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Solti 100: A postlude

____________________________________________________ On a personal note . . . I never met Sir Georg. But as a member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, I had the pleasure of sharing the stage with him on… more →

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Solti 100: A postlude — 2 comments

Frank Villella wrote 7 months ago: ____________________________________________________ On a personal note . . . I never met Sir Georg. … more →

Tags: Chicago Symphony Chorus, Sir Georg Solti

Solti 1: Born in Budapest

Frank Villella wrote 7 months ago: ____________________________________________________ György Stern was born in Budapest, Hungary, on … more →

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Solti 2: Shostakovich's Symphony no. 15 and a 999th appearance — 2 comments

Frank Villella wrote 7 months ago: ____________________________________________________   Sir Georg Solti conducted his beloved Ch … more →

Tags: Sir Georg Solti, London Records, James Lock, michael woolcock, Recording, simon bertram, John von Rhein, Sergei Aleksashkin, Wynne Delacoma

Solti 3: Mahler's Fifth Symphony, take two

Frank Villella wrote 7 months ago: ____________________________________________________ The work most closely identified with Sir Georg … more →

Tags: Tours, Sir Georg Solti, London Records, carnegie hall, Medinah Temple, Recording, Michael Haas, Matthew Hutchinson, Leonard Bernstein

Solti 4: Solti's legacy

Frank Villella wrote 7 months ago: ____________________________________________________ In addition to his incredibly vast discography, … more →

Tags: Riccardo Muti, Sir Georg Solti, Lady Valerie Solti, Charles Kaye, Pierre Boulez, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Georg Solti Accademia, The Solti Foundation, The Solti Foundation U.S.

Solti 5: Stern family in Budapest — 1 comment

Frank Villella wrote 7 months ago: ____________________________________________________ Lilly, Teréz, György, and Móricz Stern in 1913 … more →

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Solti 7: Orchestra! with Dudley Moore

Frank Villella wrote 7 months ago: ____________________________________________________ In 1990, Sir Georg Solti and Dudley Moore colla … more →

Tags: Sir Georg Solti, London Records, Recording, dudley moore, Channel 4, Jan Younghusband, schleswig-Holstein Music Festival

Solti 8: Solti at the movies

Frank Villella wrote 7 months ago: ____________________________________________________ According to Sir Georg Solti’s entry at t … more →

Tags: Sir Georg Solti, London Symphony Orchestra, Recording

Solti 9: 1986 tour to the Far East

Frank Villella wrote 7 months ago: ____________________________________________________ Sir Georg Solti shared the podium with Daniel B … more →

Tags: Tours, Sir Georg Solti, daniel barenboim, Recording, Sony Classical

Solti 10: At the Liszt Academy

Frank Villella wrote 7 months ago: ____________________________________________________ “After two years at the Fodor School, I p … more →

Tags: Sir Georg Solti, michael woolcock, Béla Bartók, ernst von dohnanyi, LEO WEINER, Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Zoltán Kodály, Arnold Székely, Albert Siklós

Solti 11: Stout's Symphony no. 4 and George Lieder

Frank Villella wrote 7 months ago: ____________________________________________________ Composer and conductor review the score of Symp … more →

Tags: Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis, Sir Georg Solti, Arrand Parsons, Northwestern University, Alan Stout, Ronald Schweitzer, Benjamin Luxon, stefan george

Solti 12: Books on Solti — 1 comment

Frank Villella wrote 8 months ago: ____________________________________________________ In 1967, Viking Press published John Culshaw … more →

Tags: Ravinia Festival, Sir Georg Solti, Lady Valerie Solti, Gabrielle Solti, Thomas Willis, vienna philharmonic, john culshaw, Herbert Von Karajan, viking press

Solti 13: Beethoven's Fidelio — 3 comments

Frank Villella wrote 8 months ago: ____________________________________________________ With the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, … more →

Tags: Anja Silja, carnegie hall, Chicago Symphony Chorus, David Frost, David Kübler, Frank Porretta, Gary Kendall, gramophone, Gwynne Howell

Solti 14: Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion

Frank Villella wrote 8 months ago: ____________________________________________________ At the beginning of a video documentary chronic … more →

Tags: Sir Georg Solti, Grammy Award, Murray Perahia, Recording, David Corkhill, evelyn glennie, national academy of recording arts and sciences, Béla Bartók, Ditta Pásztory

Solti 15: Happy 80th birthday

Frank Villella wrote 8 months ago: ____________________________________________________ On November 19, 1992, Pierre Boulez surprised S … more →

Tags: Sir Georg Solti, Pierre Boulez

Solti 16: 1978 tour to Europe

Frank Villella wrote 8 months ago: ____________________________________________________ Sir Georg Solti led the Chicago Symphony Orches … more →

Tags: Tours, Sir Georg Solti, London Records, Lady Valerie Solti, Recording

Solti 17: Kennedy Center Honors

Frank Villella wrote 8 months ago: ____________________________________________________ On December 5, 1993, Sir Georg Solti was one of … more →

Tags: Sir Georg Solti, Kennedy Center Honors, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Mitchell, johnny carson, marion williams

Solti 18: Blackwood's Symphony no. 4

Frank Villella wrote 8 months ago: ____________________________________________________ Sir Georg Solti led the Chicago Symphony Orches … more →

Tags: Sir Georg Solti, Arrand Parsons, Easley Blackwood

Solti 19: Mahler's Symphony no. 9

Frank Villella wrote 8 months ago: ____________________________________________________ In a recent, beautifully crafted article in The … more →

Tags: Tours, Sir Georg Solti, London Records, James Mallinson, James Lock, Grammy Award, Recording, gramophone, London Philharmonic Orchestra


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