George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra - The Forgotten Recordings

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.