Solti, Georg (Sir)


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Solti, Georg (Sir)

Sir Georg Solti, KBE (21 October 1912 – 5 September 1997) was an orchestral and operatic conductor, best known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt and London, and as a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Born in Budapest, he studied there with Béla Bartók, Leo Weiner and Ernő Dohnányi. In the 1930s, he was a répétiteur at the Hungarian State Opera and worked at the Salzburg Festival for Arturo Toscanini. His career was interrupted by the rise of the Nazis, and because he was a Jew he fled the increasingly restrictive anti-semitic laws in 1938. After conducting a season of Russian ballet in London at the Royal Opera House he found refuge in Switzerland, where he remained during the Second World War. Prohibited from conducting there, he earned a living as a pianist. After the war, Solti was appointed musical director of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich in 1946. In 1952 he moved to the Frankfurt Opera, where he remained in charge for nine years. He took West German citizenship in 1953. In 1961 he became musical director of the Covent Garden Opera Company, London.

  • Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Mozart
    Symphony No.39
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    Tchaikovsky
    Symphony No.4
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    Debussy
    Fêtes
    (Trois Nocturnes)

  • Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    MENDELSSOHN
    Overture: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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    BRAHMS
    Symphony No.1
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    Solti and Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s European Debut,
    Edinburgh Festival 1971

  • Sir Georg Solti

    Sir Georg Solti

    Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer - Overture
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    Richard Strauss: Don Juan
    (Includes bonus rehearsal footage)
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    Beethoven: Symphony No.5
    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / BBC Symphony

  • Sir Georg Solti

    Sir Georg Solti

    Elgar: Symphony No.2 in E flat
    London Philharmonic Orchestra (16 March 1975, Royal Festival Hall)
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    Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme for orchestra, Op. 36 ("Enigma")
    London Philharmonic Orchestra (20 October 1979, Royal Festival Hall)

Sir Georg Solti, KBE (21 October 1912 – 5 September 1997) was an orchestral and operatic conductor, best known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt and London, and as a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Born in Budapest, he studied there with Béla Bartók, Leo Weiner and Ernő Dohnányi. In the 1930s, he was a répétiteur at the Hungarian State Opera and worked at the Salzburg Festival for Arturo Toscanini. His career was interrupted by the rise of the Nazis, and because he was a Jew he fled the increasingly restrictive anti-semitic laws in 1938. After conducting a season of Russian ballet in London at the Royal Opera House he found refuge in Switzerland, where he remained during the Second World War. Prohibited from conducting there, he earned a living as a pianist. After the war, Solti was appointed musical director of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich in 1946. In 1952 he moved to the Frankfurt Opera, where he remained in charge for nine years. He took West German citizenship in 1953. In 1961 he became musical director of the Covent Garden Opera Company, London.