Mezzo Soprano > Solti, Sir Georg

Portrait of a Legend - 17 arias from Mignon, La Cenerentola, Barber of Seville et al. / Giulietta Simionato, mezzo-soprano (mono)

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; L' Italiana in Algeri; Tancredi; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Jules M...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bettarini, Luciano; Pellegrino, Lilliana; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Rossi, Mario [Management]; Previtali, Fernando; Basile, Arturo; Ghione, Franco; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

Born in 1910, Giulietta Simionato had a slow start with her career, but had her big breakthrough at La Scala in 1955. Her workload was...continue...
Recording information: 1949-1960....continue...

Carlo Bergonzi: A Discographic Career - Selections from Macbeth, Luisa Miller, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Un Ballo, Tosca, Andrea Chenier et al.

3 CD / Widescreen / 2012-07-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L' Africana; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; MacNeil, Cornell; Mercuriali, Angelo; Mill, Arnold van; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Simionato, Giulietta; Sordello, Enzo;...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Serafin, Tullio; Pritchard, John; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

Opera 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Nabucco; V...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Braun, Victor; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Mehta, Zubin; Luisi, Fabio; Pappano, Antonio; Antonini, Giovanni; Armiliato, Marco; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Wellber, Omer Meir; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; C...

This magnificent collection features the greatest starts of opera including Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Cecilia Bartolia, Andrea Bocelli and many...continue...

Opera Album 2011

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La rondine; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Serse; Ruggero Leoncavallo:...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Delgad...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Noseda, Gianandrea; Mehta, Zubin; Hogwood, Christopher; Pappano, Antonio; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Santi, Nello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Norrington, Roger; Stapleton, Robin;...

This magnificent collection features the some of the greatest opera stars of all time: Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Andrea Bocelli Luciano...continue...

Placido Domingo Story [Limited Edition]

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-01-25

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlo; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il trovatore; Luisa Miller; Otello; Jacques Offenbach: Les C...
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos [Baritone Vocals]; Aparici, Montserrat; Banuelas, Roberto; Brightman, Sarah; Cappuccilli, Piero; Chausson, Carlos; Del Rey, Jose Maria Gallardo; Domingo, Placido; Feldhoff, Gerd; Fisc...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Kubelik, Rafael; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Jochum, Eugen; Barenboim, Daniel; Chailly, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Prêtre, Ge...

To celebrate Domingo's 70th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon releases a 3 CD set of his four decades of Deutsche Grammophon and Decca recordings and catalog -...continue...

Heroes & Villains

2 CD / Decca / 2010-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Braun, Victor; Bruson, Renato; Burrowes, Norma; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Clark,...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; De Billy, Bertrand; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino; Davis, Colin; Abbado, Claudio; Bartoletti, Bruno; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbe...

The biggest stars seize centre stage to sing the greatest scenes and arias of opera's heroes and villains. This is a compilation of the calibre...continue...

Elisabeth Höngen

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-04-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Der Troubadour; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson und Dalila; Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung; Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Grefe, Gustav; Hongen, Elisabeth; Kupper, Annelies; Ludwig, Walther; Plumacher, Hetty; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand; Solti, Sir Georg

Born in 1906 in Germany, Elisabeth Hongen completed her musical studies at the Academy of Music in Berlin. Championed by Karl Bohm, she sang at...continue...

In Memoriam Christel Goltz

2 CD / Preiser / 2009-09-08

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Hermann Goetz: Der Widersp...
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Frantz, Ferdinand; Frick, Gottlob; Höngen, Elisabeth; Katona, Julius; Löbel, Hans; Lorenz, Max; Plumacher, Hetty; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano; Windgassen, Wolfgang [T...
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Striegler, Kurt; Leitner, Ferdinand; Schmitz, Paul; Solti, Sir Georg; Böhm, Karl; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden State Opera Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Württemberg State...

Christel Goltz (1912-2008) was one of the most outstanding dramatic singers of German origin. Singing and acting were combined in her case and there were...continue...

