Decca proudly presents the third and final instalment in a recent series of reissues (following Solti - Chicago and Solti - London). Together, these three boxes cover Solti’s entire orchestral discography for Decca. This new limited edition, Solti in Europe, stands as a vital testimony to what Sir Georg fought for – music as a mission for world understanding and a symbol for international unification – and includes recordings from his very first on Decca as a pianist in 1947 to his last studio album made within three months of his death. Of the latter, Gramophone noted the irony that “these were his very first recordings made in his native Hungary with Hungarian musicians” … “In his final reconciliation with his native land…[he] found extra warmth in music he loved, while keeping the biting intensity which was always a hallmark of his conducting” wrote Edward Greenfield in his review.

TRACKLISTING:

CD1: BRAHMS Violin Sonatas Nos 1-3
Georg Kulenkampff (violin), Georg Solti (piano)

CD2: SCHUBERT In der Ferne; Abschied
Max Lichtegg (tenor), Georg Solti (piano)
MOZART Violin Sonata K.454
BEETHOVEN “Kreutzer” Sonata
Georg Kulenkampff (violin), Georg Solti (piano)
BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich

CD3: UN 50th Anniversary Concert – works by Rossini, Bartók & Beethoven
World Orchestra for Peace

CD4: MAHLER Symphony No.5
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich

CD5: “THE LAST RECORDING”
BARTÓK Cantata profana; WEINER Serenade; KODÁLY Psalmus hungaricus
Tamás Daróczy (tenor), Alexandru Agache (baritone); Budapest Festival Orchestra

CD6: BEETHOVEN Symphony No.3 “Eroica”
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD7: BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD8: BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD9: SUPPÉ Overtures
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD10: TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1
Clifford Curzon (piano); Wiener Philharmoniker

CD11: “The Vienna Philharmonic Plays Wagner”
Rienzi Overture, Der Fliegende Holländer Overture, Tannhäuser (Original Paris Version) Overture & Bacchanale
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD12: BRUCKNER Symphony No.7
Wiener Philharmoniker
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker, Walter Weller (leader)

CD13: BRUCKNER Symphony No.8
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD14: SCHUMANN Symphony No.1 “Spring”; Overture, Scherzo & Finale Op.52
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD15: SCHUMANN Symphony No.2; Julius Caesar Overture
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD16: SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish” & No.4
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD17: VERDI Requiem
Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti, Talvela
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD18: R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD19: SCHUBERT Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD20: SCHUBERT Symphony No.9 in C “Great”
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD21: WAGNER Orchestral Music from the Der Ring des Nibelungen
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD22: BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1; Variations on Schumann Op.23
András Schiff (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD23: R. STRAUSS Vier letzte Lieder
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Wiener Philharmoniker

R STRAUSS 13 Lieder
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Georg Solti (piano)

CD24: MOZART Mass in C minor
Norberg-Schulz, Von Otter, Heilman, Pape
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD25: MOZART Requiem (“Landon edition”)
Auger, Bartoli, Cole, Pape
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD26: BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.9
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD27: MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.4
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.5
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD28: KODÁLY Peacock Variations
BLACHER Paganini Variations
ELGAR Enigma Variations
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD29: MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain; Khovanshchina Prelude & Persian Dance
BORODIN Prince Igor Overture
GLINKA Russlan and Ludmila
Berliner Philharmoniker

CD30: MOZART Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
Georg Solti (piano); Members of the Melos Quartet

CD31: MOZART Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41 “Jupiter”
Chamber Orchestra of Europe

CD32: R. STRAUSS Eine Alpensinfonie
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

CD33: R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra; Till Eulenspiegel; Salomes Tanz
Berliner Philharmoniker

CD34: BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis
Varady, Vermillion, Cole, Pape
Berliner Philharmoniker

CD35: TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.2
Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris

CD36: TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.5
Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris

CD37: LISZT Orchestral Works – Tasso; Mephisto Waltz No.1; Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe Orchestre de Paris

CD38: MAHLER Symphony No.4
Sylvia Stahlmann soprano, Concertgebouw Orchestra

CD39: MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde
Marjana Lipovšek mezzo-soprano, Thomas Moser tenor
Concertgebouw Orchestra

CD40: SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.1
STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps
Concertgebouw Orchestra

CD41: ROSSINI-RESPIGHI La Boutique fantasque
DUKAS L’Apprenti sorcier
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

CD42: MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.4
SCHUBERT Symphony No.5
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

CD43: TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings
MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

CD44: “Orchestra!” – Excerpts of works by Handel, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Berlioz, Wagner, Brahms. Tchaikovsky, R Strauss, Ravel, Bartók, Stravinsky & Lutosławski
Dudley Moore (piano)
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra

CD45: Solti in Europe – A Memoir. Bonus audio documentary with interviews and musical excerpts narrated & produced by Jon Tolansky
with contributions from Angela Gheorghiu, Dr Michael Haas, Christoph Hartmann, Clemens Hellsberg, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Charles Kaye, Walter Kuessner, Werner Resel, Sir Georg Solti, Lady Valerie Solti & Olaf Spies

DVD1: MOZART Requiem (“Landon edition”)
Auger, Bartoli, Cole, Pape
Wiener Philharmoniker

DVD2: UN 50th Anniversary Concert
World Orchestra For Peace