Solti's reputation

I was under the impression (even from years ago) that Sir Georg Solti was a huge name in the conducting world, that his reputation was one of success and genius. Even before I spend tons of money on a classical music collection and downloaded scores and became fascinated with the history and culture of classical music, it was a name I associated with the Chicago symphony. So when I went to look into box sets of the symphonies of Mahler, Bruckner, and Brahms (not at the same time), I bought Solti [...]