Heritage Masters - R. Strauss: Arabella / Solti, della Casa, London, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 2009-08-11

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Coertse, Mimi; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Edelmann, Otto; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hellwig, Judith; Kmentt, Waldemar; Kolowratnik, Karl; Lenninger, Wilhelm; London, Georg...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg

Celeste Aida - The Verdi Album / Luciano Pavarotti

2 CD / Decca / 2009-05-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Otello
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Caballe, Montserrat; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Chiara, Maria; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Coni, Paolo; Dimitrova, Ghena; Gibbs, John; Kavrakos, Dimitri; King, Malcolm; Lambriks, Marjon; Lloyd...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Maag, Peter; Bonynge, Richard; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone; Muti, Riccardo; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharm...

This special collection of great Verdi tenor arias is taken from Luciano Pavarotti's classic recordings - all made in the prime of his career. The...continue...

Verdi: Requiem Mass / Solti, Brouwenstijn, Dominguez, Zampieri, Zaccaria, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2009-04-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Gioachino Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri; Semiramide; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Brouwenstijn, Gre; Dominguez, Oralia; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

During his very long career sir Georg Solti conducted Verdi's 'Messa da Requiem' many times, but no version, either studio or live, can compare with...continue...
Recording information: Köln (11/17/1958)....continue...

Heritage Masters - Wagner: Das Rheingold / Solti, Flagstad, London, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-03-31

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Balsborg, Oda; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Flagstad, Kirsten; Kmentt, Waldemar; Kreppel, Walter; Kuen, Paul; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Madeira, Jean; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone ...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Renée Fleming - Signature Roles at the Met Opera - R. Strauss: Four Last Songs [Deluxe Edition]

2 CD / Decca / 2008-09-16

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Songs (4) for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 33; Lieder (5), Op. 48; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Die ägyptische Helena, Op. 75; Capriccio, O...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Diadkova, Larissa; Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian; Solti, Sir Georg; Abel, Yves; Eschenbach, Christoph
Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Ultimate Wagner - Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2008-08-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Parsifal
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bode, Hannelore; Browner, Alison; Burmeister, Annelies; Cervena, Sona; Cox, Jean; Dene, Jozsef; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Esser, Hermin; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Greindl, Jos...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Varviso, Silvio; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Ultimate Opera - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2007-06-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; La tr...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borthayre, Jean; Braun, Victor; Bumbry, Grace; Burrowes,...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Lewis, Henry; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Maazel, Lorin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Bernet, Dietfried; Solti, Sir Georg; Patanè, Giuseppe; Serafin, Tullio; Downes, Edward; Gibson,...

"Decca doesn't stint in offering some of its most outstanding performances -- the star-studded list of singers includes Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Birgit Nilsson, Marilyn...continue...

The Originals - R. Strauss: Elektra / Solti, Nilsson, Resnik

2 CD / Decca / 2007-05-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Collier, Marie; Cook, Jane; Franc, Tugomir; Heppe, Leo; Lehane, Maureen; Lilowa, Margarita; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Resnik, Regina; Sjostedt, Margaret; Stolz...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
A classic superbly remastered, with Nilsson's searing anti-heroine and Solti building almost unbearable tension. Includes Resnik's raddled Klytaemnestra, Krause's heroic O...continue...

The Originals - R. Strauss: Arabella / Solti, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2006-10-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Coertse, Mimi; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Edelmann, Otto; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hellwig, Judith; Kmentt, Waldemar; Kolowratnik, Karl; Lenninger, Wilhelm; London, Georg...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg

"On the Decca set, Della Casa soars above the stave with the creamiest, most beautiful sounds and constantly charms one with her swiftly alternating moods...continue...

Everybody's Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2006-09-12

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigole...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Collier, Marie; Corelli, Franco; Crespin, Regine; Cross, Gr...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Davis, Colin; Karajan, Herbert von; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Mehta, Zubin; Pidò, Evelino; Mackerr...
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symph...

Featuring an all-star lineup that includes Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Renee Fleming, Placido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Jose Carreras and many others. This is...continue...

