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Private Passions

on BBC Radio 3

In this edition of Private Passions, which was recorded earlier this year, before his recent death,
Sir Georg Solti talks to Michael Berkeley about his student days in pre-war Hungary, where his teachers included Bartok and Kodaly, his hair-raising escape from Budapest just as the Nazis moved in, and his long career since as one of the world's foremost conductors, particularly noted for his pioneering opera recordings, from Mozart and Beethoven to Wagner and Strauss.
Executive producer Wendy Thompson Repeated tomorrow 6.30pm
See also Solti Resounding, Monday 7.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Sir Georg Solti
Unknown:
Michael Berkeley
Producer:
Wendy Thompson

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