George Szell
Hungarian-born American conductor and composer, born June 7, 1897 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (today Hungary), died July 30, 1970 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is remembered today for his long and successful tenure as music director of The Cleveland Orchestra, which he directed from 1946 until his death. At that 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."
Symphonies 1-9 & Overtures (The Remastered Stereo Recordings)
George Szell Conducts Beethoven*
2024
Sony Classical
7xCD, RE, RM + Box, Comp
Lisa Della Casa (soprano)
Mozart*, Brahms*, Schubert*, Händel* - Lisa Della Casa - Wiener Philharmoniker, Kleiber*, Böhm*, Hollreiser*, Krips*, Szell*, Sándor*, Hudez*
2023
Diapason
CD, Comp, RE
Symphonies Nos 2 Et 3 « Rhénane »
Schumann* - George Szell ・ Ferdinand Leitner
2022
Diapason
CD, Comp, RM, Gat
Concertos pour vents
Mozart*, Robert Marcellus, George Szell, Aurèle Nicolet, Karl Richter, Dennis Brain, Herbert von Karajan, Leon Goossens, Colin Davis*, Gwydion Brooke, Thomas Beecham*
2021
Diapason
2xCD, Comp, RM
Forgotten Recordings
George Szell And The Cleveland Orchestra
2021
Somm
2xCD, Comp
Messa Da Requiem
Verdi*, George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra*
2021
Urania Records (4)
7xFile, MP3, Album, 320
Requiem
Mozart*, George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra
2021
Urania Records (4)
13xFile, MP3, Album, 320
Ein Deutsches Requiem
Brahms*, George Szell, Krause*, Janowitz*, Cleveland Orchestra*
2021
Urania Records (4)
7xFile, MP3, Album, 320
Symphony No. 7
Bruckner*, George Szell, New York Philharmonic
2021
Urania Records (4)
File, MP3, Album, 320
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
Sibelius*, George Szell, Concertgebouw Orchestra*, Cleveland Orchestra*
2021
Urania Records (4)
8xFile, MP3, Album, 320
Symphony No. 9
Mahler*, George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra*
2021
Urania Records (4)
4xFile, MP3, Album, 320
Missa Solemnis
Beethoven*, George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra*
2021
Urania Records (4)
5xFile, MP3, Album, 320
Das Lied von Der Erde
Mahler*, George Szell, Baker*, Lewis*, Cleveland Orchestra*
2021
Urania Records (4)
6xFile, MP3, Album, 320
Harold En Italie
Hector Berlioz, George Szell, New York Philharmonic Orchestra*
2021
Urania Records (4)
4xFile, MP3, Album, 320
Symphony No. 3
Bruckner*, George Szell, Wiener Philharmoniker
2021
Urania Records (4)
4xFile, MP3, Album, 320
Concerto Pour Violoncelle - Trio N° 4 « Dumky »
Dvorak* - Pierre Fournier, George Szell, Trio Suk*
2020
Diapason
CD, Comp, RM
The Warner Recordings, 1934-1970
George Szell
2020
Warner Classics
14xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Comp
Pelléas Et Mélisande - Les Œuvres Avec Orchestre
Debussy*, Ansermet*, Argenta*, Barbirolli*, Bour*, Braithwaite*, Cloëz*, Cluytens*, Coppola*, De Cou*, Désormière*, Fournet*, Froment*, Inghelbrecht*, Maderna*, Martinon*, Monteux*, Munch*, Paray*, Reiner*, Rosenthal*, Segerstam*, Simon*, Slatkin*, Stokowski*, Straram*, Szell*, Toscanini*, Van Beinum*
2020
Diapason
11xCD, Comp, RM, Box
Symphonies Nos. 7-9, Piano Concerto, Slavonic Dances, The Moldau And More
George Szell Conducts Dvořák* & Smetana*, Rudolf Firkušný, The Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic
2019
Sony Classical, Sony Music
7xCD, Comp, RM, Box
Un Bal À Vienne Au Temps Des Strauss
Clemens Krauss, Herbert von Karajan, Willi Boskovsky, Josef Krips, Karl Böhm, George Szell, Erich Kleiber
2019
Diapason
2xCD, Comp, Gat
Water Music; Epistle Sonatas
Handel*, Mozart*, Thurston Dart, Boyd Neel, George Szell
2019
Decca
CD, Comp, RM
Overtures
Beethoven*, George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra
2018
Sony Classics, Columbia Masterworks
6xFile, FLAC, Comp, RM, 24-
Georg Szell In Europe
Georg Szell*, Mozart*, Beethoven*, Schubert*
2018
Praga Digitals
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Comp, Ltd, RM
Dvořák: Slavonic Dances | Smetana: String Quartet No. 1
Dvořák* / Smetana*, The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
2018
Sony Classical
CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Car
Symphony No.9. / Symphony No.8