Strauss: Salome / Solti, Nilsson, Vienna Philharmonic

2 CD / Decca / 2006-06-13

Works: Richard Strauss: Final Scene
Performers: Douglas, Nigel; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Gestner, Aron; Hoffmann, Grace; Holecek, Heinz; Kirschbichler, Theodor; Kmentt, Waldemar; Kosnowski, Zenon; Krause, Tom; Kuen, Paul; Maikl, Liselotte; Nil...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"...Nilsson's account of the title role remains another towering monument to her tireless singing." -Gramophone...continue...

Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel / Gruberová, Solti/Vienna Philharmonic Orch.[DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-01-10

Works: E. Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Performers: Dernesch, Helga; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Gruberova, Edita; Jurinac, Sena; Prey, Hermann
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This DVD features Frederica von Stade in Rossini's adaptation of the classic Cinderella story. Included is the beautiful 'Nacqui all'affanno' aria. Engelbert Humperdinck's classic opera...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff / Bacquier, Armstrong, Solti/Vienna Philharmonic [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2005-11-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Armstrong, Karan; Bacquier, Gabriel; Cold, Ulrik; Cosotti, Max Rene; Ihloff, Jutta-Renate; Lanigan, John; Lindenstrand, Sylvia; Maus, Peter; Stilwell, Richard; Szirmay, Mártha
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Philharmonic Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Europe
...continue...

Reopening of the Vienna State Opera - 1955 / Goltz, et al

3 CD / Preiser / 2005-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberfl&ou...
Performers: Böhme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Baylé, Theo; Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Braun, Hans; Braun, Helena; Casa, Lisa della; Czerwenka, Oskar; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Donch, Karl; Equiluz, Ku...
Conductors: Krips, Josef; Karajan, Herbert von; Ackermann, Otto; Swarowsky, Hans; Böhm, Karl; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Erede, Alberto; Prohaska, Felix; Zallinger, Meinhard von; Kegel, Herbert; Knappertsbusch, Ha...

An introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen / Cooke, Solti

2 CD / Decca / 2005-09-13

Works: Deryck Cooke: An Introduction to Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen"
Performers: Balsborg, Oda; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Crespin, Regine; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Flagstad, Kirsten; Frick, Gottlob; Guy, M...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Famed British Musicologist, Deryck Cooke, offers insightful comentary highlighted with musical examples performed by the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Sir Georg Solti. This...continue...

Essential Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-08-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Rigo...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Cleva, Fausto; Patanè, Giuseppe; Maazel, Lorin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Mehta, Zubin; Chailly, Riccardo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Kertész...

Verdi: La Traviata / Gheorghiu, Solti/Orch. & Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [DVD/CD Combo]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2005-06-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Beesley, Mark; Earle, Roderick; Gheorghiu, Angela; Jones, Leah-Marian; Knight, Gillian; Leggate, Robin; Lopardo, Frank; Nucci, Leo; Van Allan, Richard
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This DVD features the performance that turned Angela Gheorghiu into an overnight international sensation. The occasion also marked Sir Georg Solti's first performances of Verdi's...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin / Solti, Weikl, Burrows, Ghiaurov

2 CD / Decca / 2004-09-14

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin
Performers: Burrows, Stuart; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Hartle, Enid; Kubiak, Teresa; Mason, William [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Reynolds, Anna; Senechal, Michel [Tenor Vocals]; van Allan, R...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg

Mozart: Requiem / Bartoli, Solti/Vienna Philharmonic Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2004-06-15

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K 626
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Cole, Vinson; Pape, Rene
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This unique performance of Mozart's great Requiem took place on December 5, 1991, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the composer's death. Conducted by maestro...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: USA
...continue...

Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten / Solti, Behrens, Domingo

3 CD / Decca / 2003-09-09

Works: Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65
Performers: Ardam, Elzbieta; Behrens, Hildegard; Braga, Rannveig; Dohmen, Albert; Domingo, Placido; Eder, Gerhard; Franzen, Hans; Gahmlich, Wilfried; Gambill, Robert; Hornik, Gottfried; Jo, Sumi; Lang, Elisabeth...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Essential Mozart Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-03-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Idomeneo, rè di Creta, opera, K. 366; La Clemenza de Tito; ...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bar, Olaf; Barham, Edmund; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Burrows, Stuart; Collins, Anne; Davies, Ryland; Gruberova, Edit...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Marriner, Sir Neville; Davis, Colin; Kertész, István
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner - The Opera Collection: Die Meistersinger / Solti

4 CD / Decca Import / 2003-02-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Anderson, Kelly; Deas, Kevin; Dohmen, Albert; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Martin, Gary; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Morscheck, Stephen; Murray, John Horton; Op...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Chorus

'Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg' was the one Wagner opera which Solti recorded twice. Although both versions were well-received, this fully digital version, recorded in 1995...continue...

