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)
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1Rienzi, WWV 49: Overture
engineer:
James Brown (Decca engineer, 1960s) (task: stereo) and Gordon Parry (engineer)
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1961-10-11, on 1961-10-13, from 1961-10-23 until 1961-10-25)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1961-10-11, on 1961-10-13, from 1961-10-23 until 1961-10-25)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße (on 1961-10-13, from 1961-10-23 until 1961-10-25)
recording of:
Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen, WWV 49: Ouvertüre (on 1961-10-11)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1838-07 until 1840-11)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen, WWV 49
recording of:
Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen, WWV 49: Ouvertüre (on 1961-10-13)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1838-07 until 1840-11)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen, WWV 49
recording of:
Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen, WWV 49: Ouvertüre (from 1961-10-23 until 1961-10-25)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1838-07 until 1840-11)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen, WWV 49
Richard Wagner11:39
2Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Overture
engineer:
James Brown (Decca engineer, 1960s) (task: stereo) and Gordon Parry (engineer)
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1961-10-11, on 1961-10-13, from 1961-10-23 until 1961-10-25)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1961-10-11, on 1961-10-13, from 1961-10-23 until 1961-10-25)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße (on 1961-10-13, from 1961-10-23 until 1961-10-25)
recording of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Ouvertüre (The Flying Dutchman: Overture) (on 1961-10-11)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1840 until 1841)
part of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63 (The Flying Dutchman)
recording of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Ouvertüre (The Flying Dutchman: Overture) (on 1961-10-13)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1840 until 1841)
part of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63 (The Flying Dutchman)
recording of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Ouvertüre (The Flying Dutchman: Overture) (from 1961-10-23 until 1961-10-25)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1840 until 1841)
part of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63 (The Flying Dutchman)
Richard Wagner10:34
3Tannhäuser, WWV 70: Overture
engineer:
James Brown (Decca engineer, 1960s) (task: stereo) and Gordon Parry (engineer)
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1961-10-11, on 1961-10-13, from 1961-10-23 until 1961-10-25)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1961-10-11, on 1961-10-13, from 1961-10-23 until 1961-10-25)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße (on 1961-10-13, from 1961-10-23 until 1961-10-25)
recording of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Ouvertüre (on 1961-10-11)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1843 until 1845-04-13)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70
part of:
Tannhäuser: Ouverture and Venusberg Music (ouverture and venusberg music (Act 1, scene 1) from Tannhäuser by Wagner)
recording of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Ouvertüre (on 1961-10-13)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1843 until 1845-04-13)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70
part of:
Tannhäuser: Ouverture and Venusberg Music (ouverture and venusberg music (Act 1, scene 1) from Tannhäuser by Wagner)
recording of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Ouvertüre (from 1961-10-23 until 1961-10-25)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1843 until 1845-04-13)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70
part of:
Tannhäuser: Ouverture and Venusberg Music (ouverture and venusberg music (Act 1, scene 1) from Tannhäuser by Wagner)
Richard Wagner14:17
4Tannhäuser, WWV 70: Act I. Bacchanale
engineer:
James Brown (Decca engineer, 1960s) (task: stereo) and Gordon Parry (engineer)
producer:
John Culshaw
vocals:
Wiener Singverein (on 1961-10-11, on 1961-10-13, from 1961-10-23 until 1961-10-25)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1961-10-11, on 1961-10-13, from 1961-10-23 until 1961-10-25)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1961-10-11, on 1961-10-13, from 1961-10-23 until 1961-10-25)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße (on 1961-10-13, from 1961-10-23 until 1961-10-25)
recording of:
Excerpt from: Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug I, Scene I. Bacchanale (Venusberg Music) (on 1961-10-11)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug I, Scene I. “Naht euch dem Strande!”
part of:
Tannhäuser: Ouverture and Venusberg Music (ouverture and venusberg music (Act 1, scene 1) from Tannhäuser by Wagner)
recording of:
Excerpt from: Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug I, Scene I. Bacchanale (Venusberg Music) (on 1961-10-13)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug I, Scene I. “Naht euch dem Strande!”
part of:
Tannhäuser: Ouverture and Venusberg Music (ouverture and venusberg music (Act 1, scene 1) from Tannhäuser by Wagner)
recording of:
Excerpt from: Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug I, Scene I. Bacchanale (Venusberg Music) (from 1961-10-23 until 1961-10-25)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug I, Scene I. “Naht euch dem Strande!”
part of:
Tannhäuser: Ouverture and Venusberg Music (ouverture and venusberg music (Act 1, scene 1) from Tannhäuser by Wagner)
Richard Wagner13:10
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
45▶DVD: Mozart: Requiem
46▶DVD: Rossini: Guillaume Tell Overture / Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Beethoven “Heil sei dem Tag” Fidelio Act II Finale