Georg Solti
Georg Solti (1912-1997) was a Hungarian-born British conductor and pianist, one of the dominant conductors of the later twentieth century. He became especially associated with opera, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and a vast recorded legacy.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears as pianist with Georg Kulenkampff in Brahms, and as conductor in Strauss and other repertory.
Solti’s conducting was energetic, precise and theatrically ...
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 1
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 2
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 3
Studio recordings, 1947-48
Total duration: 66:33
Georg Kulenkampff violin
Georg Solti piano
R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier
Live broadcast performance, 1959
Total duration: 3hr 16:56
Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Kurt Böhme
Octavian - Sena Jurinac
Herr von Faninal - Ronald Lewis
Sophie, his daughter - Hanny Steffek
Covent Garden Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Georg Solti
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
Recorded 1950
Total duration: 30:35
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
conducted by Georg Solti
HAYDN Symphony No. 100, "Military"
Recorded in 1954
Duration 20:15
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Georg Solti
HAYDN Symphony No. 102
Recorded in 1951
Duration 25:34
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Georg Solti
R. STRAUSS Salome
R. STRAUSS Elektra (excerpts)*
Studio recordings, 1961 (stereo) & *1952 (Ambient Stereo)
Total duration: 2hr 25:30
Birgit Nilsson – Salome
Gerhard Stolze – Herod
Grace Hoffman – Herodias
Eberhard Wächter – Jokanaan
*Christel Goltz - Elektra
*Elisabeth Höngen - Klytemnestra
*Ferdinand Frantz - Orest
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
*Bayerisches Staatsorchester
conducted by Georg Solti