Schubert* / Dvořák* - The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
2018
Warner Classics
SACD, Comp
Szell Conducts Mahler
Mahler*, Richard Strauss, George Szell, Judith Raskin, The Cleveland Orchestra
2018
Sony Classical
3xSACD, Hybrid, Album, Ltd, RE, RM + Box, Comp
Les Chefs-D'Œuvre
Mendelssohn* - Beecham* • Bernius* • Bernstein* • Casals* • Cortot* • Fassbaender* • Fischer-Dieskau* • Friedman* • Girod* • Grümmer* • Harnoncourt* • Heifetz* • Horowitz* • Jonas* • Kapell* • Keilberth* • Klemperer* • Kyriakou* • Landale* • Larrocha* • Lympany* • Maag* • Matt* • Menuhin* • Milstein* • Mitropoulos* • Moser* • Nikolaïeva* • Novaes* • Oïstrakh* • Quatuor Juilliard*, Amadeus* Et Talich* • Renard* • Serkin* • Stader* • Starker* • Szell* • Van Beinum*
2018
Diapason
12xCD, Comp, RM, Box + Box, Comp
One Hundred Men And A Perfectionist
The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
2018
The Complete Columbia Album Collection
George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra / New York Philharmonic / Columbia Symphony Orchestra
2018
WDR Concert Recordings - I
Edith Peinemann, George Szell, Joseph Keilberth, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
2017
Weitblick
2xLP, Mono
Rudolf Serkin Plays Mozart Piano Concertos
Serkin*, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Schneider*, Szell*
2017
Sony Classical
6xCD, Comp + Box
Robert Casadesus joue Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert Casadesus, George Szell, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Gaby Casadesus, John De Lancie, Anthony Gigliotti, Bernard Garfield, Mason Jones (2)
2017
Classica Répertoire
CD, Comp, Sli
Triple Concerto / Double Concerto
Beethoven* / Brahms* - George Szell, The Istomin/Stern/Rose Trio
2016
Doremi (2)
CD, Album
The Nine Symphonies
Beethoven*, George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra
2016
Sony Classical
5xSACD, Hybrid, Ltd, RM, DSD + Box, Comp, RE
Piano Concerto / Piano Concerto No. 2
Annie Fischer, Schumann*, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini / Leon Fleisher, Beethoven*, Swiss Festival Orchestra*, George Szell
2015
Audite
6xFile, FLAC, Album, 24b
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Beethoven: Eroica Variations, Etc.
Curzon*, London Symphony*, Szell*
2015
Tower Records Vintage Collection +Plus, Decca
CD, Album, Comp, RE, RM
Symphonie - Sonate Pour Violon Et Piano - Variations Symphoniques
Franck*, Pierre Monteux, Zino Francescatti, Robert Casadesus, Leon Fleisher, George Szell
2015
Szell Conducts Mozart
W.A. Mozart*, George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra
2014
Sony Classical
2xCD, Comp
Pictures At An Exhibition
Mussorgsky*, George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra
2014
Sony Classical
CD, Comp
Blacher • Mozart • Brahms • Stravinsky
George Szell, Robert Casadesus, Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra*
2013
Guild Historical, Guild
CD
George Szell Conducts Richard Wagner
George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra
2013
Sony Classical
2xCD, Comp
Konzert Für Violoncello Und Orchestra H-moll, Op.104/ Cello Sonata No.3
Dvořák* / Beethoven*, Pierre Fournier, Berliner Philharmoniker, George Szell
2013
Esoteric Company, Deutsche Grammophon
SACD, Hybrid, Comp, Ltd, RM
Guiomar Novaes & George Szell In New York
Guiomar Novaes, George Szell
2013
Archipel (4)
CD, Comp
Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 · Piano Concertos Nos. 1-2
Leon Fleisher Plays Beethoven* and Brahms* - The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
2012
Sony Classical
5xCD, Comp + Box
Brahms: Concerto Pour Piano N° 1 - Beethoven: Concerto Pour Piano N° 2
Leon Fleisher, George Szell, Orchestre De Cleveland*
2012
Diapason
CD, Comp, RE, RM, Dig
Cello Concerto • Symphony No.8
Dvořák*, Pierre Fournier / Berliner Philharmoniker, George Szell, Rafael Kubelik
2012
George Szell Conducts Haydn Symphonies (Symphonies Nos. 88, 92-99 & 104)
George Szell, Haydn*, The Cleveland Orchestra
2011
Sony Music
4xCD, Comp, Mono + Box
Szell Karajan Amadeus
Szell*, Karajan*, Amadeus*
2011
Andante
6xCD, Album + Box, Comp
Eleganz Und Finesse = Elegance And Finesse
George Szell
2011
Concerto Pour Piano N°1- Rhapsodies Hongroises Nos 2, 6 Et 15. Funérailles. Danse Macabre.
