: Symphony No.5
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Georg Solti
Strauss, R.: Ein Heldenleben; Also Sprach Zarathustra; Don Juan, etc.
CD2 of 2Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
Wagner: Orchestral Favourites
CD2 of 2Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Mahler: Symphony No.6
Ruth Ziesak, Uwe Heilmann, Kurt Moll
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (highlights)
Adrian Boult, Georg Solti, Julius Katchen, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
Piano Concerto No.2 In C Minor Opus 18 - S. Rachmaninov
Kiri Te Kanawa, Luciano Pavarotti, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Verdi: Otello
CD 2 of 2Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Brahms: The Symphonies
CD 4 of 4
Various Artists, Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Staatsopernchor
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
CD 2 of 2Various Artists, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bach, J.S.: Mass in B minor
CD 2 of 2
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Bach, J.S. St. Matthew Passion - Arias & Choruses
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Dolby AtmosChicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5/Swan Lake Suite
Marilyn Horne, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
CD 2 of 2Renata Tebaldi, Grace Bumbry, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Verdi: Don Carlo
3 CDsLeontyne Price, Jon Vickers, Chor Del Teatro Dell Opera Di Roma
Verdi: Aida
CD3 of 3Kiri Te Kanawa, Giacomo Aragall, Leo Nucci
Puccini: Tosca
2 CDsKiri Te Kanawa, Lucia Popp, Frederica von Stade
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro - Highlights
Kiri Te Kanawa, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Handel: Messiah
CD 2 of 2Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (orchestral excerpts)
SINGOLI
I singoli più rappresentativi di Sir Georg Solti, tra successi storici e nuove uscite.
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Ride of the Valkyries – Richard Wagner, Sir Georg Solti & The Vienna Philharmonic
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Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D / Act III: Trauermarsch
Edit / Remastered 2022 / Dolby Atmos
Vera Schlosser, Berit Lindholm, Brigitte Fassbaender
Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86B / Act III: Hojotoho! Heiaha! (Ride of the Valkyries)
Edit / Remastered 2022
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39: No. 1: March in D Major
Excerpt
Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Yvonne Minton
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Alles Vergängliche
ExcerptChicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 79, TH. 49
FinaleChicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Beethoven: Symphony No.6 "Pastoral": 5. Hirtengesang
Angela Gheorghiu, Frank Lopardo, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Verdi: Brindisi ("La Traviata")
Angela Gheorghiu, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Georg Solti
Verdi: Sempre Libera ("La Traviata")
World Orchestra For Peace, Sir Georg Solti
Rossini: William Tell Overture
BIOGRAFIA
Sir Georg Solti was one of this century’s most brilliant conductors and a leading figure of musical culture in Europe and the US. The great Maestro made his first recordings for Decca in 1947, as a pianist with Kulenkampff (Brahms and Beethoven violin sonatas) and as a conductor with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra (Beethoven Egmont Overture). He continued as an exclusive Decca artist for over half a century and leaves a vast legacy of over 250 great recordings - including 45 complete operas - chiefly with the Vienna Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic and the Chicago and London Symphony Orchestras. He won many international honours for his recordings including 32 Grammy awards - more than any other classical or popular recording artist.
Sir Georg studied piano, composition and conducting with Bartók, Dohnányi, Kodály and Leo Weiner at Budapest’s Liszt Academy. Although he made his concert debut as a pianist, he was soon engaged as a conductor by the Budapest Opera. In 1937, Toscanini selected him as his assistant at the Salzburg Festival. Before the outbreak of World War II, Sir Georg went to Switzerland as a refugee, turning again to the piano for his livelihood and in 1942, he was awarded first prize in the Concours International in Geneva.
Following the war in 1946, he was invited by the American military government to conduct a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio in Munich. The success of this performance led to his appointment as Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera, whose quality and reputation he firmly re-established over the next six years. During his tenure in Munich, the Salzburg Festival was revived and Sir Georg appeared there, as well as in Vienna, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Florence and Buenos Aires.
In 1952, Maestro Solti accepted the post of Artistic and Music Director at the Frankfurt City Opera, where he remained for nine years. From 1961 until 1971, he was Music Director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and in 1992 was named Music Director Laureate. During his tenure there he achieved international fame for his performances of Die Frau ohne Schatten, the British premiere of Moses und Aron and Wagner’s Ring. With Decca he made perhaps the most famous single recording of all time - the entire Ring cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic. It took seven years to complete and was the first complete studio recording.
