Szell, George (1897–1970)

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108-111	February 1969 Music in the round/Review Pianists: Standard and offbeat By Discus SEE ALSO: Scriabin, Aleksander Nikolayevich; Weissenberg, Alexis; Schoenberg, Arnold; Steinhardt, Arnold; Beethoven: Piano concertos (Sound recording); Busoni: Six elegies. Villa-Lobos: Rudepoêma (Book); Chicago Symphony; Chopin: Complete works for piano and orchestra (Sound recording); Chopin: Sonata no. 2; Sonata no. 3 (Sound recording); Cleveland Orchestra; Bean, David; Wild, Earl; Gilels, Emil; Busoni, Ferruccio; Chopin, Frédéric; Liszt, Franz; Schubert, Franz; Szell, George; Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Somer, Hilde; Demus, Jörg; Ogdon, John; Liszt: Don Juan fantasy; Reminiscences of Robert le Diable; Faust waltzes; Mephisto waltz; Mephisto polka; Gnomenreigen (Sound recording); Beethoven, Ludwig van; Paris Conservatory Orchestra; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Performances; Serkin, Peter; Rachmaninoff: Piano sonatas (Sound recording); Schumann, Robert; Schoenberg: Piano concerto; Five piano pieces (op. 23); Fantasy for violin and piano (Sound recording); Schubert: Divertissement à la Hongroise; Variations on an original theme (Sound recording); Schumann: Carnaval; G minor sonata (Sound recording); Scriabin: Sonata no. 4 (Sound recording); Ozawa, Seiji; Rachmaninoff, Sergei; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Cliburn, Van; Horowitz, Vladimir PDF IMAGES
109-110	April 1968 Music in the round/Review Seven pianists By Discus SEE ALSO: Weissenberg, Alexis; Brendel, Alfred; Rubinstein, Artur; Beethoven: Variations and vignettes (Sound recording); Brahms: Paganini variations; Ballades (Op. 10). Paganini: Etude no. 2 in E flat (Sound recording); Chopin: B minor sonata; Scherzos in B minor and B flat minor (Sound recording); Chopin: Nocturnes (Sound recording); Wild, Earl; Chopin, Frédéric; Szell, George; Brahms, Johannes; Bernstein, Leonard; Beethoven, Ludwig van; Mozart: Piano concerto no. 15 in B flat (K. 450); Linz symphony (Sound recording); Mozart: Piano quartets in G minor and E flat (Sound recording); Vienna Philharmonic; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus PDF IMAGES
138-140	November 1967 Music in the round/Review Heroic pianists By Discus SEE ALSO: Larrocha, Alicia de; Rubinstein, Artur; Beethoven: A flat sonata (op. 110). Schumann: Symphonic etudes (Sound recording); Brahms: Piano concerto no. 2 (Sound recording); Brahms: Piano quintet in F minor (Sound recording); Granados, Enrique; Graffman, Gary; Szell, George; Granados: Escenas romanticas (Sound recording); Granados: Goyescas (Sound recording); Guarneri Quartet; Brahms, Johannes; Browning, John; Beethoven, Ludwig van; Performances; Schumann, Robert; Schumann: Symphonic etudes (Sound recording); Serkin PDF IMAGES
113-114	June 1967 Music in the round/Review Eccentrics or prophets? By Discus SEE ALSO: Cluytens, André; Bartók, Béla; Bartók: Piano concertos nos. 1 and 3 (Sound recording); Chicago Symphony; Cleveland Orchestra; Poulenc, Francis; Graffman, Gary; Szell, George; Couraud, Marcel; Messiaen: Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine (Sound recording); Messiaen, Olivier; Performances; Serkin, Peter; Poulenc: Les mamelles de Tirésias (Sound recording); Prokofieff: Piano concertos nos. 1 and 3 (Sound recording); Ozawa, Seiji; Prokofieff, Sergey PDF IMAGES
106-107	August 1964 Music in the round/Review Mozart for our time By Discus SEE ALSO: Berlin Philharmonic; Walter, Bruno; Cleveland Symphony Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Jochum, Eugen; Szell, George; Seefried, Irmgard; Brymer, Jack; Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (Sound recording); Mozart: Piano concerto #19 in F (K. 459); Piano concerto #20 in D minor (K. 466) (Sound recording); Mozart: Serenade in B flat (K. 361) (Sound recording); Mozart: Symphonies (Sound recording); Performances; Serkin, Rudolf; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus PDF IMAGES