Wagner - The Opera Collection: Parsifal / Solti

4 CD / Decca Import / 2003-02-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Hansmann, Rotraud; Hargan, Alison; Hotter, Hans; Howells, Anne; Kelemen, Zoltan; Knight, Gillian; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Lackn...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Boys' Choir

This recording of 'Parsifal' was the first studio recording of the work. The cast includes both Lucia Popp and a young Kiri Te Kanawa as...continue...

Wagner - The Opera Collection: Tannhäuser / Solti

3 CD / Decca / 2003-02-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Bailey, Norman; Braun, Victor; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocals]; Jungwirth, Manfred [Bass Vocals]; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Ludwig, Chri...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Opera Chorus

It is a landmark recording as it presents the Paris version of the opera for the first time on record (rather than the more commonly...continue...

Strauss: / Die Frau Ohne Schatten / Studer, Solti/Vienna Philharmonic Orch. [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2002-09-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65
Performers: Hale, Robert; Lipovsek, Marjana; Marton, Eva; Moser, Thomas; Norberg-Schulz, Elisabeth; Rost, Andrea; Studer, Cheryl; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Run Time: 204 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Austria
...continue...

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Solti, Pavarotti, Price, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2002-09-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Bruson, Renato; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Ludwig, Christa; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal College of Music Choir

The Great Renata Tebaldi

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-01-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Suor Angelica; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Alfredo Catalani: La ...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Caruso, Mariano; Cesari, Renato; Del Monaco, Mario; Fioravanti, Giulio; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; MacNeil, Cornell; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Pog...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Cleva, Fausto; Capuana, Franco; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Serafin, Tullio; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; ...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome...

This new 2-CD collection commemorates Renata Tebaldi's legendary career as she celebrates her 80th birthday. It includes over 2 1/2 hours of popular arias from...continue...

Verdi: La forza del destino / Solti, Bergonzi, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Noreen; Capecchi, Renato; Cavalli, Floriana; Dobson, John; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Kelly, David C. [Bass Vocal]; Robinson, Forbes; Shaw, John; Veasey, Josephine
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Verdi's sprawling tragedy is presented in excellent sound featuring Carlo Bergonzi and Nicolai Ghiaurov. Live performance, London, October 1, 1962....continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Gheorghiu, Solti/Orch. & Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2001-06-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Beesley, Mark; Earle, Roderick; Gheorghiu, Angela; Jones, Leah-Marian; Knight, Gillian; Leggate, Robin; Lopardo, Frank; Nucci, Leo; Van Allan, Richard
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

The long-awaited release on DVD video of the classic 1994 production from the Royal Opera House, featuring Angela Gheorghiu's stunning debut as Violetta....continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround,
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
...continue...

Carlo Bergonzi - The Sublime Voice

2 CD / Decca / 2001-06-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: D...
Performers: Arbace, Libero; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Carral, Dora; Corena, Fernando; Cossotto, Fiorenza; D'Angelo, Gianna; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Franc, Tugomir; Ni...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Kubelik, Rafael; Santi, Nello; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Gardelli, Lamberto; Pritchard, John
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic...

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro / Solti, Ramey, Te Kanawa

3 CD / Decca / 2001-03-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Berbie, Jane; Kenny, Yvonne; Langridge, Philip; Mason, Anne; Moll, Kurt; Popp, Lucia; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Russell, Lynda; Tadeo, Giorgio [Bass Vocal]; Te Kanawa, Kiri,...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: London Opera Chorus

The #1 Opera Album Vol 1

2 CD / Decca / 2001-02-27

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Il trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tos...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Bjorling, Jussi; Bocelli, Andrea; Burrowes, Norma; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; Domingo, Placido;...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Gardelli, Lamberto; Patanè, Giuseppe; Mauceri, John; Mehta, Zubin; Dutoit, Charles; Fischer, György; Chailly, Ricca...

