Georg Solti

Knighted in 1972 after taking British citizenship.

Karajan: Beauty As I See It (2009)

With a career that includes a 35-year tenure as composer of the Berlin Philharmonic and record sales topping 200 million, Herbert von Karajan is one of the most legendary figures in 20th-century classical music. Comprised of archival footage, performance highlights ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Dornhelm
CAST:  Herbert von Karajan  •  Leonard Bernstein  •  Plácido Domingo  •  Mirella Freni

With a career that includes a 35-year tenure as composer of the Berlin Philharmonic and record sales topping 200 million, Herbert von Karajan is one of the most legendary figures in 20th-century classical music. Comprised of archival footage, performance highlights ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Dornhelm
CAST:  Herbert von Karajan  •  Leonard Bernstein  •  Plácido Domingo  •  Mirella Freni

Der Rosenkavalier (1985)

Live performance, new production season 1984-5. BBC 2 Television relay on 30 March 1985 of performance of February 11.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Large  •  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Kiri Te Kanawa  •  Anne Howells  •  Aage Haugland  •  Barbara Bonney

Live performance, new production season 1984-5. BBC 2 Television relay on 30 March 1985 of performance of February 11.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Large  •  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Kiri Te Kanawa  •  Anne Howells  •  Aage Haugland  •  Barbara Bonney

Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 4 (2007)

A collector's celebration of Solti's time in Chicago and includes bonus material of Solti rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic. Included are works by Rossini, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Wagner, Strauss, Kodaly, Bartok, Weiner, Berlioz.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Georg Solti  •  Chicago Symphony Orchestra  •  Wiener Philharmoniker

A collector's celebration of Solti's time in Chicago and includes bonus material of Solti rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic. Included are works by Rossini, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Wagner, Strauss, Kodaly, Bartok, Weiner, Berlioz.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Georg Solti  •  Chicago Symphony Orchestra  •  Wiener Philharmoniker

Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 2 (2007)

A collector's celebration of Solti's time in Chicago and includes bonus material of Solti rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic. Included are works by Rossini, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Wagner, Strauss, Kodaly, Bartok, Weiner, Berlioz.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Georg Solti  •  Chicago Symphony Orchestra

A collector's celebration of Solti's time in Chicago and includes bonus material of Solti rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic. Included are works by Rossini, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Wagner, Strauss, Kodaly, Bartok, Weiner, Berlioz.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Georg Solti  •  Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (2007)

A collector's celebration of Solti's time in Chicago and includes bonus material of Solti rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic. Included are works by Rossini, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Wagner, Strauss, Kodaly, Bartok, Weiner, Berlioz.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Georg Solti  •  Chicago Symphony Orchestra  •  Wiener Philharmoniker

A collector's celebration of Solti's time in Chicago and includes bonus material of Solti rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic. Included are works by Rossini, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Wagner, Strauss, Kodaly, Bartok, Weiner, Berlioz.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Georg Solti  •  Chicago Symphony Orchestra  •  Wiener Philharmoniker

Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (2007)

A collector's celebration of Solti's time in Chicago and includes bonus material of Solti rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic. Included are works by Rossini, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Wagner, Strauss, Kodaly, Bartok, Weiner, Berlioz.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Georg Solti  •  Chicago Symphony Orchestra  •  Wiener Philharmoniker

A collector's celebration of Solti's time in Chicago and includes bonus material of Solti rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic. Included are works by Rossini, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Wagner, Strauss, Kodaly, Bartok, Weiner, Berlioz.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Georg Solti  •  Chicago Symphony Orchestra  •  Wiener Philharmoniker

Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti (1966)

BBC television program exploring Visconti’s mastery of cinema, theater, and opera direction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Coleman
CAST:  Riccardo Aragno  •  Luchino Visconti  •  Leonard Bernstein  •  María Callas

BBC television program exploring Visconti’s mastery of cinema, theater, and opera direction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Coleman
CAST:  Riccardo Aragno  •  Luchino Visconti  •  Leonard Bernstein  •  María Callas

Falstaff (1979)

This performance, and the film that documents it, is superb! From its comically vulgar opening in the Garter Inn, where we are introduced to a rotund (and slightly pathetic) Falstaff - in a richly nuanced performance by baritone Gabriel Bacquier cocooned in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Götz Friedrich
CAST:  Gabriel Bacquier  •  Richard Stilwell  •  Max René Cosotti  •  John Lanigan

