Title: Bartók: Klavierkonzert No. 3; Mahler: Sinfonie No. 1 Artist: Georg Solti Release Date: 2004 Label: Orfeo d'Or Duration: 78:53 Album Type(s): performer(s) biography, Special essay (music history, styles, etc.) UPCs: 675754795429, 4011790628127 Genre: Classical Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz. 119, BB 127 (completed by Tibor Serly)
   - Allegretto
2. Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz. 119, BB 127 (completed by Tibor Serly)
   - Adagio religioso
3. Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz. 119, BB 127 (completed by Tibor Serly)
   - Allegretto vivace
4. Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Titan")
   - Langsam, schleppend. Im Anfang sehr gemächlich
5. Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Titan")
   - Kráftig, bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
6. Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Titan")
   - Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen
7. Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Titan")
   - Stürmisch bewegt

This CD of Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3 and Mahler's Symphony No. 1 in D major may find defenders for its enjoyable Salzburg Festival performances, but others will be nonplussed by the mono AAD sound, which is decently cleaned up but still disheartening for a live recording from 1964. Pianist Annie Fischer is vigorous and eloquent in Bartók's Concerto, and the Vienna Philharmonic under Georg Solti is, simply put, magnificent. Yet the recording makes the performers seem distant and indistinct, as if the microphone placement was far back behind the audience. Remastering has removed tape hiss and brought some details to the fore, but the the sound overall is two-dimensional. The recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 1 also suffers from limited audio resources, and the Vienna Philharmonic's usually warm strings and rich brass seem colder and weaker in the mix. The woodwinds, however, remain distinct, perhaps due to some acoustic anomaly that carries their timbres over the others. Solti's interpretation seems more relaxed and inviting here than in his driven performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from the same year, and this disc is recommended over the 2004 Decca reissue. But considerations of the sound quality and the audience's occasionally distracting noises may put this disc lower on most wish lists. ~ Blair Sanderson, All Music Guide

Name Credits Annie Fischer Piano Christine Delank Literary Editor Christoph Schamm Literary Editor Georg Solti Conductor Gottfried Kraus Liner Notes, Art Supervisor Hans Sachs Recording Supervision Harald Huber Digital Remastering Josef Sladko Engineer Stewart Spencer Liner Note Translation Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra