Szell, George

Performer

George Szell (June 7, 1897 – July 30, 1970), was a Hungarian-born American conductor and composer. He is widely considered one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors. He is remembered today for his long and successful tenure as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra, and for the recordings of the standard classical repertoire he made in Cleveland and with other orchestras. Szell came to Cleveland in 1946 to take over a respected if undersized orchestra, which was struggling to recover from the disruptions of World War II. By the time of his death he was credited, to quote the critic Donal Henahan, with having built it into "what many critics regarded as the world's keenest symphonic instrument." Through his recordings, Szell has remained a presence in the classical music world long after his death, and his name remains synonymous with that of the Cleveland Orchestra. While on tour with the Orchestra in the late 1980s, then-Music DirectorChristoph von Dohnányi remarked, "We give a great concert, and George Szell gets a great review." [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
• Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
• Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 125
• Piano Concerto No.10 in E flat major, K.365
• Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414
• Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453
• Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
• Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503
• Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537 - Coronation
• Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33
• Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
• Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
• Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
• Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 - Eroica
• Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
• Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
• Symphony No. 8 in C minor, WAB 108
• Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 - From the New World
• Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95 From the New World (Weekly Playlist 2015.12.04)
• Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K. 319
• Spanish Symphony in D minor, Op. 21
• Slavonic Dances, B. 83 (Orchestral version)
• Slavonic Dances, Op. 72
• Voices of Spring, Op. 410
• Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
• Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, K. 493
• Serse, HWV 40
• The Master-Singers of Nuremberg, WWV 96
• Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in C major, K. 19d
• Violin Sonata No. 32 in B flat major, K. 454
• Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214
• Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 79
• Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
• String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, JB 1:105 - From My Life
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music, Op. 61
• Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28
• Divertimento No. 2 in D major, K. 131