The Greatest Mozart Show on Earth

2 CD / Decca Import / 2000-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Beznosiuk, Lisa; Cohen, Franklin; Dolezal, Fritz; Fleming, Renee; Hink, Werner; Jo, Sumi; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Kroisamer, Hubert; Lupu, Radu; Pe...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Segal, Uri; Fischer, György; Cleobury, Stephen; Hogwood, Christopher; Solti, Sir Georg; Boskovsky, Willi; Karajan, Herbert von; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Chung, Myung-...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Vienna Mozart Ensemble; Winchester College Quiristers; Winds of the London Symphony Orchestra (Winds)

Verdi: Otello (Complete)

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-12-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Berbie, Jane; Cossutta, Carlo; Dean, Stafford; Dvorsky, Peter; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Helm, Hans; Moll, Kurt; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Carlo Cossutta had a colorful voice, alternating power, dynamics, intensity and shades of tone to maximum effect. His is the most introspective Otello, the most...continue...

Verdi: Aida

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-12-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Gorr, Rita; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Leontyne; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg

Penguin Guide
Price is an outstandingly assured Aida on Decca, accurate and imaginative, while Solti's direction is superbly dramatic, notably in the Nile Scene....full, spacious sound,...continue...

The Ultimate Divas Album

1 CD / Decca / 1998-09-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Otello; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Bu...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Caballe, Montserrat; Flagstad, Kirsten; Fleming, Renee; Freni, Mirella; Gheorghiu, Angela; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Jo, Sumi; Lopardo, Frank; Milanov,...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Lewis, Henry; Solti, Sir Georg; Cleva, Fausto; Previtali, Fernando; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Orchestra Monte Carlo; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra...

Amor - Opera's Great Love Songs

1 CD / Decca / 1998-08-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et ...
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Ma...
Conductors: Magiera, Leone; Gardelli, Lamberto; Chailly, Riccardo; Downes, Edward; Lewis, Henry; Bonynge, Richard; Mehta, Zubin; Maazel, Lorin; Solti, Sir Georg; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Molinari-Pradelli, France...

Bizet: Carmen - Highlights / Solti, Troyanos, Domingo, et al

1 CD / Decca / 1998-05-12

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Berbié, Jane; Burrowes, Norma; Domingo, Placido; Roux, Michel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Troyanos, Tatiana; Van Dam, José
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Solti, Flagstad, London, et al

2 CD / Polydor Import / 1997-10-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Balsborg, Oda; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Flagstad, Kirsten; Kmentt, Waldemar; Kreppel, Walter; Kuen, Paul; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Madeira, Jean; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone ...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Penguin Guide
The immediacy and precise placing are thrilling...Solti gives a magnificent reading of the score, crisp, dramatic and direct. Vocally, the set is held together...continue...

Wagner: Die Walküre / Solti, Vienna Philharmonic

4 CD / Decca Import / 1997-10-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Crespin, Regine; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Frick, Gottlob; Hellmann, Claudia; Hotter, Hans; King, James [Vocals]; Lindholm, Berit; Little, Vera; Ludwig,...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner: Gotterdammerung / Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gottlob Frick / Christa Ludwig and Dame Gwyneth Jones

4 CD / Decca / 1997-10-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Guy, Maureen; Hoffmann, Grace; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame [Soprano Vocal]; Ludwig, Christa; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal];...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

BBC Music Magazine
Götterdämmerung has moments of unprecedented savagery, even by Wagnerian standards, and the only conductor to get them brutally right is Solti. In Birgit...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Solti, Terfel, Fleming, Murray, et al

3 CD / Decca / 1997-09-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Constable, John [Keyboards]; Fleming, Renee; Groop, Monica; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Luperi, Mario; Murray, Ann; Pertusi, Michele; Scaltriti, Roberto; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: London Voices

Gramophone Magazine
It is as finely disciplined as any other Solti performance, the orchestral playing is excellent, and the rhythms are crisp, strong and tautly held....continue...