Sir Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Complete Recordings
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Label: Decca
Cat No: 4831375
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 108
Release Date: 15th September 2017
Contents
Works
Mass in B minor, BWV232Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major, BWV1068
St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz116 BB123
Dance Suite, Sz77 BB86
Divertimento for Strings, Sz113
Hungarian Sketches (5), Sz97 BB103
Music for strings, percussion and celesta, Sz106 BB114
Romanian Folk Dances (6) for orchestra, Sz68 BB76
The Miraculous Mandarin (suite), op.19 Sz73
Violin Concerto no.1, Sz 36 BB48a
Coriolan Overture, op.62
Egmont Overture, op.84
Fidelio, op.72
Leonore Overture no.3 in C major, op.72b
Missa solemnis in D major, op.123
Piano Concertos nos 1-5 (complete)
Symphonies 1-9 (complete)
Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel'
La Damnation de Faust, op.24 H111
Les Francs-juges, op.3
Academic Festival Overture, op.80
Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), op.45
Symphonies 1-4 (complete)
Tragic Overture, op.81
Variations on a theme by Haydn, op.56a 'St Anthony Variations'
Symphonies 0-9 (complete)
La Mer
Nocturnes (3)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune
Variations on a Nursery Theme, op.25
Bear Down, Chicago Bears
Symphony no.9 in E minor, op.95 B178 'From the New World'
Cockaigne Overture 'In London Town', op.40
Enigma Variations, op.36
Messiah, HWV56
The Creation (Die Schopfung), Hob.XXI:2
The Seasons (Die Jahreszeiten), Hob.XXI:3
Hary Janos Suite
A Faust Symphony, S108
Hungarian Rhapsodies (6) for orchestra, S359
Das Lied von der Erde
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Symphonies 1-9 (complete)
Symphony no.3 in A minor, op.56 'Scottish'
Symphony no.4 in A major, op.90 'Italian'
Symphony no.38 in D major, K504 'Prague'
Symphony no.39 in E flat major, K543
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Songs and Dances of Death
Romeo and Juliet, op.64 (excerpts)
Symphony no.1 in D major, op.25 'Classical'
Bolero
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
Variations for Orchestra, op.31
Symphony no.8 in C minor, op.65
Symphony no.10 in E minor, op.93
Symphony no.13 in B flat minor, op.113 'Babi-Yar'
Symphony no.15 in A major, op.141
The Star-Spangled Banner
The Stars and Stripes Forever
Also sprach Zarathustra, op.30
Don Juan, op.20
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op.28
Jeu de cartes (The Card Game)
Petrushka
Symphony in C major
Symphony in three movements
Symphony of Psalms
The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps)
1812 Overture, op.49
Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23
Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture in F major, op.64
Swan Lake: Suite, op.20a
Symphony no.4 in F minor, op.36
Symphony no.5 in E minor, op.64
Symphony no.6 in B minor, op.74 'Pathetique'
The Nutcracker: Suite, op.71a
Byzantium
Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince Charles
Symphony no.4
Final Alice
Aida
Pezzi sacri (4)
Requiem (Messa da Requiem)
Rigoletto
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Tannhauser
Artists
Theo AdamSergei Aleksashkin
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Arleen Auger
Norman Bailey
Janet Baker
Olaf Bar
Hildegard Behrens
Hans Peter Blochwitz
Barbara Bonney
Isobel Buchanan
Stuart Burrows
Kyung Wha Chung
Jose van Dam
Helga Dernesch
Anne Gjevang
Sylvia Greenberg
Heather Harper
Aage Haugland
Uwe Heilmann
Barbara Hendricks
Ben Heppner
Peter Hofmann
Antony Hopkins
Gwynne Howell
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Kiri Te Kanawa
Rene Kollo
Malcolm King
Tom Krause
Werner Krenn
Philip Langridge
Keith Lews
Herbert Lippert
