Thread: Solti Opera Boxes.....which ones are you getting?

Wagner, Strauss, Mozart or Verdi?

I already snagged the Strauss and Verdi boxes off iTunes (where they cost next to nothing). Unsure if I'm getting the Mozart, but I'm definitely getting the Wagner.

I will get the ones I wrote.

I already have the individual components of the wagner and strauss.
so those are kind of off the table for me.
the mozart and verdi are less essential to me. I have about 3 of his recordings from each of those composers and he seems to not GEL with me as other conductors. There is also a Bartok box that is worth mentioning.
again, I have all the components there except for some Kodaly recordings that are also included.

It is worth mentioning that they include the EARLIER Meistersinger, instead of the second digital one with CSO.

another thing is the mozart has a fifteenth disc that solti as pianist:

Violin Sonata No.32 in B flat major, K454
with Georg Kulenkampf (recorded in 1948)

Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, K478
with Members of the Melos Quartet (recorded in 1984)

Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K466
with the English Chamber Orchestra (recorded in 1989)

his analog Mozart operas are excellent recordings.

I have all the Wagner operas individually, except Meistersinger, so I wouldn't bother with that one

I do have the Strauss and boxes. I enjoy Solti's conducting of both composers, although I think it's safe to say that the quality of singers/singing is generally higher on the earlier recordings, particularly in the Strauss box

what operas are in the Verdi box?
Amazon doesnt show a couple of the discs.

Aida, Otello, Un Ballo in Maschera, Don Carlos, Simon Boccanegra, La Traviata, Falstaff I think off the top of my head

Originally Posted by AndyS

Aida, Otello, Un Ballo in Maschera, Don Carlos, Simon Boccanegra, La Traviata, Falstaff I think off the top of my head

no Rigoletto?

Aïda, Don Carlo, Falstaff, Traviata, Otello, Simon Boccanegra, Ballo and choruses.

So no Rigoletto. Probably because RCA isn't owned by Decca.

Originally Posted by Aksel

Aïda, Don Carlo, Falstaff, Traviata, Otello, Simon Boccanegra, Ballo and choruses.

So no Rigoletto. Probably because RCA isn't owned by Decca.

thanks......

Wagner.

Since I don't like Strauss operas, never tried to get Solti's renditions but they're probably terrific as his Wagner...