George Solti: The Legacy - 1937-1997
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Label: Decca
Cat No: 4784884
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Release Date: 15th October 2012
Contents
Works
LuluCosi fan tutte, K588
Schwanengesang, D957
Artists
Georg SoltiGeorg Solti
Max Lichtegg
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender
Christel Goltz
Ernst Gutstein
Helga Pilarczyk
James McCracken
Sena Jurinac
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Hanny Steffek
Ronald Lewis
Tito Gobbi
Mirella Freni
Pilar Lorengar
Josephine Veasey
Keith Engen
Nicolai Gedda
Delme Bryn-Jones
Kenneth McDonald
Elizabeth Robson
Anne Howells
Renata Tebaldi
Richard Tucker
Murray Perahia
Placido Domingo
Kiri Te Kanawa
Margaret Price
Forbes Robinson
Birgit Nilsson
Hildegard Behrens
Renee Fleming
Hans Hotter
Jeffrey Tate
Angela Gheorghiu
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Frankfurt Opera
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Orchestra of the Lyric Opera, Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductors
Georg SoltiArturo Toscanini
Works
LuluCosi fan tutte, K588
Schwanengesang, D957
Artists
Georg SoltiGeorg Solti
Max Lichtegg
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender
Christel Goltz
Ernst Gutstein
Helga Pilarczyk
James McCracken
Sena Jurinac
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Hanny Steffek
Ronald Lewis
Tito Gobbi
Mirella Freni
Pilar Lorengar
Josephine Veasey
Keith Engen
Nicolai Gedda
Delme Bryn-Jones
Kenneth McDonald
Elizabeth Robson
Anne Howells
Renata Tebaldi
Richard Tucker
Murray Perahia
Placido Domingo
Kiri Te Kanawa
Margaret Price
Forbes Robinson
Birgit Nilsson
Hildegard Behrens
Renee Fleming
Hans Hotter
Jeffrey Tate
Angela Gheorghiu
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Frankfurt Opera
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Orchestra of the Lyric Opera, Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductors
Georg SoltiArturo Toscanini
About
The accompanying booklet contains an essay 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); sung texts in the original language and English are included, as well as a selection of photographs.
Contents:
CD 1 [80:00 approx]
[1] Schubert: Abschied
Recorded: 25 June 1947 [studio]
Max Lichtegg / Sir Georg Solti
[2] Mozart: Die Zauberflöte: Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen
Recorded: Salzburg Festival 1937
Willi Domgraf-Faßbaender / WP / Toscanini
Sir Georg Solti keyboard glockenspiel
[3] Richard Strauss: Elektra: Allein! Weh, ganz allein
Recorded: August 1952 [studio]
Christel Goltz / Bayerisches Staatsorchester
[4] Berg: Lulu: Wie kannst Du die Szene gegen mich aus spielen? [Sonaten-Durchführung]
Recorded: 1961
Ernst Gutstein / Helga Pilarczyk / Frankfurt Opera
[5] Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier: Marie Theres! … Es ist ein Traum
Recorded: December 1959
Sena Jurinac / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Hanny Steffek / Ronald Lewis / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
[6] Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Hai gia vinta la causa
Recorded: 1963
Tito Gobbi / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
[7] Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Giunse alfin il momento
Recorded: 1963
Mirella Freni / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
[8] Verdi: Otello: Ora e per sempre addio… si pel ciel
Recorded: 1964
James McCracken / Tito Gobbi / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
[9] Mozart: Così fan tutte: Soave sia il vento
Recorded: July 1968
Pilar Lorengar / Josephine Veasey / Keith Engen / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
[10] Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust: Merci, doux crepuscule!
Recorded: August 1963
Nicolai Gedda / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
[11] Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Helena! Hermia! Demetrius! Lysander!
Recorded: March 1968 [studio]
Delme Bryn-Jones / Kenneth McDonald / Elizabeth Robson / Anne Howells
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
[12] Giordano: Andrea Chénier: Vicino a te
Recorded 10 November 1956
Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker / Orchestra of the Lyric Opera, Chicago
CD 2 [77:00 approx]
[1]-[3] Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos, K365
Recorded: 9 October 1987
Murray Perahia, Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra
[4] Verdi: Otello: Gia nella notte densa
Recorded: 9 October 1987
Plácido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa / Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: 3 short rehearsal sequences from the Decca recording
[5] Act 2 - Porgi amor - rehearsal of orchestral introduction
[6] Act 4 - recitative rehearsal sequence: Ebbene, il padron l'odia...a un fischio mio correte tutti quanti
[7] Act 1 - La vendetta - rehearsal of introduction 1:44
Recorded: May 1981
[8] Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Porgi amor
Recorded: 1991
Margaret Price / Chamber Orchestra of Europe
[9] Britten: Billy Budd: O beauty, o handsomeness
Recorded: March 1968 [studio]
Forbes Robinson / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
[10] Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Mild und leise
Recorded: 3 July 1971
Birgit Nilsson / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
[11] Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Grane mein Roß… selig grüßt dich dein Weib!
Recorded: July 1983
Hildegard Behrens / Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
[12] Mozart: Così fan tutte: Come Scoglio
Recorded: May 1994
Renée Fleming / Chamber Orchestra of Europe
[13] Schubert: An die Musik
Recorded: October 1992
Hans Hotter / Jeffrey Tate
[14] Verdi: La forza del destino: Pace, pace
Recorded: January 1997 [studio] - previously unpublished
Angela Gheorghiu / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti
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