Pilar Lorengar
Felicity Lott
Veriano Luchetti
Janis Martin
Karita Mattila
Franz Mazura
Yvonne Minton
James Morris
Siegmund Nimsgern
Leo Nucci
Alan Opie
Anne Sofie von Otter
Rene Pape
Luciano Pavarotti
Lucia Popp
Leontyne Price
Kenneth Riegel
Faye Robinson
Anton Scharinger
Andras Schiff
William Shimell
John Shirley-Quirk
Hans Sotin
Frederica von Stade
Martti Talvela
Mallory Walker
Helen Watts
Bernd Weikl
Rudiger Wohlers
Mira Zakai
Ruth Ziesak
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Women’s Chorus
Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus
Wiener Sangerknaben
Wiener Singverein
Wiener Staatsopernchor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Sir Georg SoltiWorks
Mass in B minor, BWV232Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major, BWV1068
St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz116 BB123
Dance Suite, Sz77 BB86
Divertimento for Strings, Sz113
Hungarian Sketches (5), Sz97 BB103
Music for strings, percussion and celesta, Sz106 BB114
Romanian Folk Dances (6) for orchestra, Sz68 BB76
The Miraculous Mandarin (suite), op.19 Sz73
Violin Concerto no.1, Sz 36 BB48a
Coriolan Overture, op.62
Egmont Overture, op.84
Fidelio, op.72
Leonore Overture no.3 in C major, op.72b
Missa solemnis in D major, op.123
Piano Concertos nos 1-5 (complete)
Symphonies 1-9 (complete)
Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel'
La Damnation de Faust, op.24 H111
Les Francs-juges, op.3
Academic Festival Overture, op.80
Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), op.45
Symphonies 1-4 (complete)
Tragic Overture, op.81
Variations on a theme by Haydn, op.56a 'St Anthony Variations'
Symphonies 0-9 (complete)
La Mer
Nocturnes (3)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune
Variations on a Nursery Theme, op.25
Bear Down, Chicago Bears
Symphony no.9 in E minor, op.95 B178 'From the New World'
Cockaigne Overture 'In London Town', op.40
Enigma Variations, op.36
Messiah, HWV56
The Creation (Die Schopfung), Hob.XXI:2
The Seasons (Die Jahreszeiten), Hob.XXI:3
Hary Janos Suite
A Faust Symphony, S108
Hungarian Rhapsodies (6) for orchestra, S359
Das Lied von der Erde
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Symphonies 1-9 (complete)
Symphony no.3 in A minor, op.56 'Scottish'
Symphony no.4 in A major, op.90 'Italian'
Symphony no.38 in D major, K504 'Prague'
Symphony no.39 in E flat major, K543
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Songs and Dances of Death
Romeo and Juliet, op.64 (excerpts)
Symphony no.1 in D major, op.25 'Classical'
Bolero
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
Variations for Orchestra, op.31
Symphony no.8 in C minor, op.65
Symphony no.10 in E minor, op.93
Symphony no.13 in B flat minor, op.113 'Babi-Yar'
Symphony no.15 in A major, op.141
The Star-Spangled Banner
The Stars and Stripes Forever
Also sprach Zarathustra, op.30
Don Juan, op.20
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op.28
Jeu de cartes (The Card Game)
Petrushka
Symphony in C major
Symphony in three movements
Symphony of Psalms
The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps)
1812 Overture, op.49
Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23
Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture in F major, op.64
Swan Lake: Suite, op.20a
Symphony no.4 in F minor, op.36
Symphony no.5 in E minor, op.64
Symphony no.6 in B minor, op.74 'Pathetique'
The Nutcracker: Suite, op.71a
Byzantium
Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince Charles
Symphony no.4
Final Alice
Aida
Pezzi sacri (4)
Requiem (Messa da Requiem)
Rigoletto
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Tannhauser
Artists
Theo AdamSergei Aleksashkin
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Arleen Auger
Norman Bailey