119-120	September 1963 Music in the round/Review German and American stereotypes By Discus SEE ALSO: Krauss, Alfredo; Beethoven: F minor quartet, op. 95; F major quartet, op. 135 (Sound recording); Berlin Philharmonic; Brahms: Piano concerto in B flat (Sound recording); Nielsen, Carl; Chopin: Piano concerto in F minor (Sound recording); Ludwig, Christa; Cleveland Orchestra; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Chopin, Frédéric; Schubert, Franz; Szell, George; Taddei, Giuseppe; Steffek, Hanny; Brahms, Johannes; Juilliard String Quartet; Böhm, Karl; Fleisher, Leon; Bernstein, Leonard; Ludwig, Leopold; Maazel, Lorin; Beethoven, Ludwig van; Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (Sound recording); New York Philharmonic; Nielsen: Fifth symphony (Sound recording); Performances; Philharmonia Orchestra; Schubert: Symphony #2; Symphony #3 (Sound recording); Askenase, Stefan; Berry, Walter; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus PDF IMAGES
95-96	July 1963 Music in the round/Review The sign of the major artist By Discus SEE ALSO: Scarlatti, Alessandro; Watts, Andre; Rubinstein, Artur; Bartók, Béla; Bartók: Piano concerto #1. Prokofieff: Concerto for the left hand (Sound recording); Beethoven: Emperor concerto (Sound recording); Beethoven: Moonlight sonata; Pathétique sonata; Les Adieux sonata (Sound recording); Franck, César; Chopin: B minor scherzo; A flat ballade. Franck: Prelude, chorale and fugue. Beethoven: Appassionata sonata. Mozart: C minor sonata (Sound recording); Columbia Symphony; Ormandy, Eugene; Fauré: Complete works (Sound recording); Chopin, Frédéric; Liszt, Franz; Schubert, Franz; Fauré, Gabriel; Graffman, Gary; Szell, George; Bachauer, Gina; Johannesen, Grant; Moravec, Ivan; Bernstein, Leonard; Liszt: E flat piano concerto; Les Préludes (Sound recording); Liszt: Sonata; Funérailles. Schumann: Toccata; Arabesque; Traumeswirren; Presto passionato (Sound recording); London Symphony; Beethoven, Ludwig van; New York Philharmonic; Performances; Philadelphia Orchestra; Prokofieff: Piano sonata #2; Piano sonata #3 (Sound recording); Schumann, Robert; Serkin, Rudolf; Schumann: Papillons; G minor sonata; Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Sound recording); Schumann: Tocata; Kinderscenen. Scarlatti: Sonatas. Schubert: G flat impromptu (Sound recording); Prokofieff, Sergey; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Richter, Sviatoslav; Horowitz, Vladimir; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus PDF IMAGES
102-103	June 1961 Music in the round/Review Three great conductors By Discus SEE ALSO: Toscanini, Arturo; Brahms: Symphonies; Tragic overture; Academic festival overture (Sound recording); Walter, Bruno; Cleveland Orchestra; Columbia Symphony; Schubert, Franz; Handel, George Frideric; Szell, George; Traubel, Helen; Hollweg, Ilse; Brahms, Johannes; Melchior, Lauritz; Fleisher, Leon; Love in Bath (Sound recording); New York Philharmonic; Klemperer, Otto; Performances; Philharmonia Orchestra; Wagner, Richard; Schumann, Robert; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Schubert: Unfinished symphony; Symphony #5 in B flat; Symphony #9 in C (Sound recording); Schumann: Symphonies; Manfred overture; Piano concerto (Sound recording); Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Wagner: Die Walküre (excerpts); Götterdämmerung (Daybreak; Siegfried's Rhine journey; Duet) (Sound recording) PDF IMAGES
