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Solti by Allan Warren, 1975. Sir Georg Solti KBE (/ dʒ ɔːr dʒ ˈ ʃ ɒ l t i / JORJ SHOL-tee, [1] Hungarian:; born György Stern; 21 October 1912 – 5 September 1997) [2] was a Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor, known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt, and London, and as a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Solti's first recordings were as a piano accompanist, playing at sessions in Zürich for the violinist Georg Kulenkampff in 1947. [1] Decca's senior producer, Victor Olof, did not much admire Solti as a conductor [2] (nor did Walter Legge, Olof's opposite number at EMI's Columbia Records), [3] but Olof's younger colleague at Decca John Culshaw held Solti in high regard.
Solti received seven awards in addition to his twenty-four awards with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. In addition, Sir Georg Solti and producer John Culshaw received the first NARAS Trustees’ Award in 1967 for their "efforts, ingenuity, and artistic contributions" in connection with the first complete recording of Richard Wagner ...
Solti clocked up 31 Grammy wins before his death in 1997
To commemorate 25 years since the death of Sir Georg Solti, a remastered version of his Ring Cycle is set for release in four instalments. The Hungarian-British composer, who died on September 5 ...
The Decca Ring 1997 CD release Studio album by Georg Solti Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Birgit Nilsson Hans Hotter Wolfgang Windgassen Gottlob Frick and 35 other soloists Released 1959–1966 Recorded 1958–1965 Studio Sofiensaal, Vienna Label Decca Producer John Culshaw Between 1958 and 1965 the Decca record company made the first complete recording to be released of Richard Wagner's ...
Le nozze di Figaro is a 168-minute studio recording of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera of the same name, performed by a cast of singers headed by Sir Thomas Allen, Jane Berbié, Yvonne Kenny, Philip Langridge, Kurt Moll, Lucia Popp, Samuel Ramey, Frederica von Stade, Robert Tear and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Sir Georg Solti.
The orchestra has made numerous critically acclaimed recordings, of which several have been ranked as the greatest classical recordings of all time, such as Beethoven's Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 with Carlos Kleiber and Wagner's complete Ring des Nibelungen with Sir Georg Solti. [1] [2] The orchestra has primarily made recordings with the Deutsche ...