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This new limited edition, \u003cem\u003eSolti in Europe\u003c\/em\u003e, stands as a vital testimony to what Sir Georg fought for – music as a mission for world understanding and a symbol for international unification – and includes recordings from his very first on Decca as a pianist in 1947 to his last studio album made within three months of his death. Of the latter, Gramophone noted the irony that “these were his very first recordings made in his native Hungary with Hungarian musicians” … “In his final reconciliation with his native land…[he] found extra warmth in music he loved, while keeping the biting intensity which was always a hallmark of his conducting” wrote Edward Greenfield in his review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTRACK LIST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD1: BRAHMS Violin Sonatas Nos 1-3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorg Kulenkampff (violin), Georg Solti (piano)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD2: SCHUBERT In der Ferne; Abschied\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMax Lichtegg (tenor), Georg Solti (piano)\u003cbr\u003eMOZART Violin Sonata K.454\u003cbr\u003eBEETHOVEN “Kreutzer” Sonata\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorg Kulenkampff (violin), Georg Solti (piano)\u003cbr\u003eBEETHOVEN Egmont Overture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTonhalle Orchestra Zurich\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD3: UN 50th Anniversary Concert – works by Rossini, Bartók \u0026amp; Beethoven\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorld Orchestra for Peace\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD4: MAHLER Symphony No.5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTonhalle Orchestra Zurich\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD5: “THE LAST RECORDING”\u003cbr\u003eBARTÓK Cantata profana; WEINER Serenade; KODÁLY Psalmus hungaricus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTamás Daróczy (tenor), Alexandru Agache (baritone); Budapest Festival Orchestra\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD6: BEETHOVEN Symphony No.3 “Eroica”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWiener Philharmoniker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD7: BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWiener Philharmoniker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD8: BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWiener Philharmoniker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD9: SUPPÉ Overtures\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWiener Philharmoniker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD10: TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClifford Curzon (piano); Wiener Philharmoniker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD11: “The Vienna Philharmonic Plays Wagner”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRienzi Overture, Der Fliegende Holländer Overture, Tannhäuser (Original Paris Version) Overture \u0026amp; Bacchanale\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWiener Philharmoniker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD12: BRUCKNER Symphony No.7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWiener Philharmoniker\u003cbr\u003eWAGNER Siegfried Idyll\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMembers of the Wiener Philharmoniker, Walter Weller (leader)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD13: BRUCKNER Symphony No.8\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWiener Philharmoniker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD14: SCHUMANN Symphony No.1 “Spring”; Overture, Scherzo \u0026amp; Finale Op.52\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWiener Philharmoniker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD15: SCHUMANN Symphony No.2; Julius Caesar Overture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWiener Philharmoniker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD16: SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish” \u0026amp; No.4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWiener Philharmoniker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD17: VERDI Requiem\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSutherland, Horne, Pavarotti, Talvela\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWiener Philharmoniker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD18: R. 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