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

1CD: Brahms: Violin Sonatas 1-3
2CD: Schubert: “In der Ferne” - “Abschied” / Mozart: Violin Sonata no. 32 / Beethoven: Violin Sonata no. 9 “Kreutzer” / Egmont Overture
3CD: Rossini: Guillaume Tell: Overture / Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Beethoven: “Heil sei dem Tag” Fidelio Act II Finale
4CD: Mahler: Symphony no. 5
5CD: Bartók: Cantata profane / Weiner: Serenade for small orchestra / Kodály: Psalmus hungaricus
6CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 “Eroica”
7CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 [1958]
8CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 7
9CD: Suppé: Overtures: Light Cavalry / Poet and Peasant / Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna / Pique Dame
10CD: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1
11CD: Wagner: Overtures: Rienzi / Der fliegende Holländer / Tannhäuser (Overture & Bacchanale)
12CD: Bruckner: Symphony no. 7 / Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
13CD: Bruckner: Symphony no. 8
14CD: Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale / Symphony no. 1 “Spring”
15CD: Schumann: Julius Caesar Overture / Symphony no. 2
16CD: Schumann: Symphonies 3 & 4
17CD: Verdi: Requiem
18CD: R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
19CD: Schubert: Symphonies 5 [1984] & 8 “Unfinished”
20CD: Schubert: Symphony no. 9 “Great”
21CD: Wagner: Orchestral music from Der Ring des Nibelungen
22CD: Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Variations on a Theme by Schumann
23CD: R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder and other lieder
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1Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296: I. Frühling (Hermann Hesse)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Großer Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: I. „Frühling“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 1. “Spring”) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse (German‐Swiss poet, novelist, and painter)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-07-20)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss3:23
2Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296: II. September (Hermann Hesse)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Großer Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: II. „September“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 2. “September”) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse (German‐Swiss poet, novelist, and painter)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-09-20)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss4:39
3Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296: III. Beim Schlafengehen (Hermann Hesse)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Großer Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: III. „Beim Schlafengehen“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 3. “When You Go to Sleep”) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse (German‐Swiss poet, novelist, and painter)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-08-04)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss4:57
4Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296: IV. Im Abendrot (Joseph von Eichendorff)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Großer Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: IV. „Im Abendrot“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 4. “In the Afterglow”) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
lyricist:
Joseph von Eichendorff
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-05-06)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss6:27
5Malven, TrV 297 (Betty Wehril-Knobel)
engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recording of:
Malven, TrV 297, AV 304 (for voice and piano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
lyricist:
Betty Wehrli-Knobel
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1948)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Thematisches Verzeichnis (Richard Strauss AV) (number: AV 304) and Werkverzeichnis (Richard Strauss TrV) (number: TrV 297)
Richard Strauss3:14
6Hat gesagt - bleibt's nicht dabei, op. 36 TrV 186 no. 3 (anon.)
engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recording of:
Hat gesagt, bleibt's nicht dabei, op. 36 no. 3 (for voice and piano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1897 until 1898)
part of:
4 Lieder for voice and piano (op. 36; TrV 186)
Richard Strauss1:55
7Mutterändelei, op. 43 TrV 196 no. 2 (Gottfried August Bürger)
engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recording of:
Muttertändelei, op. 43 no. 2 (for voice and piano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
lyricist:
Gottfried August Bürger
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1899)
part of:
Gesänge älterer deutscher Dichter, for voice and piano (op. 43; TrV 196)
Richard Strauss2:09
8Madrigal, op. 15 TrV 148 no. 1 (Sophie Hasenclever)
engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recording of:
Madrigal, op. 15 no. 1 (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
lyricist:
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian Renaissance artist)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer)
part of:
