George Solti: The Legacy - 1937-1997 | Decca 4784884

George Solti: The Legacy - 1937-1997

Label: Decca

Cat No: 4784884

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Release Date: 15th October 2012

Contents

Works

Berg, Alban

Lulu
» Wie kannst Du die Szene gegen mich aus spielen?

Berlioz, Hector

La Damnation de Faust, op.24 H111
» Merci, doux crepuscule!

Britten, Benjamin

A Midsummer Night's Dream, op.64
» Helena! Hermia! Demetrius! Lysander!
Billy Budd, op.50
» O beauty, O handsomeness

Giordano, Umberto

Andrea Chenier
» Vicino a te

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Concerto for 2 pianos in E flat major, K365
Cosi fan tutte, K588
» Come scoglio
» Soave sia il vento
Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K620
» Ein Madchen oder Weibchen
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492
» Giunse al fin il momento
» Porgi amor

Schubert, Franz

An die Musik, D547
Schwanengesang, D957
» Abschied

Strauss, Richard

Der Rosenkavalier, op.59
» Marie Theres! ...Es ist ein Traum
Elektra, op.58
» Allein! Weh, ganz allein

Verdi, Giuseppe

La forza del destino
» Pace, pace, mio Dio
Otello
» Gia nella notte densa (love duet) (Act 1)
» Ora e per sempre addio ...si pel ciel

Wagner, Richard

Gotterdammerung
» Grane, mein Ross, sei mir gegrusst (Act 3)
Tristan und Isolde
» Mild und leise 'Isoldes Liebestod'

Artists

Georg Solti
Georg 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 Solti
Arturo Toscanini

Works

Berg, Alban

Lulu
» Wie kannst Du die Szene gegen mich aus spielen?

Berlioz, Hector

La Damnation de Faust, op.24 H111
» Merci, doux crepuscule!

Britten, Benjamin

A Midsummer Night's Dream, op.64
» Helena! Hermia! Demetrius! Lysander!
Billy Budd, op.50
» O beauty, O handsomeness

Giordano, Umberto

Andrea Chenier
» Vicino a te

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Concerto for 2 pianos in E flat major, K365
Cosi fan tutte, K588
» Come scoglio
» Soave sia il vento
Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K620
» Ein Madchen oder Weibchen
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492
» Giunse al fin il momento
» Porgi amor

Schubert, Franz

An die Musik, D547
Schwanengesang, D957
» Abschied

Strauss, Richard

Der Rosenkavalier, op.59
» Marie Theres! ...Es ist ein Traum
Elektra, op.58
» Allein! Weh, ganz allein

Verdi, Giuseppe

La forza del destino
» Pace, pace, mio Dio
Otello
» Gia nella notte densa (love duet) (Act 1)
» Ora e per sempre addio ...si pel ciel

Wagner, Richard

Gotterdammerung
» Grane, mein Ross, sei mir gegrusst (Act 3)
Tristan und Isolde
» Mild und leise 'Isoldes Liebestod'

Artists

Georg Solti
Georg 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 Solti
Arturo Toscanini

About

This 2-CD set contains 150 minutes of many previously unpublished live recordings and unpublished studio items spanning Sir Georg Solti's entire professional career, as well as his 50-year exclusive association with Decca.

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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