Janet Baker
Olaf Bar
Hildegard Behrens
Hans Peter Blochwitz
Barbara Bonney
Isobel Buchanan
Stuart Burrows
Kyung Wha Chung
Jose van Dam
Helga Dernesch
Anne Gjevang
Sylvia Greenberg
Heather Harper
Aage Haugland
Uwe Heilmann
Barbara Hendricks
Ben Heppner
Peter Hofmann
Antony Hopkins
Gwynne Howell
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Kiri Te Kanawa
Rene Kollo
Malcolm King
Tom Krause
Werner Krenn
Philip Langridge
Keith Lews
Herbert Lippert
Pilar Lorengar
Felicity Lott
Veriano Luchetti
Janis Martin
Karita Mattila
Franz Mazura
Yvonne Minton
James Morris
Siegmund Nimsgern
Leo Nucci
Alan Opie
Anne Sofie von Otter
Rene Pape
Luciano Pavarotti
Lucia Popp
Leontyne Price
Kenneth Riegel
Faye Robinson
Anton Scharinger
Andras Schiff
William Shimell
John Shirley-Quirk
Hans Sotin
Frederica von Stade
Martti Talvela
Mallory Walker
Helen Watts
Bernd Weikl
Rudiger Wohlers
Mira Zakai
Ruth Ziesak
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Women’s Chorus
Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus
Wiener Sangerknaben
Wiener Singverein
Wiener Staatsopernchor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Sir Georg SoltiAbout
“[Chicago was] the happiest time of my professional life.” SIR GEORG SOLTI
• 108 CDs chronologically presenting Solti’s and the CSO’s complete recorded legacy together
• Luxury 180-page hardback book in English and German, with dipped edges
• An original-jacket collection, with silver-foiled design and newly commissioned artwork on outer packaging reflected on the book cover and inner trays
• Foreword by Lady Solti
• Retrospectives by Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Humphrey Burton (broadcaster and author), Frank Villella (CSO Archivist) and Martha Gilmer (VP of Artistic Planning for CSO during Solti’s tenure)
• Excerpt from “Chicago” from Solti’s Memoirs “Solti on Solti”
• Many previously unpublished photographs from the recording sessions, orchestra archives plus facsimiles of Solti’s original scores
• Includes every one of their 24 Grammy Award-winning recordings
• Works indexed by composers for ease of reference
SIR GEORG SOLTI & THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Sir Georg Solti was one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant conductors and a leading figure of musical culture in Europe and the US. He studied piano, composition and conducting with Bartók, Dohnányi, Kodály and Weiner, made his concert debut as a pianist, and in 1937, Toscanini selected him as his assistant at the Salzburg Festival. He made his first recordings for Decca in 1947 and continued as an exclusive Decca artist for over half a century leaving a vast legacy of over 250 great recordings – including 45 complete operas.
Solti’s remarkable partnership with the CSO began in 1954, when Solti first led the Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival. He returned to Chicago for guest engagements with the Lyric Opera in 1956, made his Chicago Orchestra Hall debut on December 9, 1965, and his first concerts as Music Director were in September 1969. Solti served as Music Director for 22 years (1969-1991) and Music Director Laureate for a further 7 years until his passing (1991-1997) and is credited with greatly extending and building the Orchestra's reputation worldwide – starting in 1971 with its first foreign tour.
Solti’s recordings garnered many international honours including 33 Grammy awards (24 which were made with the CSO) – more than ANY other recording artist to this day – including a Lifetime Achievement Award and a Trustees Award. Highlights include: Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, the complete Beethoven Symphony Cycle, Mahler’s Symphonies 2, 7, 8 & 9, the Bach Mass in B minor, and Berlioz’ La Damnation de Faust.
