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The excellence of these two famous performances hasn’t diminished a bit over time. George Szell’s Beethoven Fifth exists in three versions: this one; another with
This 1970 concert, recorded live in Tokyo by NHK radio engineers, is the stuff of which legends are made. Already fatally ill with the cancer
The main appeal of this release will be the marvelous leadership of George Szell, into whose hands this opera fell when Karl Böhm gave it
With Masterworks Heritage titles going out of print rapidly, it’s good to know that Sony has elected to repackage this landmark set in regular jewel-box
This is not a review, but a warning. If you’re a Vladimir Horowitz fan, you’ve probably heard these recordings elsewhere. The Tchaikovsky Concerto, dated “4
After more than 10 years, these 1960s-vintage recordings receive their second incarnation in Sony Classics’ “Essential Classics” series. Listeners who already have the original disc,
George Szell leads taut, energetic, and texturally detailed performances of both symphonies–no surprise to anyone familiar with the other discs in this series. Szell’s briskly
George Szell brings classical lightness and drive to Beethoven’s early symphony, all the while pointing up the composer’s daring formal and harmonic inventiveness. In the
After a slew of second-rate Slavonic Dances recordings, it’s gratifying to once again make acquaintance with this classic Szell reading. Yes, the sound’s a bit
Artur Schnabel’s 1945 New York Philharmonic broadcast of Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto boasts outer movements full of stylish brio and virility and a Largo fashioned
