Egmont overture / Ludwig van Beethoven (8:16) -- Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche : op. 28 ; Don Juan : op. 20 / Richard Strauss (14:58) -- Ruslan and Lyudmila overture / Mikhail Glinka (4:47) -- Prince Igor. Polovtsian dances / Alexander Borodin (13:41) -- Der Ring des Nibelungen : orchestral excerpts. Die Walküre. The ride of the Valkyries (3:09) ; Das Rheingold. Entry of the gods into Valhalla (5:18) ; Die Walküre. Wotan's farewell and magic fire music (15:04) ; Siegfried. Forest murmurs (8:58) ; Götterdämmerung. Siegfried's funeral march (8:31) ; Final scene, closing section (4:33) / Richard Wagner -- Le sacre du printemps (32:04) ; Symphony in three movements (22:23) ; Symphony of psalms (21:03) / Igor Stravinsky -- Cantata profana : BB 100/Sz 94 / Béla Bartók (17:57) -- Serenade for small orchestra, op. 3 / Leó Weiner (19:52) -- Psalmus hungaricus : op. 13 / Zoltán Kodály (21:08) -- Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor / Gustav Mahler (1:08:39).
Note
The 5th, 8th-9th, and 11th works for chorus and orchestra; the remainder for orchestra.
Language (note)
Sung in Russian (5th work), Latin (9th work), and Hungarian (10th and 12th works).
Title
Solti : a passion for music.
Publisher
London : Decca, [2007]
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich (1st and 13th works) ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra (2nd-3rd, 7th-9th works) ; London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus (4th-5th works) ; Wiener Philharmoniker (6th work) ; Chicago Symphony Chorus, Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus (9th work) ; Budapest Festival Orchestra (10th-12th works) ; Tamás Daróczy, tenor, Alexandru Agache, baritone (10th work) ; Choir of Hungarian Radio & TV (10th and 12th works) ; Children's Choir of Hungarian Radio & TV, Schola Cantorum Budapestiensis (12th work) ; Georg Solti, conductor.
Event
Recorded 1947-1997.
Language
Sung in Russian (5th work), Latin (9th work), and Hungarian (10th and 12th works).