Vladimir Horowitz, New York Philharmonic Orchestra*, George Szell, Tchaikovski*, Liszt*
2011
Sinfonie Nr. 5 / Sinfonie Nr. 2
George Szell, Concertgebouw-Orchester Amsterdam* - Beethoven* / Sibelius*
2010
Decca
SACD, Comp, SHM
Symphony No. 9 In E Minor, Op. 95 "From The New World" - Symphony No. 8 In G Major, Op. 88
Dvořák* - The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
2010
Sony Classical
CD, Comp, RE, RM
Arrau With Szell Live From Carnegie Hall
Claudio Arrau, George Szell, New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra*
2010
West Hill Radio Archives
2xCD, Album
Symphonies No. 35 In D Major K385 / No. 39 In E-Flat Major K.543 & No. 40 In G Minor K550
Mozart* - George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra
2010
Sony Music
CD, Comp
Capriccio Italien / Sinfonie Nr. 5
Tschaikowsky*, George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra*
2009
Sony Classical, Sony Music
CD, Comp, RM
Piano Concertos 1 & 2
Brahms* - Clifford Curzon • London Symphony Orchestra, George Szell • Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch
2009
Decca
2xCD, Comp, Mono
Death and Transfiguration Op. 24 / Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28 / Don Quixote, Op. 35
Strauss*, George Szell, Pierre Fournier, The Cleveland Orchestra
2009
Sony Classical
CD, Comp, RE
Sinfonien Nr 35, Nr40 & Nr41 Jupiter
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra
2008
Sony Classical
CD, Comp
The Art Of George Szell: Previously Unissued Concerts, 1943-1957. Vol. 1 of 2
George Szell
2008
West Hill Radio Archives
4xCD + Box, Comp
The Art Of George Szell: Previously Unissued Concerts, 1943-1957, Volume 2 of 2
George Szell
2008
West Hill Radio Archives
4xCD
Salzburger Orchesterkonzerte 1957
George Szell, Leon Fleisher, Nathan Milstein, Berliner Philharmoniker
2008
Orfeo (2), Orfeo D'Or
3xCD, Mono, RM + Box
Tannhäuser
Richard Wagner, George Szell, Margaret Harshaw, Ramón Vinay, Astrid Varnay, The Metropolitan Opera
2008
Golden Melodram
3xCD, Mono
Twilight Of The Gods
Wagner* - George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra*
2008
Sony Classical
CD
Piano Quartets Nos.1 And 2., Clarinet Quintet
Mozart*, Benny Goodman, George Szell, Budapest String Quartet
2007
Naxos
CD, Album, Comp
Symphonies 88 - 92 'Oxford' - 104 'London'
Haydn* - George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra*
2007
United Archives
CD, Comp
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
Schumann*, The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
2007
United Archives
CD, Comp, Mono, RM
Symphony No. 1, Haydn-Variations
Brahms* – The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
2007
United Archives
CD, Comp, RM
Overtures / Preludes And Overtures / Till Eulenspiegel
Weber* / Wagner* / Strauss* – New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra*, George Szell
2007
United Archives
CD, Comp, Mono, RM
Symphony No. 9 / Piano Concerto/ Complete Slavonic Dances
Dvorak* - Rudolf Firkušný, The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
2007
United Archives
3xCD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM
Salzburger Orchesterkonzerte 1958-1968
George Szell
2007
Orfeo (2), Orfeo D'Or
7xCD
Overtüren
Beethoven*, Cleveland Orchestra*, George Szell
2006
Sony Classical
CD, Comp, RE
George Szell Plays And Conducts Mozart
George Szell, Mozart*, The Cleveland Orchestra
2006
Sony Classical, Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Box, Comp, Ltd + 10xCD, RE
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3
Prokofiev*, Gary Graffman, George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra
2006
Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
Beethoven*, Leon Fleisher, George Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra
2006
Szell Conducts Mozart: Symphony No. 28 In C, K. 200 / Symphony No. 33 In B-Flat, K. 319 / Symphony No. 35 In D, K. 385 "Haffner" / "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" / Overture To The Marriage Of Figaro
Mozart*, George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra
2006
20th Century Maestros
Wilhelm Furtwängler / Arturo Toscanini / Herbert von Karajan / Karl Böhm / Fritz Reiner / Willem Mengelberg / Sergey Koussevitzky* / Sergiu Celibidache / George Szell / Bruno Walter
2005
Documents
10xCD, Comp, Mono + Box
Symphony No.2 / Tragic Overture / Don Juan: Recorded Live In The Philharmonie, Berlin
Schumann* / Brahms* / Strauss* - George Szell, Berliner Philharmoniker
2005
Testament
CD
Decca & Philips Recordings 1951-1969
George Szell
2005
Decca
5xCD, Comp, Mono, RM
George Szell Beethoven Bruckner
George Szell, Beethoven*, Bruckner*, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden*
2005
Andante
2xCD, Album, RM
Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail
Mozart*, George Szell
2005
Orfeo (2)
2xCD
The Three Piano Concertos
Tchaikovsky*, Gary Graffman, George Szell, Eugene Ormandy, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra
2005
Der Rosenkavalier (Salzburg Festival 1949)
Strauss* - Güden* · Novotná* · Prohaska* · Reining* · Vienna Philharmonic* · Szell*
2004
Andante, Grove Music (4)
4xCD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM
The Original Jacket Collection: The Complete Beethoven Symphonies
Ludwig van Beethoven, George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra
2004
Sony Classical
10xCD + Box, Comp, Ltd
Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7,8 & 9
Dvořák* - George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra
2004
Sony Classical, Sony Classical
2xCD, Comp
Piano Concerto No.5
Beethoven*, Emil Gilels, The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
2004
EMI Classics
CD, Comp, Ltd, RM
Great Conductors At The Metropolitan Opera
Fritz Busch, Sir Thomas Beecham, George Szell
2004
Guild Historical
3xCD, Album, Comp, RM
Pictures At An Exhibition
Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra
2004
Sony Classical
CD, RM, mas
Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor", Six Variations On A Turkish March Etc.
Emil Gilels, George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra* / Beethoven*
2004
EMI Classics Grandmaster
CD, Comp, RM
Beethoven • Bach
Friedrich Gulda, Vienna Philharmonic*, George Szell
2004
Great Conductors Of The 20th Century: George Szell
George Szell
2003
IMG Artists, IMG Artists, IMG Artists
2xCD, Comp, RM
Johann Strauss Jr.
O. Klemperer*, H. von Karajan*, G. Szell*, C. Krauss*, F. Fricsay*
2003
Centurion Classics
CD, Comp
Concertos Pour Piano 4 & 5 "L'Empereur"
Beethoven* : Emil Gilels / Orchestre De Cleveland* / George Szell
2003
EMI Classics, EMI Classics
CD, Comp, RE
Symphony No. 8 / Symphony No. 9
Schubert* • Cleveland Orchestra* • George Szell
2003
Sony Music Business Promotions
CD, Comp
Ein Deutsches Requiem / Don Quixote
Brahms* / Strauss* - George Szell, Gundula Janowitz, Tom Krause, Pierre Fournier, The Cleveland Orchestra
2003
Living Stage
2xCD, Mono
Symphony No. 9
Ludwig van Beethoven, George Szell, Wiener Philharmoniker
2003
Living Stage
CD, Album, RM
Das Lied Von Der Erde
Sell*, Mahler*, The Cleveland Orchestra, Maureen Forrester, Richard Lewis (2)
2003
Living Stage
CD
Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George Szell
2003
Violin Concerto / Violin Sonata No.3
Brahms* - David Oistrakh*, George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra, Vladimir Yampolsky
2003
Symphony No. 9 - Fidelio Overture
Beethoven*, Cleveland Orchestra*, George Szell
2002
Sony Classical, Legacy
CD, Comp, RE
Unfinished, Lieder, Trout, Maiden, Shepherd, Impromptu, Rosamunde, Arpeggione, Wanderer
Schubert* - Kiri Te Kanawa, George Szell, Juilliard String Quartet
2002
Sony Classical, Sony Classical
3xCD, Comp
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo (Erwachen heiterer Emfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande)
George Szell
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": II. Andante molto moto (Szene am Bach)
George Szell
Dawn on the Moskva River (From "Khovanshchina")
George Szell
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": III. Allegro (Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute)
George Szell
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": IV. Allegro (Gewitter Sturm)
George Szell
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": V. Allegretto (Hirtengesang: Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm)
George Szell
The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62 (Legend for Orchestra)
George Szell
I. Allegro ma non troppo (Erwachen heiterer Emfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande) from Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
George Szell
Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
George Szell
Pictures at an Exhibition: Gnomus
George Szell
Pictures at an Exhibition: The Old Castle
George Szell
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
George Szell
Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate at Kiev
George Szell
Pictures at an Exhibition: Bydlo
George Szell
Pictures at an Exhibition: Tuileries
George Szell
Pictures at an Exhibition: Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells
George Szell
Pictures at an Exhibition: The Hut on Fowls' Legs
George Szell
Pictures at an Exhibition: Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
George Szell
Pictures at an Exhibition: Limoges, the Market Place
George Szell
Pictures at an Exhibition: Catacombs (Roman Sepulchre)
George Szell
