DVD Video, Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
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Not only is it a privilege to witness a seasoned outfit playing with such opulent tone, unbounded musicality and selfless application, the dynamic yet ever watchful Solti directs proceedings... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2013, DVD of the Month
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The camerawork is discreet and unfussy and the sound impeccably balanced throughout...Perahia is unfailingly thoughtful, intelligent and imaginative — More…
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Special offer. Verdi: Otello
Plácido Domingo (Otello), Kiri Te Kanawa (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Robin Leggate (Cassio), Ramon Remedios (Rodrigo), Mark Beesley (Lodovico), Roderick Earle (Montano), Claire Powell (Emilia)
The Royal Opera & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Georg Solti
Sergei Leiferkus's dark Russian tone… suits Iago down to the ground. Kiri Te Kanawa's limpid tone makes her a near-ideal Desdemona… Plácido Domingo… is noble and heroic. — More…
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44 CDs + 2 DVD Videos
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Special offer. Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Kiri Te Kanawa (Marschallin), Anne Howells (Octavian), Barbara Bonney (Sophie), Aage Haugland (Baron Ochs), Jonathan Summers (Faninal), Robert Tear (Valzacchi), Cynthia Buchan (Annina), Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Sir Georg Solti, John Schlesinger
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Sir Georg Solti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
2 February 1985, Royal Festival Hall, London
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Captured in satisfyingly full-blooded 'enhanced mono' sound (with just an occasional patch of pre- and post-echo) both symphonies receive top-class advocacy...What an enviably secure and commandingly... — More…
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Maestro or Mephisto: The Real Georg Solti
A film by Andy King-Dabbs
featuring Plácido Domingo, Valery Gergiev, Angela Gheorghiu, Kiri Te Kanawa, Murray Perahia, Lady Valerie Solti and many more
Georg Solti
Solti himself emerges with screen-crackling vigour both justifying and rubbishing the title Maestro or Mephisto. True, those vulpine features and glittering eyes do suggest the Demon King and... — More…
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Special offer. Solti: Journey of a lifetime
Celebrating the 100th birthday of Sir Georg Solti
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Talking heads opine that Solti's career only soared after Bohm retired and Karajan died...it does provide some remarkable anecdotes...such as Solti becoming great cronies with Theodor Adorno...Most... — More…
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Plácido Domingo (Gustavo III), Leo Nucci (Count Anckarström), Josephine Barstow (Amelia) & Florence Quivar (Madame Arvidson)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti (conductor) & John Schlesinger (director)