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WAGNER: PARSIFAL (London, 5 LPs); BEETHOVEN: NINTH SYMPHONY (London, 2 LPs). Two grand conducting achievements by the liege of the American orchestral scene, Sir Georg Solti...
...musicians to continue playing while a new contract is being negotiated. Again, wages were the key issue, although neither side would divulge details. In declining to open without a contract, the Chicago officials seemed fearful that the orchestra would go on playing only until the arrival of Sir Georg Solti (TIME Cover, May 7) in mid-October, then strike dramatically, with lucrative recording dates and a fall tour hanging in the balance...
Born. To Sir Georg Solti, 60, flamboyant Hungarian-born conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (TIME cover, May 7), and Lady (Valerie) Solti, 35: their second child, second daughter; in London. Name: Claudia Vanessa...
...Mahlerites are especially pleased with Sir Georg's interpretations of Mahler...
...TIME'S hymn of praise to Sir Georg Solti is in effect a rhapsodic tribute to the Chicago Symphony and to its master builder, Fritz Reiner. When Reiner arrived in Chicago in the early 1950s, the orchestra that had been shaped so nobly by Frederick ("Papa") Stock had fallen on hard times. Maestro Reiner changed all that. Reiner's method centered on perfectionism, brought out with elan and excitement, yet with an economy of baton flicking, writhing, bouncing or grimacing...