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- Producer's Note
- Full Track Listing
- Cover Art
This recording, originally released in conjunction with Haydn's Symphony No. 100 by Decca in 1954, appears to have suffered the same fate as many superb recordings of the early 1950's: it disappeared not long after the introduction of stereo, and has not been seen since - until now.
Many people, on hearing this recording, would see this as a real loss. Indeed, surely only those who would insist on period instruments for Haydn would find fault with this wonderful recording by the still relatively unknown Solti, who was at the time the principlal conductor of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.
So here's a chance to savour one of the greatest conductors of the postwar years in a relatively rare recording, given the full Peter Harrison restoration treatment and sounding quite superb!
SOLTI Haydn: Symphony No. 102 (1951)
HAYDN Symphony No. 102 in B flat major
1. Georg Solti] 1. Largo — Allegro vivace (8:22)
2. Georg Solti] 2. Adagio (7:18)
3. Georg Solti] 3. Minuet (Allegro) and Trio (5:41)
4. Georg Solti] 4. Finale (Presto) (4:13)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Georg Solti
Recorded 20 & 26 November, 1951
Kingsway Hall, London
Issued on Decca LXT 2984
Duration 25:34
