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George Szell Edition (10CD Box Set)
Artist: 
George Szell

    George Szell Edition (10CD Box Set)

    $159.99

    Product Code: 0028948482962

    George Szell’s reputation as a perfectionist is legendary, and these recordings, taped between 1949 and 1970, offer a vivid portrait of a conductor whose clarity, discipline and structural command set new standards in orchestral performance. The New York Times praised his ‘uncompromising precision and taut rhythmic control’ and critics have long admired the ‘incisive, diamond-cut playing’ he drew from orchestras, yet also the elegance and lyricism that balanced his rigour. These recordings, described by Gramophone as ‘models of orchestral refinement and integrity’ bring together Szell’s complete legacy for Decca, Philips and Deutsche Grammophon, preserving performances that still set benchmarks of style and authority.

    Tracklist

    CD 1

    BEETHOVEN: Egmont, Op. 84

    Pilar Lorengar; Klausjürgen Wussow

    Wiener Philharmoniker

    CD 2

    BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5

    MOZART: Symphony No. 34

    Concertgebouworkest

    CD 3

    BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5

    Clifford Curzon; London Philharmonic Orchestra

    BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3

    Concertgebouworkest

    CD 4

    BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Clifford Curzon; London Symphony Orchestra

    CD 5

    DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8

    Concertgebouworkest

    Cello Concerto

    Pierre Fournier; Berliner Philharmoniker

    CD 6

    HANDEL: Water Music Suite (arr. Harty) – performance and rehearsal*

    Royal Fireworks Music Suite (arr. Harty)

    Menuet (Il pastor fido); Largo (Serse)

    London Symphony Orchestra

    *REHEARSAL PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED

    CD 7

    MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    SCHUBERT: Rosamunde

    Concertgebouworkest

    CD 8

    MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 27

    Clifford Curzon; Wiener Philharmoniker

    CD 9

    SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2

    Concertgebouworkest

    CD 10

    TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Clifford Curzon; New Symphony Orchestra

    ARTISTS

    George Szell, conductor

    Various orchestras/soloists