Szell.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Szell, George, 1897-1970, conductor.

Contributor:

Cleveland Orchestra, performer.

Language:

English

German

Latin

Subjects (All):

Szell, George, 1897-1970--Interviews.

Szell, George.

Szell, George, 1897-1970.

Conductors (Music)--Interviews.

Conductors (Music).

Interviews.

Operas--Excerpts.

Operas.

Orchestral music.

Concertos (Violin).

Masses.

Octets (Bassoon, clarinet, horn, violins (2), viola, cello, double bass).

Symphonies.

Symphonic poems.

Genre:

Interviews.

Orchestral music.

Sound recordings.

Excerpts.

Physical Description:

7 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Edition:

Centennial compact disc edition.

Other Title:

Title on container spine: George Szell centennial

Place of Publication:

Cleveland, Ohio : The Cleveland Orchestra, [1997]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Contents:

Tannhäuser. Overture (14:13) ; Dich, teure Halle (Margaret Harshaw, soprano) (3:10) ; Tristan and Isolde. Prelude (11:26) ; Love-death (Margaret Harshaw, soprano) (7:05) ; Götterdämmerung. Siegfried's funeral march (8:53) ; Immolation scene (Margaret Harshaw, soprano) (18:34) / Richard Wagner

Music for a scene from Shelley / Samuel Barber (9:00)

Pampeana no. 3 : pastoral symphony / Alberto Ginastera (19:10)

Cinq métaboles / Henri Dutilleux (16:05)

Violin concerto / William Walton (Zino Francescatti, violin) (28:27)

Missa solemnis / Ludwig van Beethoven (Saramae Endich, soprano ; Florence Kopleff, contralto ; Ernst Haefliger, tenor ; Ezio Flagello, bass ; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus) (76:38)

Octet in F major, D. 803 / Franz Schubert (Robert Marcellus, clarinet ; Myron Bloom, horn ; George Goslee, bassoon ; with string ensemble) (62:34)

The damnation of Faust (12:48). Minuet of the Will-o'-the- wisps (5:56) ; Ballet of the sylphs (2:42)

Rákóczy march (4:10) / Hector Berlioz

En saga : op. 9 (18:35)

Symphony no. 4, op. 63 (34:07)

Symphony no. 7, op. 105 (19:08) / Jean Sibelius

Symphony no. 9 / Gustav Mahler (75:32)

Interviews: George Szell. with John Culshaw, 1968 (55:48) ; with James Fassett, 1963 (9:03) ; with Paul Myers, 1966 (8:27) ; with James Fassett, 1965 (4:28).

Participant:

Cleveland Orchestra ; George Szell, conductor.

Notes:

Recorded live in concert at Severance Hall, Cleveland, 1956-1969, except Sibelius' Symphony no. 7, in B-Messuhallissa in Helsinki.

Compact discs.

Sibelius' Symphony no. 7 (on disc 5) and the interviews (disc 7) recorded in mono.

Booklet contains historical and program notes, Szell's obituary reprinted from the New York Times, and texts of vocal works with English translation.

Contains:

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tannhäuser. Ouvertüre

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tannhäuser. Dich, teure Halle

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. 1. Aufzug. Einleitung

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. Liebestod

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung. Trauermarsch

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung. Brünnhildes Schlussgesang

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Music for a scene from Shelley.

Ginastera, Alberto, 1916-1983. Pampeana, no. 3

Dutilleux, Henri, 1916-2013. Métaboles.

Walton, William, 1902-1983. Concertos, violin, orchestra

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Missa solemnis.

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Octets, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violins (2), viola, cello, double bass, D. 803, F major

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Damnation de Faust. Menuet des follets

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Damnation de Faust. Ballet des sylphes

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Damnation de Faust. Marche hongroise

Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Saga.

Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Symphonies, no. 4, op. 63, A minor

Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Symphonies, no. 7, op. 105, C major

Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Symphonies, no. 9

OCLC:

37551913

Publisher Number:

TCO-GS97 The Cleveland Orchestra (set)