George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra - The Forgotten Recordings
ARIADNE 5011-2 (SOMM Recordings, CD, 2 discs)
AAD
mono/stereo
DIGITALLY REMASTERED (12 February 2021)
Playing time: 69'44"/73'13" - TT 142'57"
Tracks: 11 + 22
Booklet pages: 20
℗ 2021 SOMM Recordings
© 2021 SOMM Recordings
Main country of recording: United States of America
Country of manufacture: European Union
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra - The Forgotten Recordings published on 14 February 2021
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
CD1
Johann Sebastian Bach:
1-5 Orchestral Suite No 3 in D, BWV 1068 (first release on CD)
Bedřich Smetana:
6 The Moldau (Vltava) (Má Vlast) (first release on CD)
Richard Strauss:
7 Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks (first release on CD)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
8-11 Symphony No 39 in E flat, K 543 (first release on CD)
CD2
Johannes Brahms:
1 Academic Festival Overture, Op 80 (first release on CD)
2-11 Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op 56a
Robert Schumann:
12-15 Symphony No 4 in D minor, Op 120 (first release on CD)
Igor Stravinsky:
16-22 The Firebird (1919 version) (first release on CD)
Recorded 24 December 1954 (CD1 tracks 1-7, mono), 19-21 October 1955 (CD1 tracks 8-11 and CD2, stereo) in the Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.