Szell; George

George Szell’s 12 Best Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz

George Szell offers the most telling example of the ability […]

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Finally, Warner’s Szell Box! (video review)

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: What could be better than a big

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Finally, The Szell Box

David Hurwitz

Go ahead. Pull out any disc at random. Chances are

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Classic Szell, Scintillating Stokowski, Odd Program

David Hurwitz

All of this material has been available in multiple programs

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Reference Recording: Szell’s Till Don Death

David Hurwitz

One of the disadvantages to having begun publishing online in

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Classic Grieg/Schumann Concertos from Fleisher and Szell

David Hurwitz

Although the sonics are understandably a bit dated, there is

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Two of Szell’s Greatest Performances: Hindemith and Walton

David Hurwitz

The two Szell performances (Walton’s variations and the Hindemith Symphonic

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Reference Recording: Szell’s Irreplaceable Haydn Symphonies

David Hurwitz

It says something about Haydn’s aesthetic vision that the best

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Reference Recording: Graffman and Szell’s Prokofiev

David Hurwitz

The Graffman/Szell recordings of Prokofiev’s First and Third Piano Concertos

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Reference Recording: Oistrakh’s Classic Brahms Violin Concerto

David Hurwitz

David Oistrakh’s recording of the Brahms Violin Concerto with Otto

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The Oistrakh Box to End All Oistrakh Boxes

Jed Distler April 20, 2025

The Busoni Concerto We’ve Been Waiting For

Jed Distler April 20, 2025

Busoni: Works for Two Pianos

David Hurwitz April 20, 2025

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