5 Lieder for middle voice and piano (op. 15; TrV 148)
Richard Strauss3:17
9Ständchen, op. 17 TrV 149 no. 2 (Adolf Friedrich von Schack)
engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recording of:
Ständchen, op. 17 no. 2 (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
lyricist:
Adolf Friedrich von Schack
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer)
part of:
6 Lieder (op. 17; TrV 149)
Richard Strauss2:19
10Schlechtes Wetter, op. 69 TrV 237 no. 5 (Heinrich Heine)
engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recording of:
Schlechtes Wetter, op. 69 no. 5 (for voice and piano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
lyricist:
Heinrich Heine (German poet)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1918)
part of:
5 Kleine Lieder (op. 69; TrV 237)
Richard Strauss2:14
11Allerseelen, op. 10 TrV 141 no. 8 (Hermann von Gilm)
engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recording of:
Allerseelen, op. 10 no. 8 (for voice and piano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
lyricist:
Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1885)
part of:
8 Gedichte aus »Letzte Blätter« (op 10; TrV 141)
Richard Strauss3:13
12Die Nacht, op. 10 TrV 141 no. 3 (Hermann von Gilm)
engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recording of:
Die Nacht, op. 10 no. 3 (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
lyricist:
Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer)
part of:
8 Gedichte aus »Letzte Blätter« (op 10; TrV 141)
Richard Strauss2:59
13Cäcilie, op. 27 TrV 170 no. 2 (Heinrich Hart)
engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recording of:
Cäcilie, op. 27 no. 2 (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
lyricist:
Heinrich Hart
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1894)
part of:
4 Lieder, op. 27
Richard Strauss1:58
14All mein' Gedanken, op. 21 TrV 160 no. 1 (Felix Dahn)
engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recording of:
All mein’ Gedanken (op. 21 no. 1; TrV 160 no. 1; for voice and piano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
lyricist:
Felix Dahn
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1889 until 1890)
part of:
Schlichte Weisen (op. 21; TrV 160)
Richard Strauss1:05
15Begegnung, TrV 90 (Otto Friedrich Gruppe)
engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recording of:
Begegnung, AV 72 (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
lyricist:
Otto Friedrich Gruppe
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1880)
part of:
Thematisches Verzeichnis (Richard Strauss AV) (number: AV 72) and Werkverzeichnis (Richard Strauss TrV) (number: TrV 98)
Richard Strauss1:46
16Morgen!, op. 27 TrV 170 no. 4 (John Henry Mackay)
engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recording of:
Morgen!, op. 27 no. 4 (for voice and piano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
lyricist:
John Henry Mackay (Scottish-German egoist anarchist, thinker and writer)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1894)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
4 Lieder, op. 27
Richard Strauss3:08
17Zueignung, op. 10 TrV 141 no. 1 (Hermann von Gilm)
engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
piano:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
recording of:
Zueignung, op. 10 no. 1 (for voice and piano) (from 1990-06-12 until 1990-06-13)
lyricist:
Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1885)
part of:
8 Gedichte aus »Letzte Blätter« (op 10; TrV 141)
Richard Strauss1:39
24CD: Mozart: Mass in C minor “Große Messe”
25CD: Mozart: Requiem
26CD: Shostakovich: Symphony no. 9 / Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 [LIVE, 1990]
27CD: Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 “Italian” [LIVE, 1993] / Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5
28CD: Kodály: “Peacock” Variations / Blacher: Paganini Variations / Elgar: “Enigma” Variations
29CD: Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain / Music from Khovanshchina / Borodin: Prince Igor Overture / Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
30CD: Mozart: Piano Quartets 1 & 2
31CD: Mozart: Symphonies 40 & 41
32CD: R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
33CD: R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra / Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche / Salome's Dance
34CD: Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
35CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 2 “Little Russian”
36CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5
37CD: Liszt: Tasso: Lamento e trionfo / Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe / Mephisto Waltz no. 1
38CD: Mahler: Symphony no. 4
39CD: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
40CD: Shostakovich: Symphony no. 1 / Stravinsky: Sacre du printemps (Rite of Spring)
41CD: Rossini / Respighi: La Boutique fantasque Suite / Dukas: L'Apprenti sorcier
42CD: Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 “Italian” [1958] / Schubert: Symphony no. 5 [1958]
43CD: Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra / Mozart: Serenade no. 13 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”
44CD: Solti in Europe: A Memoir
45DVD: Mozart: Requiem
46DVD: Rossini: Guillaume Tell Overture / Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Beethoven “Heil sei dem Tag” Fidelio Act II Finale