© 2014 London Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd
℗ 2014 BBC
Recorded by BBC Radio 3 at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 10 September 1982.
Remastering Engineer: Deborah Spanton, K&A Productions
Total playing time 79:57
ADD Stereo
Released June 2014
CD: Beethoven – Missa Solemnis
LPO conducted by Georg Solti
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Sir Georg Solti conductor
Helen Donath soprano
Doris Soffel mezzo soprano
Siegfried Jerusalem tenor
Hans Sotin bass
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ronald Thomas guest leader
John Currie chorus master
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'Solti, who gets the LPO to play very well indeed, is on fine form.'
John Quinn, Music Web International, 3 June 2014
‘A wonderfully coherent interpretation – humane, humble and at one point during the anti-military Agnus Dei, disturbingly angry – that proves utterly enthralling.’ (4 stars)
Tim Ashley, The Guardian, 27 June 2014
'A fine account'
Richard Osborne, Gramophone, September 2014
‘This is a sympathetic performance, with Solti well-served by the LPO.’
Misha Donat, BBC Music Magazine, September 2014
‘[Solti] captures the intensity of the music thrillingly, and elicits fine playing from the orchestra to complement the excellent vocal elements.’
Infodad.com, 31 July 2014
'This Royal Albert Hall performance from 1982 finds Georg Solti in dynamic, driving yet expressively yielding form, securing a vibrant and sensitive response from a large choir, excellent soloists and a very responsive LPO.'
Classical Ear, 10 September 2014
‘There are too many superlatives about the choir’s performance to list them all, so I will settle for the tremendous power at forte and fortissimo, and the remarkable clarity of texture, the result of rhythmic precision, superb enunciation and spot-on tuning … [Solti] clearly galvanized the chorus, and the playing from the London Philharmonic Orchestra, in his final season as Principal Conductor, is magnificent throughout.’
William Hedley, International Record Review, October 2014
'Solti fans will not be disappointed, and aficionados of this work will be impressed by the consistent excellence of the Chorus.'
Curtis Rogers, Classical Source, 20 October 2014
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