Georg Solti
Hungarian-British conductor (1912–1997)
Sir Georg Solti KBE (21 October 1912 – 5 September 1997) was a world-renowned Hungarian-born British orchestral and operatic conductor.
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Quotes edit
Conductors by John L. Holmes (1988) pp 256-261 ISBN 0-575-04088-2 edit
- From Toscanini I learnt the essential and desperate seriousness of making music.
- Everyone says you have to be a specialist, and if you conduct Wagner you cannot conduct Mozart - this is nonsense.
- Fight the tendency to become complacent and do one kind of music - that is the death of a musician.
- In my orchestra, I hate slackness, idle talk and lost time. I always hated this and still hate it. But I can achieve much more when I am quiet and not shouting.
- Between the two men, somewhere, a truth is lying, and that is what I try to find.
- Arguing that Toscanini and Furtwangler both went to extremes.
Interview, Charlie Rose, February 28, 1995 edit
- Charlie Rose: What's your favorite symphony in the world now? Sir-
- Georg Solti: There isn't any. There isn't any for me. This is a question for amateurs. Amateurs have favorite symphonies. A pro never have favorites. The favorite is what I am doing now, today. That's my favorite.
