Sir Georg Solti is the most famous and accomplished conductor of our age. He was born in Hungary, where he suffered from pre-war anti-Semitism; he spent the war years in Switzerland then went to Germany to become musical director of Bavarian State Opera. In 1961 he came to England, where he has been based for most of his working life, including a long stint (1969-90) as Musical Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and as Artistic Director of Covent Garden (from 1961-71). He worked with Bartok, Kodaly and Richard Strauss, and trained with Furtwangler and Toscanini. He has collaborated with practically all the great musicians and singers of our time and has made thousands of recordings. He has agreed to write his life story -in collaboration with the writer Harvey Sachs - for publication on his 85th birthday. He died in September 1997.

Solti on Solti

Harvey Sachs

George Solti

Biographies & Memoirs

Vintage

A detailed account of the development and career of the world-renowned conductor investigates his creative struggles and accomplishments, his virulent anti-Fascism, his turbulent correspondence with Strauss, Debussy, Ravel, Fuccini, and Einstein

Toscanini

Arts & Photography

Music

Weidenfeld and Nicholson

Rubinstein's long career was synonynous with Chopin and during that time he acquired many devoted fans. In this autobiography, the author travels the world in search of the man behind the legend, the artist behind the myth, and the secret behind the memoirs.

Arthur Rubinstein: A Life

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

Paperback. Pub Date :2011-08-01 Pages: 240 Language: English Publisher: Faber &amp; Faber A decade after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had given way to an era of retrenchment and repression. 1824 became a watershed year The premiere of. the Ninth Symphony. the death of Lord Byron - who had been aiding the Greeks in their struggle for independence. Delacroixs painting of the Turkish massacre of Greeks at Chios and Pushkins anti-tyrannical play Boris Godunov all signalled that the desire for freedom was not dead . And all of these works and events were part of the flowering of the High Romantic period.In The Ninth. eminent music historian and biographer Harvey Sachs employs memoir. anecdote and his vast knowledge of history to explain how the premiere of Beethovens staggering last symphony was emblematic of its time - a work of art unlike any other - and a magisteri...

The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824

Humor & Entertainment

Faber&Faber

Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957) is the most famous operatic and symphonic conductor in history. When Harvey Sachs' Reflections on Toscanini was first published in 1978, it was acclaimed internationally as the definitive biography of the extraordinary maestro. Now Sachs has revised and expanded this classic book, further exploring the conductor's controversial musicianship, conducting, recordings, drastic rehearsal methods, and influence on repertory.

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Solti on Solti

Toscanini

Arthur Rubinstein: A Life

The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824

Toscanini