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
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1Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 TH 55: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
engineer:
James Brown (Decca engineer, 1960s) (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17: task: stereo) and Gordon Parry (engineer) (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17: task: mono)
producer:
John Culshaw
piano:
Clifford Curzon (classical pianist, knighted in 1977) (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (1888 version, most often performed) (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1874-11 until 1875-02)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (1888 version, most often performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (1879 version, rarely performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Andante non troppo e molto maestoso (original 1874/75 version, rarely performed)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky20:51
2Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 TH 55: II. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I
engineer:
James Brown (Decca engineer, 1960s) (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17: task: stereo) and Gordon Parry (engineer) (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17: task: mono)
producer:
John Culshaw
piano:
Clifford Curzon (classical pianist, knighted in 1977) (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: II. Andantino semplice (1888 version, most often performed) (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1874-11 until 1875-02)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (1888 version, most often performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: II. Andantino semplice (1879 version, rarely performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: II. Andantino semplice (original 1874/75 version, rarely performed)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky7:10
3Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 TH 55: III. Allegro con fuoco
engineer:
James Brown (Decca engineer, 1960s) (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17: task: stereo) and Gordon Parry (engineer) (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17: task: mono)
producer:
John Culshaw
piano:
Clifford Curzon (classical pianist, knighted in 1977) (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: III. Allegro con fuoco (1888 version, most often performed) (from 1958-10-14 until 1958-10-17)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1874-11 until 1875-02)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (1888 version, most often performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: III. Allegro con fuoco (1879 version, rarely performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: III. Allegro con fuoco (original 1874/75 version, rarely performed)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky6:54
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