Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
Number of Discs: 7
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Decca
Catalogue: 4783706
Release: 2012
Size: 2.31 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz.116
01. 1. Introduzione (Andante non troppo – Allegro vivace
02. 2. Giuoco delle coppie (Allegretto scherzando)
03. 3. Elegia (Andante, non troppo)
04. 4. Intermezzo interrotto (Allegretto)
05. 5. Finale (Pesante – Presto)
Bartók: Dance Suite, BB 86, Sz. 77
06. 1. Moderato
07. 2. Allegro molto
08. 3. Allegro vivace
09. 4. Molto tranquillo
10. 5. Comodo
11. 6. Finale (Allegro)
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, BB 114, Sz. 106
12. I. Andante tranquillo
13. II. Allegro
14. III. Adagio
15. IV. Allegro molto
CD 02
01. Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin Op. 19, Sz. 73
Bartók: Divertimento for Strings, Sz. 113
02. I. Allegro non troppo
03. II. Molto adagio
04. III. Allegro assai
Bartók: Hungarian Sketches, BB 103, Sz. 97
05. 1. An Evening in the Village
06. 2. Bear Melody
07. 3. Melody
08. 4. Slightly Tipsy
09. 5. Swineherd’s Dance
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, BB 68
10. 1. Stick Dance (from Mezöszabad)
11. 2. Sash Dance (from Egres)
12. 3. In One Spot (from Egres)
13 .4. Horn Dance (from Bisztra)
14. 5. Roumanian Polka (from Belényes)
15. 6. Fast Dance (from Belényes)
16. 7. Fast Dance (from Nyágra)
Bartók: Cantata Profana ‘The Nine Enchanted Stags’, BB 100, Sz. 94
17. 1. Molto moderato
18. 2. Andante
19. 3. Moderato
CD 03
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1, BB 91, Sz. 83
01. 1. Allegro moderato – Allegro
02. 2. Andante
03. 3. Allegro molto
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2, BB 101, Sz. 95
04. 1. Allegro
05. 2. Adagio – Più adagio – Presto
06. 3. Allegro molto
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127, Sz. 119
07. 1. Allegretto
08. 2. Adagio religioso
09. 3. Allegro vivace
CD 04
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1, BB48a, Sz 36
01. 1. Andante sostenuto
02. 2. Allegro giocoso
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz 112
03. 1. Allegro non troppo
04. 2. Andante tranquillo
05. 3. Allegro molto
CD 05
Bartók: Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, Sz. 48, Op. 11
01. Opening Scene. “Megérkeztünk”
02. Door 1. “Jaj!” “Mit látsz? Mit látsz?” “Láncok, kések”
03. Door 2. “Mit látsz?” “Százkegyetlen szörnyü fegyver”
04. Door 3. “Oh, be sok kincs! Oh, be sok kincs!”
05. Door 4. “Oh! virágok! Oh! ilatoskert!”
06. Door 5. “Ah!” “Lásdez az én birodalmam”
07. Door 6. “Csendes fehér tavat látok”
08. Door 7. “Lásd a régi aszszonyokat”
CD 06
Kodály: Dances of Galanta
01. 1. Lento – maestoso
02. 2. Allegretto moderato
03. 3. Allegro con moto, grazioso
04. 4. Allegro
05. 5. Allegro vivace
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folksong ‘The Peacock’
06. 1. Moderato (Theme)
07. 2. Con brio (Variations I-VI)
08. 3. Vivo (Variations VII-X)
09. 4. Andante espressivo (Variations XI-XII)
10. 5. Tempo di marcia funebre (Variations XIII-XVI)
11. 6. Finale: Vivace
Kodály: Háry János Suite
12. Prelude; The Fairy Tale Begins
13. Viennese Musical Clock
14. Song
15. The Battle And Defeat Of Napoleon
16. Intermezzo
17. Entrance Of The Emperor And His Court
Weiner: Serenade in F minor, Op. 3
18. 1. Allegretto, quasi andantino
19. 2. Lebhaft, sehr rhythmisch
20. 3. Andantino
21. 4. Allegro molto
CD 07
Bartók: Dance Suite, BB 86, Sz. 77
01. 1. Moderato
02. 2. Allegro molto
03. 3. Allegro vivace
04. 4. Molto tranquillo
05. 5. Comodo
06. 6. Finale (Allegro)
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, BB 114, Sz. 106
07. 1. Andante tranquillo
08. 2. Allegro
09 .3. Adagio
10. 4. Allegro molto
Kodály: Psalmus Hungaricus, Op. 13 – English Translation
11. 1. When As King David Sore Was Afflicted
12. 2. I Could Have Borne So Sore An Affliction
13. 3. So In Jehovah Will I Put My Trust
14. Weiner: Prinz Csongor und die Kobolde (Introduction & Scherzo), Op. 10
21 October 2012 marks Sir Georg Solti’s centenary and Decca is celebrating this with several important reissues.
Sir Georg was an exclusive Decca artist for 50 years. In 1947 he signed his first contract with Decca, as a pianist, and that same year he made his first record as a conductor (with the Zurich Tonhalle in Beethoven’s Egmont Overture). His last public concerts took place just a few weeks before his death in 1997 and were with the Zurich Tonhalle.
Solti was a musician with extraordinarily wide musical interests and sympathies and he was without doubt one of the most important opera conductors of the second half of the twentieth century. His legacy of recordings is dominated by opera and his recording of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen – the first ever complete studio recording – has been described as “the greatest recording of all time” [BBC Music Magazine, January 2012]