“[Solti and Chicago] was a musical marriage made in heaven. They very much appreciated his style of musicianship and his style of leadership. Equally, he found the precision of their sound very much to his liking.” JAMES MALLINSON, Producer on many of Solti’s recordings with the CSO
“If you listen to the slow movements of his recordings of the Bruckner symphonies you’ll find there a personality of huge humanity, warmth and generosity” MICHAEL HAAS, Producer on the landmark Bruckner cycle with the CSO
REPERTOIRE
Solti covered a repertoire of a breadth that few rivals can begin to match and none outshine, whether Handel's Messiah and Haydn's Creation, Berlioz's Damnation of Faust and Liszt's Faust Symphony, or masterpieces of the twentieth century like Schoenberg's Moses und Aron.
Solti often tackled works new to him, and with the CSO championed contemporary composers and premiered, among others, Martinů’s Concerto for Violin No. 1, Del Tredici’s Final Alice, Tippett’s Symphony No.4 and Byzantium, and Lutosławski’s Symphony No. 3. When he re-recorded repertoire, he was conscious that each interpretation represented his view at that particular period of his life, and always chose to radically rethink his interpretations.
Solti and the CSO built up a vast corpus of recorded repertory which stands as an extraordinary testament to their perfect musical marriage together. Solti's readings and the CSO’s performances will be consulted by conductors and music-lovers for generations to come.
TRACKLISTING:
CD1 Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor ∙ Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn*
CD2-3 Mahler: Symphony No. 6 ∙ Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen*
CD4 Mahler: Symphony No. 7
CD5 Mahler: Symphony No. 8 "Symphony Of A Thousand"
- Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Augér, Yvonne Minton, Helen Watts, René Kollo, John Shirley-Quirk, Martti Talvela, Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Staatsopernchor
CD6-8 Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5
- Vladimir Ashkenazy
CD9-11 Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-5 ∙ Overtures “Egmont,” “Coriolan”
CD12-13 Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 6-8 ∙ Overture Leonore No.3
CD14-15 Beethoven: Symphony No.9* ∙ Beethoven: Sir Georg Solti In Conversation With William Mann
- * Pilar Lorengar, Yvonne Minton, Stuart Burrows, Martti Talvela, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD16 Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique ∙ Overture Les Francs-Juges ∙ Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia — Overture ∙ J.S.Bach: Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068 ∙ Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever ∙ Stafford Smith: The Star-Spangled Banner ∙ Downs: Bear Down, Chicago Bears
CD17 Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
- Yvonne Minton, René Kollo
CD18 Elgar: Enigma Variations ∙ Overture "Cockaigne"
CD19 Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps
CD20 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn ∙ Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra
CD21 Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra ∙ Till Eulenspiegel ∙ Don Juan
CD22 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 ∙ Weber: Overture "Oberon"
CD23 Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ∙ La Mer ∙ Ravel: Bolero
CD24 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 in B Minor - "Pathétique"
CD25-26 Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
- Norman Bailey, Janis Martin, René Kollo, Martti Talvela, Werner Krenn, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD27 Beethoven: Mass in D, Op.123 - "Missa Solemnis"
- Lucia Popp, Yvonne Minton, Mallory Walker, Gwynne Howell, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD28 Wagner: Overtures & Preludes
CD29 Brahms: Symphonies No.3 ∙ Academic Festival Overture
CD30 Brahms: Symphony No. 4
CD31 Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op.45
- Kiri Te Kanawa, Bernd Weikl, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD32 Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces
- Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD33-34 Beethoven: Fidelio, Op.72
- Hildegard Behrens, Peter Hofmann, Hans Sotin, Theo Adam, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD35 Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C Minor, Op.68
CD36 Brahms: Symphony No.2 in D, Op.73 ∙ Tragic Overture
CD37 Bruckner: Symphony No.6 in A
CD38 Bruckner: Symphony No.5 in B Flat Major
CD39 Mahler: Symphony No.2 in C Minor - "Resurrection"
- Isobel Buchanan, Mira Zakai, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD40 Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition ∙ Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
