Notes and Editorial Reviews
This 2-CD set contains over 150 minutes of many previously unpublished live recordings and studio items spanning Sir Georg Solti's entire professional career as well as his 50-year exclusive association with Decca.
The accompanying booklet presents a selection of photographs accompanying sung texts in the original language and English . Also in the booklet is an article by broadcaster, writer and former member of the orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Jon Tolansky, who played in the orchestra during part of Sir Georg Solti's tenure as Music Director.
This 2-CD set contains over 150 minutes of many previously unpublished live recordings and studio items spanning Sir Georg Solti's entire professional career as well as his 50-year exclusive association with Decca.
The accompanying booklet presents a selection of photographs accompanying sung texts in the original language and English . Also in the booklet is an article by broadcaster, writer and former member of the orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Jon Tolansky, who played in the orchestra during part of Sir Georg Solti's tenure as Music Director.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Margaret Price (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Period: Classical
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria
2.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Hai già vinta la causa!...Vedrò, metr'io sospiro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Tito Gobbi (Baritone),
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria
3.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Giunse alfin il momento...Deh vieni, non tardar by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Tito Gobbi (Baritone),
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria
4.
Die Zauberflöte, K 620: Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender (Baritone),
Sir Georg Solti (Glockenspiel)
Conductor:
Arturo Toscanini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria
5.
Così fan tutte, K 588: Soave sia il vento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Pilar Lorengar (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1790; Vienna, Austria
6.
Così fan tutte, K 588: Come scoglio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Period: Classical
Written: 1790; Vienna, Austria
7.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Excerpt(s) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Samuel Ramey (Bass),
Yvonne Kenny (Soprano),
Kurt Moll (Bass),
Robert Tear (Tenor)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria
8.
Billy Budd, Op. 50: O beauty, handsomeness, goodness by Benjamin Britten
Performer:
Forbes Robinson (Bass)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
9.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: Helena! Hermia! Demetrius! Lysander! by Benjamin Britten
Performer:
Delme Bryn-Jones (Baritone),
Kenneth Mcdonald (Voice),
Elizabeth Robson (Soprano),
Anne Howells (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
10.
Andrea Chénier: Vicino a te by Umberto Giordano
Performer:
Richard Tucker (Tenor),
Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
11.
Concerto for 2 Pianos in E flat major, K 365 (316a) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Sir Georg Solti (Piano),
Murray Perahia (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1779; Salzburg, Austria
12.
Otello: Già nella notte densa by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano),
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Italy
13.
Tristan und Isolde: Mild und leise "Liebestod" by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Birgit Nilsson (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; Germany
14.
Götterdämmerung: Grane, mein Ross, sei mir gegrüsst! by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Hildegard Behrens (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bavarian Festival Orchestra
15.
La forza del destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862/1869; Italy
16.
Otello: Ora e per sempre addio by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Tito Gobbi (Baritone),
James McCracken (Tenor)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Italy
17.
Elektra, Op. 58: Allein! Weh', ganz allein! by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Christel Goltz (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bavarian State Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906-1908; Germany
18.
Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Marie Theres'...Hab' mir's gelobt by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Hanny Steffek (Soprano),
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano),
Ronald Lewis (Baritone),
Sena Jurinac (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909-1910; Germany
19.
Lulu: Wie kannst du die Szene gegen...Sehr geehrtes Fräulein by Alban Berg
Performer:
Helga Pilarczyk (Soprano),
Ernst Gutstein (Baritone)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Frankfurt Opera House and Museum Orchestra
20.
La damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Merci, doux crépuscule! by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845-1846; France
21.
An die Musik, D 547 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Hans Hotter (Baritone),
Jeffrey Tate (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1817; Vienna, Austria
22.
Schwanengesang, D 957: no 7, Abschied by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Max Lichtegg (Tenor),
Sir Georg Solti (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1828; Vienna, Austria
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