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Legacy: Sir Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony - Mozart: Symphony No.39; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4; Debussy: Fetes [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2013-05-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 39 in E flat major, K 543; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Claude Debussy: Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra
Conductors: Solti, Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Released for the first time on DVD, this concert is the last in Sir Georg Solti and his beloved CSO's European tour in 1985. Solti...continue...
Run Time: 83 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Enhanced Mono,
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Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Music For Strings, Percussion & Celesta / Sir George Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Decca / 2012-12-11

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The 20th century inspired music that was provocative and challenging - music that in many ways we are still corning to terms with. The ideas...continue...
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Solti: The Legacy, 1937-1997 / Angela Gheorghiu, Hans Hotter, Hildegard Behrens, Renee Fleming and Birgit Nilsson et al.

2 CD / Decca / 2012-12-04

Conductors: Solti, Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Covent Garden; London Symphony Orchestra; Orchester der Bayreuther Festsiele; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

This 2-CD set contains over 150 minutes of many previously unpublished live recordings and studio items spanning Sir Georg Solti's entire professional career as well...continue...

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture; Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Georg Solti, Chicago SO (rec. 1971 at the Edinburgh Festival) [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Conductors: Solti, Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Recorded in 1971, the film on this DVD is taken from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's appearance at the Edinburgh Festival in the same year: their...continue...
Run Time: 67 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): Mono,
Subtitles: German, English, French
Country of Origin: German...continue...

Sir Georg Solti conducts the Chicago SO - Mozart Sym. 35; Mahler: Sym. 5; Mussorgsky: Pictures; Beethoven: Egmont Ov. Sym. 5 [DVD]

3 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2012-11-06

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 i...
Conductors: Solti, Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

To mark the occasion of what would have been Sir Georg Solti's 100th birthday, Sony Classical presents Sir Georg Solti Conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,...continue...
Run Time: 203 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Letterbox, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, French
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Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Journey Of A Lifetime - Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Sir Georg Solti [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-10-30

Conductors: Solti, Geog
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

This fantastic documentary celebrates the 100th birthday of Sir Georg Solti, one of the 20th century's most brilliant conductors and a leading figure of musical...continue...
Run Time: 107 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, 4:3, B&W and Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish...continue...

Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Journey Of A Lifetime - Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Sir Georg Solti [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-10-30

Conductors: Solti, Geog
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

This fantastic documentary celebrates the 100th birthday of Sir Georg Solti, one of the 20th century's most brilliant conductors and a leading figure of musical...continue...
Run Time: 107 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
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Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Tamas Vasary; Ivo Pogorelich, pianists

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-09

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21
Performers: Pogorelich, Ivo [Piano]; Vásáry, Tamás
Conductors: Semkov, Jerzy; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Iconic recordings from the most legendary classical artists in history. The Virtuoso Series brings back many of these cherished titles back into the forefront at...continue...

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 / Abbado, Chicago SO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-09

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Iconic recordings form the most legendary classical artists in history. The Virtouso Series brings back many of these cherished titles back into the forefront at...continue...

Sir Georg Solti - 100th Anniversary Edition: Beethoven: Sym. No 1; Schubert: Syms. Nos. 6 & 8; Shostakovich: Sym. 9; Tchaikovksy: Sym. 6 / Chicago SO; Bavarian Radio SO [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2012-09-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 6 in C major, D 589 "Little C Major"; Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony n...
Conductors: Solti, Georg
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Sir Georg Solti - one of the greatest conductors of his day - is profiled extensively here, both in the definitive profile "Solti - The...continue...
Run Time: 270 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, ...continue...

Varèse: Amériques / Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-31

Works: Edgard Varèse: Amériques; Arcana; Déserts; Ionisation
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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For Varese, Ameriques was not just a change in direction, but a new beginning: the Americas, signifying... new worlds on earth, in the sky or...continue...
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Giulini - Chicago SO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel; Night on Bald Mountain (Noch' na Lïsoy gore), symphonic poem, edited by Rimsky-Kor...
Performers: Sporsen, Torgny
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Maazel, Lorin; Järvi, Neeme; Knussen, Oliver; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Pictures at an Exhibition is an imaginative series of musical tableaux inspired by an art exhibition. Originally composed as a piano suite, it wasn't published...continue...

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Symphony No. 4; Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" / Fritz Reiner, Chicago SO

2 CD / Widescreen / 2012-07-05

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Das Lied von der Erde; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra