Word: soltis
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...concert, at Symphony Hall, opened with Beethoven's Egmont Overture. It was obvious from the get-go that this was not the Beethoven of Bernstein's New York Philharmonic or Solti's Chicago Symphony. The first powerful f minor chord, an expression of force that often drowns the listener with its weight, had a subdued, chamber-like quality not normally associated with the work. The timbre of the period woodwinds, as heard in their ensuing dialogue, differed slightly from the sound of a modern performance. This distinction in tone colors became more noticeable in the well-executed solo horn sections...
...classical-music-business professionals and began her speedy climb to stardom. James Levine, who two years ago led the season-opening production of Otello at the Met that marked her professional coming of age, says Fleming's Desdemona "already ranks with the very best." The late Sir Georg Solti was instrumental in persuading London Records to sign her to an exclusive contract, making her the first American singer signed by the Europe-based label since Marilyn Horne...
APPRECIATION OF SOLTI...
...Georg Solti [MILESTONES, Sept. 15] was a giant of the music world, one of the greatest conducting talents of all time and a man who devoted his life to studying and developing a deep understanding of the masterpieces and their creators. He presented these works to us, the public, in his own inimitable fashion so we could experience some of the emotions and the supernatural insight of genius. But who remains willing to sit, without the help of a single visual effect, and actually listen for more than five minutes to music that could transport him to uncharted intellectual...
DIED. SIR GEORG SOLTI, 84, fierce maestro who prodded the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to the front of the world stage; in Antibes, France. During his conducting debut at the Budapest Opera, Solti's audience fled--not from his Mozart, but out of fear that Hitler, then in Vienna, was fast approaching. Never again. On the Chicago podium, he transfixed listeners, seemingly verging on levitation in his energetic efforts to draw tight phrasing and brilliant coloration from his musicians. His athleticism won the orchestra 23 Grammy Awards during his 22-year reign...