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)
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
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1Das Lied von der Erde: I. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer) and Colin Moorfoot (engineer)
producer:
Michael Haas (classical music producer)
tenor vocals:
Thomas Moser (tenor) (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
orchestra:
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
recorded at:
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
recording of:
Das Lied von der Erde: I. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde (The Song of the Earth: I. Drinking Song of Earth’s Sorrows) (on 1992-12-04)
composed in:
Toblach, Bolzano (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (from 1908 until 1909)
lyricist:
李白 (Lǐ Bái)
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1908 until 1909)
translator:
Hans Bethge (in 1907)
publisher:
Universal Edition A. G., WIen (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:
悲歌行 (Chinese poem)
part of:
Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
recording of:
Das Lied von der Erde: I. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde (The Song of the Earth: I. Drinking Song of Earth’s Sorrows) (on 1992-12-10)
composed in:
Toblach, Bolzano (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (from 1908 until 1909)
lyricist:
李白 (Lǐ Bái)
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1908 until 1909)
translator:
Hans Bethge (in 1907)
publisher:
Universal Edition A. G., WIen (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:
悲歌行 (Chinese poem)
part of:
Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
Gustav Mahler8:17
2Das Lied von der Erde: II. Der Einsame im Herbst
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer) and Colin Moorfoot (engineer)
producer:
Michael Haas (classical music producer)
contralto vocals:
Marjana Lipovšek (mezzo soprano) (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
orchestra:
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
recorded at:
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
live recording of:
Das Lied von der Erde: II. Der Einsame im Herbst (The Song of the Earth: II. The Lonely Man in Autumn) (on 1992-12-04)
composed in:
Toblach, Bolzano (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (from 1908 until 1909)
lyricist:
錢起 (Qián Qǐ)
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1908 until 1909)
translator:
Hans Bethge (in 1907)
publisher:
Universal Edition A. G., WIen (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:
效古秋夜長
part of:
Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
live recording of:
Das Lied von der Erde: II. Der Einsame im Herbst (The Song of the Earth: II. The Lonely Man in Autumn) (on 1992-12-10)
composed in:
Toblach, Bolzano (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (from 1908 until 1909)
lyricist:
錢起 (Qián Qǐ)
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1908 until 1909)
translator:
Hans Bethge (in 1907)
publisher:
Universal Edition A. G., WIen (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:
效古秋夜長
part of:
Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
Gustav Mahler9:50
3Das Lied von der Erde: III. Von der Jugend
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer) and Colin Moorfoot (engineer)
producer:
Michael Haas (classical music producer)
tenor vocals:
Thomas Moser (tenor) (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
orchestra:
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
recorded at:
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
live recording of:
Das Lied von der Erde: III. Von der Jugend (The Song of the Earth: III. Of Youth) (on 1992-12-04)
composed in:
Toblach, Bolzano (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (from 1908 until 1909)
lyricist:
李白 (Lǐ Bái)
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1908 until 1909)
translator:
Hans Bethge (in 1907)
publisher:
Universal Edition A. G., WIen (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
live recording of:
Das Lied von der Erde: III. Von der Jugend (The Song of the Earth: III. Of Youth) (on 1992-12-10)
composed in:
Toblach, Bolzano (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (from 1908 until 1909)
lyricist:
李白 (Lǐ Bái)
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1908 until 1909)
translator:
Hans Bethge (in 1907)
publisher:
Universal Edition A. G., WIen (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
Gustav Mahler3:06
4Das Lied von der Erde: IV. Von der Schönheit
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer) and Colin Moorfoot (engineer)
producer:
Michael Haas (classical music producer)
contralto vocals:
Marjana Lipovšek (mezzo soprano) (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
orchestra:
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
recorded at:
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
live recording of:
Das Lied von der Erde: IV. Von der Schönheit (The Song of the Earth: IV. Of Beauty) (on 1992-12-04)
composed in:
Toblach, Bolzano (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (from 1908 until 1909)
lyricist:
李白 (Lǐ Bái)
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1908 until 1909)
translator:
Hans Bethge (in 1907)
publisher:
Universal Edition A. G., WIen (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:
采蓮曲
part of:
Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
live recording of:
Das Lied von der Erde: IV. Von der Schönheit (The Song of the Earth: IV. Of Beauty) (on 1992-12-10)
composed in:
Toblach, Bolzano (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (from 1908 until 1909)
lyricist:
李白 (Lǐ Bái)
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1908 until 1909)
translator:
Hans Bethge (in 1907)
publisher:
Universal Edition A. G., WIen (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:
采蓮曲
part of:
Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
Gustav Mahler6:55
5Das Lied von der Erde: V. Der Trunkene im Frühling
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer) and Colin Moorfoot (engineer)
producer:
Michael Haas (classical music producer)
tenor vocals:
Thomas Moser (tenor) (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
orchestra:
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
recorded at:
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
live recording of:
Das Lied von der Erde: V. Der Trunkene im Frühling (The Song of the Earth: V. The Drunkard in Spring) (on 1992-12-04)
composed in:
Toblach, Bolzano (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (from 1908 until 1909)
lyricist:
李白 (Lǐ Bái)
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1908 until 1909)
translator:
Hans Bethge (in 1907)
publisher:
Universal Edition A. G., WIen (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:
春日醉起言志
part of:
Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
live recording of:
Das Lied von der Erde: V. Der Trunkene im Frühling (The Song of the Earth: V. The Drunkard in Spring) (on 1992-12-10)
composed in:
Toblach, Bolzano (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (from 1908 until 1909)
lyricist:
李白 (Lǐ Bái)
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1908 until 1909)
translator:
Hans Bethge (in 1907)
publisher:
Universal Edition A. G., WIen (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:
春日醉起言志
part of:
Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
Gustav Mahler4:30
6Das Lied von der Erde: VI. Der Abschied
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer) and Colin Moorfoot (engineer)
producer:
Michael Haas (classical music producer)
contralto vocals:
Marjana Lipovšek (mezzo soprano) (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
orchestra:
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
recorded at:
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (on 1992-12-04, on 1992-12-10)
live recording of:
Das Lied von der Erde: VI. Der Abschied (The Song of the Earth: VI. The Farewell) (on 1992-12-04)
composed in:
Toblach, Bolzano (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (from 1908 until 1909)
additional lyricist:
Gustav Mahler (composer)
lyricist:
孟浩然 (Mèng Hàorán) and 王維 (Wang Wei, 8th century poet)
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1908 until 1909)
translator:
Hans Bethge (in 1907)
publisher:
Universal Edition A. G., WIen (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:
宿業師山房待丁大不至
is based on:
送別 (Chinese poem by Wang Wei)
part of:
Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
live recording of:
Das Lied von der Erde: VI. Der Abschied (The Song of the Earth: VI. The Farewell) (on 1992-12-10)
composed in:
Toblach, Bolzano (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (from 1908 until 1909)
additional lyricist:
Gustav Mahler (composer)
lyricist:
孟浩然 (Mèng Hàorán) and 王維 (Wang Wei, 8th century poet)
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1908 until 1909)
translator:
Hans Bethge (in 1907)
publisher:
Universal Edition A. G., WIen (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:
宿業師山房待丁大不至
is based on:
送別 (Chinese poem by Wang Wei)
part of:
Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
Gustav Mahler30:20
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