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George Szell
George Szell, originally György Széll, György Endre Szél, or Georg Szell, was a Hungarian-born American conductor and composer. Considered one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors, he was music director of the Cleveland Orchestra of Cleveland, Ohio, and recorded much of the standard classical repertoire in Cleveland and with other orchestras. Szell came to Cleveland in 1946 to take over its respected if undersized orchestra, which was struggling to recover from the disruptions of World War II. By the time of his death he was credited, to quote the critic Donal Henahan, with having built it into "what many critics regarded as the world's keenest symphonic instrument." Through his recordings, Szell has remained a presence in the classical music world long after his death, and his name remains synonymous with that of the Cleveland Orchestra. While on tour with the Orchestra in the late 1980s, then-Music Director Christoph von Dohnányi remarked, "We give a great concert, and George Szell gets a great review." From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Szell) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
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Brahms: Violin Concerto, Op. 77 & Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, Op. 102 (Remastered 2024)
2024
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Smetana: Orchestral Works (Remastered 2024) (Live)
2024
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 (1889 Version) [Remastered 2024] (Live)
2024
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Summer Symphonies
2024
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Ludwig van Beethoven conducted by George Szell (Live) (feat. Rudolf Firkušný & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra)
2023
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Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 - Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1, Op. 11
2023
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Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35
2023
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Mahler: Symphony No. 6 "Tragic"
2023
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 (2018 Remastered Version)
2023
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Szell Conducts Rossini Overtures
2023
Singles & EPs See All
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Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
EP • 2020
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Barber: Essay No. 1 for Orchestra (Recorded 1950)
Single • 2017
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Smetana: La Moldau (Mono Version)
Single • 2015
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Strauss: La Chauve-souris, ouverture - Auber: Fra Diavolo, ouverture (Mono Version)
Single • 2015
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Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 (Mono Version)
Single • 2015
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Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 (Mono Version)
Single • 2015
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Spanish Capriccio, Op. 34 (Mono Version)
EP • 2015
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, Extracts (Mono Version)
Single • 2015
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Weber: Der Freischütz & Oberon, Ouvertüren (Mono Version)
Single • 2015
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Schubert: Symphonie "Inachevée" (Mono Version)
EP • 2015
Videos See All
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Das Rheingold (Entry of the Gods into Valhalla)
Omar Amengual • 368K views
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Georg Friedrich Händel / Largo
Spadecaller • 422K views
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Duo Lechner Tiempo : "Slavonic Dance, Op. 72, No. 2 in E minor" by Antonin Dvořák
Avanticlassic • 831K views
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Alien: Covenant - Official OST: The Entry of the Gods Into Valhalla
OST Mix Awesome • 785K views
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WAGNER "Entrance of the Gods Into Valhalla" (George Szell) "Alien: Covenant" film
Vaelsung1 • 14K views
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Richard Strauss - September, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & RSO Berlin/Szell
Music Lover • 46K views
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Forest Murmurs from Siegfried 《Der Ring des Nibelungen》,Richard Wagner,Szell,Cleveland Orchestra
音楽浪漫紀行 • 856 views
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Mahler / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, 1968: Wer Hat Dies Liedlein Erdacht? - Des Knaben Wunderhorn
davidhertzberg • 18K views
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Classical Workout
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Adagio
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Conducted
Playlist • YouTube Music
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Essential Classical
Playlist • YouTube Music
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