This performance, and the film that documents it, is superb! From its comically vulgar opening in the Garter Inn, where we are introduced to a rotund (and slightly pathetic) Falstaff - in a richly nuanced performance by baritone Gabriel Bacquier cocooned in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Götz Friedrich
CAST:  Gabriel Bacquier  •  Richard Stilwell  •  Max René Cosotti  •  John Lanigan

The Golden Ring (1965)

Watching the Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti, and a stellar cast record Wagner's immense Götterdämmerung for Decca in the fall of 1964 provides a thousand lessons in the art of working under pressure. For this classic documentary, The Golden Ring, a BBC camera ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Humphrey Burton
CAST:  Georg Solti  •  John Culshaw  •  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau  •  Gottlob Frick

Watching the Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti, and a stellar cast record Wagner's immense Götterdämmerung for Decca in the fall of 1964 provides a thousand lessons in the art of working under pressure. For this classic documentary, The Golden Ring, a BBC camera ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Humphrey Burton
CAST:  Georg Solti  •  John Culshaw  •  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau  •  Gottlob Frick

Maestro or Mephisto: The Real Georg Solti (2002)

This film tells the story of one of the greatest and most controversial conductors of the 20th Century. The Hungarian-born Georg Solti had huge drive, energy and ambition. A combination of willpower and extraordinary talent took him to the peak of musical power and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andy King-Dabbs
CAST:  Georg Solti

This film tells the story of one of the greatest and most controversial conductors of the 20th Century. The Hungarian-born Georg Solti had huge drive, energy and ambition. A combination of willpower and extraordinary talent took him to the peak of musical power and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andy King-Dabbs
CAST:  Georg Solti

Mozart Requiem (1991)

You will find this Requiem the finest on video. It certainly outshines Bohm's dated approach, and Bernstein's lethargically slow performance. (No disrespect to them, I enjoy them but this is better :) It also gives us a superb opportunity to view Solti at work, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Humphrey Burton
CAST:  Georg Solti  •  Cecilia Bartoli  •  Arleen Augér  •  René Pape

You will find this Requiem the finest on video. It certainly outshines Bohm's dated approach, and Bernstein's lethargically slow performance. (No disrespect to them, I enjoy them but this is better :) It also gives us a superb opportunity to view Solti at work, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Humphrey Burton
CAST:  Georg Solti  •  Cecilia Bartoli  •  Arleen Augér  •  René Pape

Sir Georg Solti: Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

This superb performance of three of Beethoven's compositions features renowned pianist Murray Perahia and the London Symphony Orchestra, led by legendary guest conductor Sir Georg Solti. The concert, which was held as part of the fifth anniversary celebration of ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Murray Perahia  •  Georg Solti  •  London Symphony Orchestra

This superb performance of three of Beethoven's compositions features renowned pianist Murray Perahia and the London Symphony Orchestra, led by legendary guest conductor Sir Georg Solti. The concert, which was held as part of the fifth anniversary celebration of ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Murray Perahia  •  Georg Solti  •  London Symphony Orchestra

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (1990)

Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) is an 1859 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The text, by Antonio Somma, was based on Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's 1833 five act opera, Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué. The plot concerns the assassination in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Large  •  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Plácido Domingo  •  Josephine Barstow  •  Leo Nucci  •  Florence Quivar

Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) is an 1859 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The text, by Antonio Somma, was based on Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's 1833 five act opera, Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué. The plot concerns the assassination in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Large  •  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Plácido Domingo  •  Josephine Barstow  •  Leo Nucci  •  Florence Quivar

Daniel Barenboim, Sir Georg Solti, András Schiff - Mozart concertos for 2 & 3 pianos (1991)

Daniel Barenboim, Sir Georg Solti, András Schiff and the English Chamber Orchestra play Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K271 "Jeunehomme" (two pianos) and Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K453 (three pianos).  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Daniel Barenboim  •  Georg Solti  •  András Schiff

Daniel Barenboim, Sir Georg Solti, András Schiff and the English Chamber Orchestra play Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K271 "Jeunehomme" (two pianos) and Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K453 (three pianos).  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Daniel Barenboim  •  Georg Solti  •  András Schiff