SIR GEORG SOLTI was without doubt one of the most distinguished and influential musical figures of our times. Dynamic, outspoken and brilliant, he worked with some of the great musicians of the century, directed some of the finest orchestras of the world, and had a profound impact on the musical life of Europe and America. This remarkable memoir reflects a life spent in an extraordinarily intense and fruitful engagement with music, and Sir Georg's thoughts on composers, conductors, singers and instrumentalists make this hook a uniquely fascinating document. Born in Budapest in 1912, Sir Georg worked with Bartok and Kodaly, and later became an assistant to Toscanini and Bruno Walter before being forced to flee Hungary on the eve of World War II. His war years, as a penniless Jew in Zurich, were challenging, but they catalpulted him into the prestigious post of Director of Music at the Munich State Opera at the age of thirty-four. From there he began an international career in which he served as Music Director to the Frankfurt Opera, and ten productive and occasionally turbulent years at the Royal Opera House in London from 1961 to 1971. This memoir also records his key presence at Salzburg after the death of von Karajan, and his acclaimed work in America with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Throughout this candid and thoughtful book, Sir Georg includes memorably incisive sketches and assessments of figures such as Horovitz, Richard Strauss and Stravinsky, of singers such as Birgit Nilsson and Kiri Te Kanawa, and of the great composers whose work made up 'the core of his repertoire: Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Mahler, Bruckner, Schubert and Verdi. Forceful, witty and idiosyncratic, rich with insights drawn from several decades of musical experience, this is a marvellous record of an exceptional life, and a valuable and illuminating survey of the classical music world in the 20th century.
SIR GEORG SOLTI was without doubt one of the most distinguished and influential musical figures of our times. Dynamic, outspoken and brilliant, he worked with some of the great musicians of the cen...
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