West Hill Radio Archive: WHRA6018
George Szell: Previously Unissued Concerts 1943-1957 Vol.1
Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92
Wagner: Overture to Tannhaäuser
Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever
Sousa: The Star Spangled Banner
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 in A major, Op.90 “Italian”
R Strauss: Don Juan, Op.20
R Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lusitge Streiche, Op.28
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Smetana: The Moldau
Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride
Smetana: Quartet in E minor
Schumann: Symphony No.4 in D minor, Op.120
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op.34
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, Op.19
Brahms: Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.73
Our Price: £34.95 (£29.74 ex VAT)
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 4
Genre: Orchestral
Artist(s): Eugene List (piano), Joseph Szigeti (violin), New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra
Conductor(s): George Szell
Release Date: 26th May 2008
More Details on George Szell: Previously Unissued Concerts 1943-1957 Vol.1
Szell, perhaps the last of the great aristocratic conductors, was aware of the importance of recordings but also knew that a live performance was a unique and preferable artistic experience . . "the musical performance that happens only once and is unique in the philosophical sense and unrepeatable where the performer and the community of listeners find themselves in the same space, in the same spot, in one moment and live through one performance with all its hazards and all the grace of the moment it may have…” (George Szell, 1965)
If some have objected to a perceived dryness or over-calculation in Szell’s commercial recordings, the live recordings in this 2 Volume set of 8 CDs show a more spontaneous and dynamic side of his artistry.
They feature The New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra and The Cleveland Orchestra in recordings from Carnegie Hall, New York and The Cleveland Orchestra Severance Hall in Cleveland between 1943 and 1957.
If some have objected to a perceived dryness or over-calculation in Szell’s commercial recordings, the live recordings in this 2 Volume set of 8 CDs show a more spontaneous and dynamic side of his artistry.
They feature The New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra and The Cleveland Orchestra in recordings from Carnegie Hall, New York and The Cleveland Orchestra Severance Hall in Cleveland between 1943 and 1957.
Composers on this disc include....
Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner, John Philip Sousa, Carl Maria von Weber, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Richard Strauss, George Gershwin, Bedrich Smetana, Robert Schumann, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Sergei Prokofiev, Johannes Brahms
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