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
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1Schwanengesang: VI. In der Ferne
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1947-06-25)
tenor vocals:
Max Lichtegg (tenor) (on 1947-06-25)
recorded at:
Radio Studio Zürich in Zurich (Zürich) (on 1947-06-25)
recording of:
Schwanengesang, D. 957: VI. In der Ferne (on 1947-06-25)
lyricist:
Ludwig Rellstab
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1828)
part of:
Schwanengesang, D. 957
Franz Schubert4:31
2Schwanengesang: VII. Abschied
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1947-06-25)
tenor vocals:
Max Lichtegg (tenor) (on 1947-06-25)
recorded at:
Radio Studio Zürich in Zurich (Zürich) (on 1947-06-25)
recording of:
Willkommen und Abschied, D. 767 (on 1947-06-25)
lyricist:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1822-12)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 767)
arrangement of:
Willkommen und Abschied
Franz Schubert3:20
3Violin Sonata no. 32 in B-flat, K. 454: I. Largo - Allegro
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1948-07)
violin:
Georg Kulenkampff (German violinist) (in 1948-07)
recorded at:
Radio Studio Zürich in Zurich (Zürich) (in 1947-07)
recording of:
Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 454: I. Largo - Allegro (in 1948-07)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
part of:
Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 454
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart7:17
4Violin Sonata no. 32 in B-flat, K. 454: II. Andante
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1948-07)
violin:
Georg Kulenkampff (German violinist) (in 1948-07)
recorded at:
Radio Studio Zürich in Zurich (Zürich) (in 1947-07)
recording of:
Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 454: II. Andante (in 1948-07)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
part of:
Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 454
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart7:38
5Violin Sonata no. 32 in B-flat, K. 454: III. Allegretto
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1948-07)
violin:
Georg Kulenkampff (German violinist) (in 1948-07)
recorded at:
Radio Studio Zürich in Zurich (Zürich) (in 1947-07)
recording of:
Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 454: III. Allegretto (in 1948-07)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
part of:
Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 454
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart6:48
6Violin Sonata no. 9 in A, op. 47 “Kreutzer”: I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1947-06-23)
violin:
Georg Kulenkampff (German violinist) (on 1947-06-23)
recording of:
Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 9 in A major, op. 47 “Kreutzer”: I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto (on 1947-06-23)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1802 until 1803)
part of:
Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 9 in A major, op. 47 “Kreutzer”
Ludwig van Beethoven10:40
7Violin Sonata no. 9 in A, op. 47 “Kreutzer”: II. Andante con variazioni
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1947-06-23)
violin:
Georg Kulenkampff (German violinist) (on 1947-06-23)
recording of:
Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 9 in A major, op. 47 “Kreutzer”: II. Andante con variazioni (on 1947-06-23)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1802 until 1803)
part of:
Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 9 in A major, op. 47 “Kreutzer”
Ludwig van Beethoven12:17
8Violin Sonata no. 9 in A, op. 47 “Kreutzer”: III. Finale: Presto
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1947-06-23)
violin:
Georg Kulenkampff (German violinist) (on 1947-06-23)
recording of:
Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 9 in A major, op. 47 “Kreutzer”: III. Finale. Presto (on 1947-06-23)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1802 until 1803)
part of:
Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 9 in A major, op. 47 “Kreutzer”
Ludwig van Beethoven6:30
9Egmont Overture, op. 84
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Tonhalle‐Orchester Zürich (on 1947-06-23)
recorded at:
Radio Studio Zürich in Zurich (Zürich) (on 1947-06-23)
recording of:
Egmont, op. 84: Ouvertüre. Sostenuto, ma non troppo – Allegro (on 1947-06-23)
premiered in:
Wien (Vienna) (on 1810-06-15)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1809-10 until 1810-06)
part of:
Egmont, op. 84
Ludwig van Beethoven8:19
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
45▶DVD: Mozart: Requiem
46▶DVD: Rossini: Guillaume Tell Overture / Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Beethoven “Heil sei dem Tag” Fidelio Act II Finale