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”
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1Symphony no. 3 in E-flat, op. 55 “Eroica”: I. Allegro con brio
engineer:
James Brown (Decca engineer, 1960s) (task: stereo) and Gordon Parry (engineer) (task: mono)
producer:
John Culshaw (task: stereo) and Christopher Raeburn (producer) (task: mono)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-05-07, from 1959-05-11 until 1959-05-13)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-05-07, from 1959-05-11 until 1959-05-13)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-05-07, from 1959-05-11 until 1959-05-13)
recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”: I. Allegro con brio (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-05-07)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1803 until 1804)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”
recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”: I. Allegro con brio (from 1959-05-11 until 1959-05-13)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1803 until 1804)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”
Ludwig van Beethoven19:18
2Symphony no. 3 in E-flat, op. 55 “Eroica”: II. Marchia funebre: Adagio assai
engineer:
James Brown (Decca engineer, 1960s) (task: stereo) and Gordon Parry (engineer) (task: mono)
producer:
John Culshaw (task: stereo) and Christopher Raeburn (producer) (task: mono)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-05-07, from 1959-05-11 until 1959-05-13)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-05-07, from 1959-05-11 until 1959-05-13)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-05-07, from 1959-05-11 until 1959-05-13)
recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”: II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-05-07)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1803 until 1804)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”
recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”: II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai (from 1959-05-11 until 1959-05-13)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1803 until 1804)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”
Ludwig van Beethoven16:28
3Symphony no. 3 in E-flat, op. 55 “Eroica”: III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
engineer:
James Brown (Decca engineer, 1960s) (task: stereo) and Gordon Parry (engineer) (task: mono)
producer:
John Culshaw (task: stereo) and Christopher Raeburn (producer) (task: mono)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-05-07, from 1959-05-11 until 1959-05-13)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-05-07, from 1959-05-11 until 1959-05-13)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-05-07, from 1959-05-11 until 1959-05-13)
recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-05-07)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1803 until 1804)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”
recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace (from 1959-05-11 until 1959-05-13)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1803 until 1804)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”
Ludwig van Beethoven5:35
4Symphony no. 3 in E-flat, op. 55 “Eroica”: IV. Finale: Allegro molto
engineer:
James Brown (Decca engineer, 1960s) (task: stereo) and Gordon Parry (engineer) (task: mono)
producer:
John Culshaw (task: stereo) and Christopher Raeburn (producer) (task: mono)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-05-07, from 1959-05-11 until 1959-05-13)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-05-07, from 1959-05-11 until 1959-05-13)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-05-07, from 1959-05-11 until 1959-05-13)
recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”: IV. Finale. Allegro molto (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-05-07)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1803 until 1804)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”
recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”: IV. Finale. Allegro molto (from 1959-05-11 until 1959-05-13)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1803 until 1804)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”
Ludwig van Beethoven12:34
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