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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Capriccio Italien (with Beethoven-Wellington's Victory) Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Dorati [ Mercury Originals / CD - released 14/Jun/2007 ] "This most famous of all Mercury records was one of the most successful classical LPs of all time, selling some two million copies in the analogue era. Remastered for CD, it sounds even more spectacular than it ever did in its vinyl format, vividly... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D major Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Originals / CD - released 25/Mar/2007 ] 'The Chicago players give Solti everything he asks for in sonority, power, and rhythmic attack...as an interpreter of this symphony Solti has lost little of his old flair and insight.' Gramophone October 1984 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Orchestra! - Introducing the Modern Symphony Orchestra Dudley Moore (presenter) / Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti [ DECCA / 2 DVD/CD - released 8/Oct/2007 ] G - Hosted by Sir Georg Solti and Hollywood star Dudley Moore, Orchestra! is the landmark UK Channel 4 TV series from 1991, introducing the modern symphony orchestra. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Heather Harper (sop) Helen Watts (cont) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Originals / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] "... the new Decca stereo recording has special points of excellence all its own. The most striking thing in the whole performance, for me, is the first movement, in which Solti penetrates to the inner significance of the unusual structure with an... |
WAGNER
Die Fliegende Hollander (Flying Dutchman) (Complete Opera) Janis Martin, Norman Bailey, Rena Kollo / Chicago Symphony / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 11/Aug/2002 ] Solti's monumental recording now remastered |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Requiem / Quattro pezzi sacri Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti, Martti Talvela / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Originals / 2 CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] "Horne is the formidable mezzo, although her singing isn't always lit with inner feeling. The beauty of the youthful Pavarotti's tone is admirable, but he is sometimes restrained by four-square support. Talvela is sonorous but lacks legato.... |
WAGNER
Die Mastersinger von Nurnberg (Complete Opera) Josa van Dam / Herbert Lippert / Karita Mattila / Chicago Symphony / Georg Solti [ Decca Records / 4 CD - released 11/Aug/2002 ] These legendary recordings were made over the entire course of Solti's career with Decca (almost 50 years!) and boast some of the finest Wagnerian performances ever committed to disc. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Overtures & Preludes / Siegfried Idyll Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Originals / CD - released 20/Jul/2007 ] Solti and Wagner - the ultimate combination! Stunning new remasters of Solti's exciting readings of these overtures as well as what is generally considered the most beautiful recording of Siegfried Idyll. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Concerto for 2 & 3 Pianos / Piano Concerto in D minor, KV 466 Daniel Barenboim, Andras Schiff, Sir Georg Solti (pianos) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Feb/2006 ] 'The finale, a kind of rondo-minuet, is delightful, with energetic keyboard work that nevertheless dances' [Concerto for 3 Pianos] Gramophone |