CD41 Del Tredici: Final Alice
- Barbara Hendricks
CD42 Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra ∙ Dance Suite
CD43-44 Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
- Frederica von Stade, Kenneth Riegel, José van Dam, Malcolm King, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD45 Bruckner: Symphony No.4 - "Romantic"
CD46-47 Haydn: Die Schöpfung
- Rudiger Wohlers, James Morris, Sylvia Greenberg, Siegmund Nimsgern, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD48-49 Mahler: Symphony No.3
- Helga Dernesch, Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Women's Chorus
CD50 Mahler: Symphony No.9 in D Major
CD51 Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39
CD52 Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet (excerpts) ∙ Symphony No.1 - "Classical"
CD53 Berg: Violin Concerto ∙ Bartók: Violin Concerto No.1
- Kyung Wha Chung
CD54 Dvorák: Symphony No.9 - "From The New World"
CD55 Mahler: Symphony No.1
CD56 Mahler: Symphony No.4
CD57-58 Handel: Messiah
- Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Gjevang, Keith Lewis, Gwynne Howell, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD59-60 Schoenberg: Moses und Aron
- Franz Mazura, Philip Langridge, Aage Haugland, Barbara Bonney, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Members of the Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus
CD61 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4
CD62 Bruckner: Symphony No.9
CD63 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 ∙ Dohnányi: Variations On A Nursery Song
- András Schiff
CD64 Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 - "Scottish" & No.4 - "Italian"
CD65 Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.5 in C Minor, Op.67 & No.4 in B Flat, Op.60
CD66 Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D Minor, Op.125 - "Choral"
CD67 Bruckner: Symphony No.7 in E
CD68 Liszt: A Faust Symphony
CD69 Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Romeo & Juliet ∙ Nutcracker Suite
CD70-72 J. S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion
- Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Olaf Bär, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tom Krause, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD73 Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F, Op.68 - "Pastoral"; Overture Leonore No.3
CD74 Beethoven: Symphonies No.7 in A, Op.92 & No.8 in F, Op.93
CD75 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 in E Minor ∙ Swan Lake Suite
CD76 Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta; Divertimento; Miraculous Mandarin Suite
CD77 Beethoven: Symphony No.1 in C, Op.21 & No.2 in D, Op.36
CD78 Beethoven: Symphony No.3 - "Eroica"; Egmont Overture
CD79 Shostakovich: Symphony No.8
CD80 Verdi: Choruses
- Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD81-82 J. S. Bach: Mass in B minor
- Felicity Lott, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz, William Shimell, Gwynne Howell, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD83 Bruckner: Symphony No.8 (1890 version, ed. Nowak)
CD84 Mahler: Symphony No.5
CD85 Shostakovich: Symphony No.10
CD86 Bruckner: Symphony No.2 (1877 version, ed. Nowak)
CD87 Debussy: Nocturnes ∙ La Mer ∙ Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
CD88-89 Verdi: Otello
- Kiri Te Kanawa, Luciano Pavarotti, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Leo Nucci, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD90 Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique ∙ Liszt: Les Préludes
CD91 Bruckner: Symphony No.3 (1877 version, ed. Nowak)
CD92-93 Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten
- Ruth Ziesak, Uwe Heilmann, René Pape, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD94-95 Haydn: Die Schöpfung
- Ruth Ziesak, Herbert Lippert, Anton Scharinger, René Pape, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD96 Hungarian Connections
CD97 Stravinsky: Petrushka ∙ Jeu de cartes
CD98 Bruckner: Symphony No.0 in D Minor
CD99 Bruckner: Symphony No.1 in C Minor (Linz version, 1866)
CD100 Shostakovich: Symphony No.13 ‘Babi Yar’
- Sergei Aleksashkin, Antony Hopkins
CD101-104 Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
José van Dam, Alan Opie, René Pape, Ben Heppner, Karita Mattila, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD105 Mussorgsky: Songs & Dances of Death ∙ Shostakovich: Symphony No.15
- Sergei Aleksashkin
CD106 Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements ∙ Symphony in C ∙ Symphony of Psalms
CD107 Tippett: Symphony No.4 ∙ Byzantium* ∙ Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles
- * Faye Robinson
- Leontyne Price, Dame Janet Baker, Veriano Luchetti, José van Dam, Chicago Symphony Chorus
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