London: The Orchestral Recordings

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

Annotation

A 36-CD collection of Sir Georg Solti's complete London orchestral recordings.

Annotation last modified on 2022-09-29 09:14 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Mozart: Symphonies nos. 25 & 38
2▶CD: Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 25 & 27
3▶CD: Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 24 & 26
4▶CD: Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 7, 10 & 20
5▶CD: Haydn: Symphonies (analogue) nos. 100, 102 & 103
6▶CD: Haydn: Symphonies (digital) nos. 93, 94, 101
7▶CD: Haydn: Symphonies (digital) nos. 95, 96, 99
8▶CD: Haydn: Symphonies (digital) nos. 97, 98, 103
9▶CD: Haydn: Symphonies (digital) nos. 100, 102, 104
10▶CD: Beethoven: Violin Concerto
11▶CD: Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 / Beethoven: Symphony no. 4
12▶CD: Rossini, Suppè: Overtures
13▶CD: Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne
14▶CD: Orchestral Music from Ballet & Opera: Gounod: Act V Ballet Music from Faust / Offenbach / Ponchielli / Rossini / Verdi
15▶CD: Liszt: Symphonic Poems nos. 3, 5 & 7 / Schubert: Wanderer-Fantasie
16▼CD: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Russian Orchestral Music: Borodin, Glinka, Mussorgsky
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1Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (on 1966-01-31, from 1966-02-02 until 1966-02-03)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1966-01-31, from 1966-02-02 until 1966-02-03)
balance engineer:
Gordon Parry (engineer) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-01-31, from 1966-02-02 until 1966-02-03)
recording of:
Руслан и Людмила: Увертюра (Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture) (from 1966-01-31 until 1966-02-03)
composer:
Mikhail Glinka (Russian composer) (from 1837 until 1842)
part of:
Руслан и Людмила (Ruslan and Lyudmila)
Mikhail Glinka5:02
2Khovanshchina: Prelude
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (on 1966-01-31, from 1966-02-02 until 1966-02-03)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1966-01-31, from 1966-02-02 until 1966-02-03)
balance engineer:
Gordon Parry (engineer) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-01-31, from 1966-02-02 until 1966-02-03)
recording of:
Khovanshchina: Prelude: Dawn Over the River Moscow (orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov) (from 1966-01-31 until 1966-02-03)
orchestrator:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1882)
composer:
Modest Mussorgsky (composer) (in 1880)
librettist:
Modest Mussorgsky (composer)
orchestration of:
Khovanshchina: Act 1 Prelude "Dawn on the Moscow River"
Modest Mussorgsky5:05
3Night on the Bare Mountain
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (on 1966-01-31, from 1966-02-02 until 1966-02-03)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1966-01-31, from 1966-02-02 until 1966-02-03)
balance engineer:
Gordon Parry (engineer) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-01-31, from 1966-02-02 until 1966-02-03)
recording of:
Une nuit sur le mont chauve: Fantaisie pour l’orchestre (Night on Bald Mountain, orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov) (from 1966-01-31 until 1966-02-03)
orchestrator:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1886)
composer:
Modest Mussorgsky (composer) (from 1867-06-12 until 1867-06-23)
dedicated to:
Wladimir Stassoff (Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov)
publisher:
W. Bessel & Cie (in 1886)
is based on:
St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)
Modest Mussorgsky11:11
4Prince Igor: Overture
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (on 1966-01-31, from 1966-02-02 until 1966-02-03)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1966-01-31, from 1966-02-02 until 1966-02-03)
balance engineer:
Gordon Parry (engineer) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-01-31, from 1966-02-02 until 1966-02-03)
recording of:
Prince Igor: Overture (from 1966-01-31 until 1966-02-03)
orchestrator:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
additional composer:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Prince Igor (opera by Borodin, most contemporary performances shouldn't link to this work)
Alexander Borodin10:50
5Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
producer:
John Culshaw
choir vocals:
London Symphony Chorus (on 1966-05-27)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (on 1966-05-27)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1966-05-27)
chorus master:
John Alldis (chorusmaster and conductor) (on 1966-05-27)
balance engineer:
Gordon Parry (engineer) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-05-27)
recording of:
Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor, completed after Borodin's death, ca. 1890) (from 1966-01-31 until 1966-05-27)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
arranger:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
recording of:
Prince Igor: Act II. Polovtsian Dance with Choir
orchestrator:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Prince Igor: Act II
Alexander Borodin13:50
6Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: I. Moderato
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
John Culshaw
piano:
Julius Katchen (pianist) (from 1958-06-18 until 1958-06-20)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1958-06-18 until 1958-06-20)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1958-06-18 until 1958-06-20)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1958-06-18 until 1958-06-20)
recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: I. Moderato (from 1958-06-18 until 1958-06-20)
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1900-12-15)
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer) (from 1900 until 1901-04)
part of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Sergei Rachmaninov9:50
7Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
John Culshaw
piano:
Julius Katchen (pianist) (from 1958-06-18 until 1958-06-20)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1958-06-18 until 1958-06-20)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1958-06-18 until 1958-06-20)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1958-06-18 until 1958-06-20)
recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto (from 1958-06-18 until 1958-06-20)
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1900-12-15)
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer) (from 1900 until 1901-04)
part of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Sergei Rachmaninov12:00
8Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
John Culshaw
piano:
Julius Katchen (pianist) (from 1958-06-18 until 1958-06-20)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1958-06-18 until 1958-06-20)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1958-06-18 until 1958-06-20)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1958-06-18 until 1958-06-20)
recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando (from 1958-06-18 until 1958-06-20)
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1900-12-15)
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer) (from 1900 until 1901-04)
part of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Sergei Rachmaninov11:06
17▶CD: Elgar: Symphony no. 1
18▶CD: Elgar: Symphony no. 2
19▶CD: Elgar: Falstaff / In the South (Alassio)
20▶CD: Elgar: “Cockaigne” Overture / Pomp and Circumstance Marches / God Save the Queen / “Enigma” Variations
21▶CD: Elgar: Violin Concerto
22▶CD: Holst: The Planets
23▶CD: Mahler: Symphony no. 1
24▶CD: Mahler: Symphony no. 2
25▶CD: Mahler: Symphony no. 3 (beginning)
26▶CD: Mahler: Symphony no. 3 (conclusion)
27▶CD: Mahler: Symphony no. 9
28▶CD: Bartók: Dance Suite (1952) / Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta (1955) / Kodaly: Háry János Suite
29▶CD: Kodály: Dances of Galánta / Psalmus Hungaricus / “Peacock” Variations
30▶CD: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Dance Suite (1965)
31▶CD: Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta (1963) / The Miraculous Mandarin Suite
32▶CD: Bartók: Piano Concertos nos. 1-3
33▶CD: Bartók: Violin Concerto no. 2
34▶CD: Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
35▶CD: Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex
36▶CD: Walton: Coronation Te Deum / Belshazzar's Feast

Credits

Release

photography:Clive Barda (photographer)
Todd Gustason (photographer)
Suzie E. Maeder (photographer)
Arthur Umboh
miscellaneous support:Edward Weston (Catalogue Manager, Decca Classics) (task: project management)
producer:Raymond McGill (Production)
mastering:Craig Thompson (engineer)
Ben Wiseman
compiler:Andrew Dalton (Research (Repertoire, Publishing & Data), liner notes and compiler at Decca.)
design:Matt Read
mastered at:Lakeside Studios Ltd.
discography entry:https://www.deccaclassics.com/en/catalogue/products/georg-solti-london-the-orchestral-recordings-12508 [info]