110-112	January 1961 Music in the round/Review The real nationalists By Discus SEE ALSO: Sibelius, Aino; America (Sound recording); Dvorák, Antonín; Ives, Charles; Chicago Symphony; Cleveland Orchestra; Oistrakh, David Fedorovich; Dvorák: Symphony #2 in D minor; Symphony #4 in G; Symphony #5 in E minor (Sound recording); Dvorák: Symphony in D minor, op. 13 (Sound recording); Dvorák: Symphony in E flat, op. 10 (Sound recording); Dvorák: The devil and Kate (Sound recording); Bloch, Ernest; Ormandy, Eugene; Szell, George; Ives: Second symphony (Sound recording); Heifetz, Jascha; Bernstein, Leonard; Stokowski, Leopold; New York Philharmonic; Performances; Philadelphia Orchestra; Sibelius: Violin concerto (Sound recording); Sibelius: Violin concerto; The swan of Tuonela (Sound recording); Symphony of the Air; Neumann, Václav; Smetácek, Václav; Hendl, Walter; Chalabala, Zdenek PDF IMAGES
95-96	May 1959 The new recordings/Review Beethoven By Edward Tatnall Canby SEE ALSO: Bamberg Symphony; Beethoven: Piano concerto #4 (Sound recording); Beethoven: Piano concerto #5 (Sound recording); Beethoven: Symphony #3 (“Eroica”) (Sound recording); Beethoven: Symphony #5 (Sound recording); Beethoven: Symphony #9 (Sound recording); Berlin Philharmonic; Walter, Bruno; Cleveland Symphony Orchestra; Curzon, Clifford; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Fricsay, Ferenc; Wührer, Friedrich; Szell, George; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Perlea, Jonel; Beethoven, Ludwig van; Performances; Prohaska; St. Hedwig's Choir; Vienna Philharmonia; Vienna State Opera Orchestra PDF IMAGES
100-102	April 1958 The new recordings/Review The Philharmonic previews By Edward Tatnall Canby SEE ALSO: Galli-Curci, Amelita; Career in music; Chopin: Mazurkas (complete) (Sound recording); Cleveland Orchestra; Chopin, Frédéric; Schubert, Franz; Szell, George; Sammartini, Giovanni Battista; Bernstein, Leonard; New York Philharmonic; Jenkins, Newell; Magaloff, Nikita; Performances; Sammartini: Symphony in A; Symphony for 2 horns & strings in A; Symphony for 2 trumpets & strings in G; Sinfonia dell'Accademia in C (Sound recording); Schubert: Symphony #7 in C (Sound recording); The art of Galli-Curci (Sound recording) PDF IMAGES
94-96	January 1958 The new recordings/Review Generations of changing taste By Edward Tatnall Canby SEE ALSO: Winograd, Arthur; Beethoven: Septet, op. 20 (Sound recording); Beethoven: Symphony #3 (“Eroica”) (Sound recording); Cleveland Orchestra; Milhaud, Darius; Detroit Symphony; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Dukas: Sorcerer's apprentice. Weinberger: Polka and fugue. Liszt: Les Preludes. Strauss: Dance of the seven veils (Sound recording); Liszt, Franz; Schubert, Franz; Szell, George; Haydn: Symphony #44 (“Trauer Symphonie”); Symphony #49 (“La Passione”) (Sound recording); Haydn: Symphony #45 (“Farewell”); Symphony #82 (“The Bear”) (Sound recording); Haydn: Symphony #96. Mozart: Symphony #35 (“Haffner”) (Sound recording); Berlioz, Hector; Scherchen, Hermann; Weinberger, Jaromír; Haydn, Joseph; Barzin, Leon; Les Malheurs d'Orphée (1924) (Sound recording); Beethoven, Ludwig van; Milhaud: Le Pauvre matelot (1926) (Sound recording); Mozart: Symphony #35 (“Haffner”). Berlioz: Waverley overture; Three excerpts from “The Damnation of Faust” (Sound recording); New York Philharmonic; Orchestre du Theatre National de l'opera; Dukas, Paul; Paray, Paul; Philharmonia Orchestra of Hamburg; Strauss, Richard; Reinhardt, Rolf; Schubert: The death of Lazarus (Sound recording); Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus PDF IMAGES
95-96	May 1957 The new recordings/Review Worth looking into . . . By Edward Tatnall Canby SEE ALSO: Hovhaness, Alan; Dvorák, Antonín; Vivaldi, Antonio; Smetana, Bedrich; Surinach, Carlos; Cleveland Orchestra; Dvorák: Slavonic dances. Smetana: From my life (Sound recording); Szell, George; Hovhannes: Saint Vartan symphony, op. 80 (Sound recording); M-G-M Chamber Orchestra; Bartók, Péter; Jones, Robert Edmond; Robert Edmond Jones: towards a new theater (Book); The automobile—the sounds of 50 years (Book); Vivaldi: 18 flute concerti (Sound recording) PDF IMAGES