Maestro Solti's remarkable partnership with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra began in 1954, when he first led the Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival. He returned to Chicago for guest engagements with the Lyric Opera in 1956, conducting Die Walküre, Salome, and La forza del destino. His Chicago Orchestra Hall debut took place on December 9, 1965, and his first concerts as Music Director were in September 1969. Maestro Solti served as Music Director for 22 years (1969-1991) and is credited with greatly extending and enhancing the Orchestra's worldwide reputation - its first foreign tour, in 1971, was under his direction. As Music Director Laureate he was due to conduct the orchestra’s 1000th concert at the beginning of October. Up until his death last year, Sir Georg’s performing schedule was as packed as that of a man half his age, and he had engagements booked up to the 21st century.
For his outstanding contribution to music, he received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain in 1972. From 1979 to 1984, he served as Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and subsequently its Conductor Emeritus. Maestro Solti has received honorary doctor of music degrees from Oxford University, the University of London, and the Universities of Durham, Leeds and Surrey; and in the United States from Roosevelt and De Paul Universities in Chicago, Yale and Harvard Universities, and the Eastman School of Music. He has received an honorary doctor of humanities degree from Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina. An honorary degree "in disciplines of art, music, and drama" from the University of Bologna completes the list of honorary degrees.
As well as his record number of Grammys Sir Georg has received many other major awards. In 1989, he received the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society, Great Britain's highest musical honour (previous recipients include Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, Arturo Toscanini and Igor Stravinsky). He is an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Music, London. In September 1985, Sir Georg was given the title of Professor Honoris Causa by the Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. He also received the Knight Commander's Cross (with badge and star) of the Order of Merit from the Federal Republic of Germany and the 1987 Loyola-Mellon Humanities Award. That year, on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday, Maestro Solti received the Medal of Merit, Chicago's highest award, and was honoured with the dedication of a bronze bust of his likeness in Lincoln Park. He also received the Order of the Flag of the Republic of Hungary and was named "Musician of the Year" by Musical America.
In 1988, he received the Edward Moss Martin Award from the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation in Chicago and, in 1992, the Leonie Sonning Music Prize from Denmark. In 1993, he received the Middle Cross of the Order of Merit with Star from the Republic of Hungary and the highest German decoration, the "Grosses Verdienstskreuz mit Stern und Schulterband." In that same year to mark his 80th birthday, and a collaboration of over 40 years, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra struck and presented to Sir Georg as its first recipient, the "Hans Richter Medal". In December 1993, he was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honour and the Belgian title of "Commandeur de l'Ordre de Leopold." In 1994, he received the "Ordem Militar De Santiago De Espada" from the President of Portugal, the country's highest civilian honour (the last musician to receive it was Stravinsky in 1954). He holds the French "Légion d'Honneur" and in 1995 received the "Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres." In 1996, he was given the honour "Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy" and the Académie du Disque Lyrique in Paris established the "Solti Prize", to be awarded annually to an outstanding young singer. The first recipient of this prestigious award was American soprano Renée Fleming.
Decca has recently completely remastered sets of two of Sir Georg’s classic recordings; in 1997 his legendary Ring cycle was re-released and then in autumn 1998, the Strauss opera sets followed.
In October 1998, a little over a year after his death, Sir Georg Solti’s life and music were celebrated in a special concert recorded for TV and audio at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Mstislav Rostropovich, Angela Gheorghiu, Anne Sofie von Otter, Maxim Vengerov and Zubin Mehta joined the London Philharmonic Orchestra for the occasion, which also raised money for the newly formed Solti Foundation, a fund conceived of by Sir Georg just before he died with the aim of promoting musical education and helping young talent throughout the world. A plaque now adorns the Budapest house where Solti grew up. The conductor's ashes were interred in Budapest next to Bartok's grave.
ULTIME NEWS
26.10.2012
Solti 100
Cento anni fa nasceva Sir Georg Solti. L’evento, ricordato in forma solenne in altri Paesi (particolarmente USA, Gran Bretagna e Ungheria) è passato praticamente inosservato in Italia. Anche il concerto straordinario di Chicago, diretto da Valery Gergiev sul podio della World Orchestra for Peace, fondata dal Maestro poco prima della morte, è stato trasmesso in diretta in varie nazioni, sarà visibile in chiaro domenica 28 sul canale satellitare Arte, ma è stato ignorato in Italia, con buona pace degli appassionati e degli ammiratori del Maestro. Rimangono a ricordare l’evento una serie notevole di cofanetti che Decca, la casa discografica per la quale il Maestro incise per oltre 50 anni (un autentico record), ha annunciato, fra cui una strepitosa rimasterizzazione del “Ring” wagneriano arricchita, oltre che dell’incisione in CD, di un DVD, della versione DVD audio e di ampio materiale illustrativo.
19.10.2012
