Europe: The Orchestral Recordings

~ Release by Sir Georg Solti (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

A collection of 44 CDs and 2 DVDs. Includes an 80-page booklet with original art on the CD jackets.

Annotation last modified on 2025-09-21 09:44 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Brahms: Violin Sonatas 1-3
2▶CD: Schubert: “In der Ferne” - “Abschied” / Mozart: Violin Sonata no. 32 / Beethoven: Violin Sonata no. 9 “Kreutzer” / Egmont Overture
3▶CD: Rossini: Guillaume Tell: Overture / Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Beethoven: “Heil sei dem Tag” Fidelio Act II Finale
4▶CD: Mahler: Symphony no. 5
5▶CD: Bartók: Cantata profane / Weiner: Serenade for small orchestra / Kodály: Psalmus hungaricus
6▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 “Eroica”
7▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 [1958]
8▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 7
9▶CD: Suppé: Overtures: Light Cavalry / Poet and Peasant / Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna / Pique Dame
10▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1
11▶CD: Wagner: Overtures: Rienzi / Der fliegende Holländer / Tannhäuser (Overture & Bacchanale)
12▶CD: Bruckner: Symphony no. 7 / Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
13▶CD: Bruckner: Symphony no. 8
14▶CD: Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale / Symphony no. 1 “Spring”
15▶CD: Schumann: Julius Caesar Overture / Symphony no. 2
16▶CD: Schumann: Symphonies 3 & 4
17▶CD: Verdi: Requiem
18▶CD: R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
19▶CD: Schubert: Symphonies 5 [1984] & 8 “Unfinished”
20▶CD: Schubert: Symphony no. 9 “Great”
21▶CD: Wagner: Orchestral music from Der Ring des Nibelungen
22▶CD: Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Variations on a Theme by Schumann
23▶CD: R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder and other lieder
24▶CD: Mozart: Mass in C minor “Große Messe”
25▶CD: Mozart: Requiem
26▶CD: Shostakovich: Symphony no. 9 / Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 [LIVE, 1990]
27▶CD: Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 “Italian” [LIVE, 1993] / Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5
28▶CD: Kodály: “Peacock” Variations / Blacher: Paganini Variations / Elgar: “Enigma” Variations
29▶CD: Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain / Music from Khovanshchina / Borodin: Prince Igor Overture / Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
30▶CD: Mozart: Piano Quartets 1 & 2
31▶CD: Mozart: Symphonies 40 & 41
32▶CD: R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
33▶CD: R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra / Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche / Salome's Dance
34▶CD: Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
35▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 2 “Little Russian”
36▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5
37▶CD: Liszt: Tasso: Lamento e trionfo / Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe / Mephisto Waltz no. 1
38▶CD: Mahler: Symphony no. 4
39▶CD: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
40▶CD: Shostakovich: Symphony no. 1 / Stravinsky: Sacre du printemps (Rite of Spring)
41▶CD: Rossini / Respighi: La Boutique fantasque Suite / Dukas: L'Apprenti sorcier
42▶CD: Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 “Italian” [1958] / Schubert: Symphony no. 5 [1958]
43▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra / Mozart: Serenade no. 13 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”
44▼CD: Solti in Europe: A Memoir
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1Introduction and Overview
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
orchestra:
World Orchestra for Peace
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
3:29
21930s and 1940s Europe
spoken vocals:
Valerie Solti
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) and Jon Tolansky
orchestra:
Tonhalle‐Orchester Zürich
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
12:10
3Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: Part One (1950s and 1960s)
spoken vocals:
Werner Resel (Cellist and former director at the Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper)
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
7:26
4Solti's conducting maxims and artistic approach
spoken vocals:
Dr. Michael Haas (classical music producer), Charles Kaye (Director and co-founder of the World Orchestra for Peace) and Valerie Solti
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
7:48
5Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: Part Two (1970s to 1990s)
spoken vocals:
Clemens Hellsberg (violin), Walter Küssner (violist) and Werner Resel (Cellist and former director at the Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper)
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
6:26
6Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
spoken vocals:
Christoph Hartmann (German classical oboist) and Walter Küssner (violist)
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
6:10
7Solti and young musicians: Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra of Europe
spoken vocals:
Christoph Hartmann (German classical oboist), Geoffrey Prentice and Olaf-Torsten Spies
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
orchestra:
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
10:46
8Solti and young opera singers
spoken vocals:
Angela Gheorghiu (Romanian soprano) and Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
5:54
9World Orchestra for Peace
spoken vocals:
Charles Kaye (Director and co-founder of the World Orchestra for Peace), Sir Georg Solti (conductor) and Valerie Solti
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
orchestra:
World Orchestra for Peace
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
11:27
10Final months: Full circle to Budapest and Zürich
spoken vocals:
Charles Kaye (Director and co-founder of the World Orchestra for Peace)
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
vocals:
Choir of Hungarian Radio & TV (Hungarian Radio and Television Chamber Choir)
orchestra:
Budapest Festival Orchestra and Tonhalle‐Orchester Zürich
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
9:29
45▶DVD: Mozart: Requiem
46▶DVD: Rossini: Guillaume Tell Overture / Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Beethoven “Heil sei dem Tag” Fidelio Act II Finale