Solti - The Legacy 1937-1997 / Sir Georg Solti (2CD)

2012年10月21日是指揮家蕭提一百歲的冥誕，由於他終生幾乎都只為笛卡錄音，為了紀念這位專屬指揮大師，笛卡將特別發行一系列蕭提錄音全集。蕭提於1947年與笛卡簽約，一開始是以鋼琴家的身份簽訂演奏錄音合約，但隨即就依他的意願開始以指揮家身份錄音。直到1997年他過世前最後一場音樂會，前後五十年間為笛卡錄製無數精彩的作品。

這張雙CD的精選，就是為了蕭提錄音全集所作的暖身合輯，輯中收錄150分鐘的音樂，其中有許多都是先前未發行過的現場錄音或正式錄音。如，他在1937年為指揮家托斯卡尼尼於薩爾茲堡音樂節的《魔笛》演出敲奏鐘琴的樂段，在傳聞了七十年後，終於首度在本錄音中現身。

另外，1947年蕭提為男高音李契泰格（Max Lichtegg, 1910-1992）伴奏的「天鵝之歌」錄音，也收錄了其中的一曲「告別」（Abschied）。而他在1952年被借將到DG和Goltz, Hongen合作的《伊勒克特蕾拉》（Elektra）劇中的一個唱段，是許多人都只聞其名不聞其聲的錄音，也得以在此現身。
除此之外，蕭提和舒娃茲柯芙、提芭蒂等五、六零年代首席聲樂巨星合作的演出，均在此特別收錄，新一輩的樂迷也難有機會聽見。全片最後則是1997年蕭提和蓋兒基爾合作的《命運之力》中的詠嘆調「請賜和平」（Pace, Pace）。這段錄音完成之後封藏至今超過十五年，首度發行，彌足珍貴。

曲目:
CD 1 [80:00 approx]
[1] Schubert: Abschied 3:21
Recorded: 25 June 1947 [studio]
Max Lichtegg / Georg Solti

[2] Mozart: Di Zauberflote: Ein Madchen oder Weibchen 3:57
Recorded: Salzburg Festival 1937
Willi Domgraf-Fasbaender / WP / Toscanini
Georg Solti keyboard glockenspiel

[3] Richard Strauss: Elektra: Allein! Weh, ganz allein 8:42
Recorded: August 1952 [studio]
Christel Goltz / Bayerisches Staatsorchester

[4] Berg: Lulu: Wie kannst Du die Szene gegen mich aus spielen?
[Sonaten-Durchfuhrung] 7:13
Recorded: 1961
Ernst Gutstein / Helga Pilarczyk / Frankfurt Opera

[5] Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier: Marie Theres! … Es ist ein Traum 14:10
Recorded: December 1959
Sena Jurinac / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Hanny Steffek / Ronald Lewis / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

[6] Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Hai gia vinta la causa 4:49
Recorded: 1963
Tito Gobbi / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

[7] Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Giunse alfin il momento 5:09
Recorded: 1963
Mirella Freni / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

[8] Verdi: Otello: Ora e per sempre addio… si pel ciel 10:37
Recorded: 1964
James McCracken / Tito Gobbi / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

[9] Mozart: Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento 3:33
Recorded: July 1968
Pilar Lorengar / Josephine Veasey / Kieth Engen / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

[10] Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust: Merci, doux crepuscule! 5:05
Recorded: August 1963
Nicolai Gedda / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

[11] Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Helena! Hermia! Demetrius! Lysander! 5:27
Recorded: March 1968 [studio]
Delme Bryn-Jones / Kenneth McDonald / Elizabeth Robson / Anne Howells
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

[12] Giordano: Andrea Chenier: Vicino a te 7:31
Recorded 10 November 1956
Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker / Orchestra of the Lyric Opera, Chicago

CD 2 [77:00 approx]
[1]-[3] Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos, K365 24:47
Recorded: 9 October 1987
Murray Perahia, Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

[4] Verdi: Otello: Gia nella notte densa 9:47
Recorded: 9 October 1987
Placido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro:
3 short rehearsal sequences fromthe Decca recording
[5] Act 2 - Porgi amor - rehearsal of orchestral introduction 3:28
[6] Act 4 - recitative rehearsal sequence: Ebbene, il padron l’odia...
a un fischio mio correte tutti quanti 3:36
[7] Act 1 - La vendetta - rehearsal of introduction 1:44
Recorded: May 1981

[8] Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Porgi amor 4:01
Recorded: 1991
Margaret Price / Chamber Orchestra of Europe

[9] Britten: Billy Budd: O beauty, o handsomeness 5:59
Recorded: March 1968 [studio]
Forbes Robinson / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

[10] Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Mild und leise 7:41
Recorded: 3 July 1971
Birgit Nilsson / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

[11] Wagner: Gotterdammerung: Grane mein Rob… selig grubt dich dein Weib! 2:01
Recorded: July 1983
Hildegard Behrens / Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele

[12] Mozart: Cosi fan tutte: Come Scoglio 4:31
Recorded: May 1994
Renee Fleming / Chamber Orchestra of Europe

[13] Schubert: An die Musik 3:20
Recorded: October 1992
Hans Hotter / Jeffrey Tate

[14] Verdi: La forza del destino: Pace, pace 5:45
Recorded: January 1997 [studio] - previously unpublished
Angela Gheorghiu / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti

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