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Disc: 1

1 Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C Major, Op. 46, No. 1 (Remastered)
2 Slavonic Dance No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 46, No. 3 (Remastered)
3 Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 46, No. 8 (Remastered)
4 Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 72 (Remastered)
5 Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C Major, Op. 72 (Remastered)
6 I. Allegro vivo appassionato
7 II. Allegro moderato à la polka
8 III. Largo sostenuto
9 IV. Vivace

Disc: 2

1 I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
2 II. Adagio
3 III. Allegro vivace
4 IV. Allegro ma non troppo
5 I. Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft
6 II. Romanze. Ziemlich langsam
7 III. Scherzo. Lebhaft - Trio
8 IV. Langsam - Lebhaft

Disc: 3

1 I. Adagio - Allegro
2 II. Andante con moto
3 III. Menuetto. Allegretto
4 IV. Finale. Allegro
5 I. Adagio - Allegro spiritoso
6 II. Adagio
7 III. Menuetto (Allegretto) - Trio
8 IV. Presto

Disc: 4

1 I. Allegro vivace
2 II. Andante con moto
3 III. Con moto moderato
4 IV. Saltarello. Presto
5 I. Allegro
6 II. Turandot, Scherzo
7 III. Andantino
8 IV. Marsch
9 Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 (Remastered)

Disc: 5

1 I. Adagio - Allegro molto
2 II. Largo
3 III. Scherzo. Molto vivace
4 IV. Allegro con fuoco

Disc: 6

1 I. Adagio sostenuto assai - Allegro agitato assai - Robert Casadesus
2 II. Allegro moderato - Robert Casadesus
3 III. Allegro deciso - Marziale un poco meno allegro - Un poco ani - Robert Casadesus
4 IV. Allegro animato - Robert Casadesus
5 Konzertstück in F Minor, Op. 79 - Robert Casadesus

Disc: 7

1 I. Sostenuto assai - Allegro ma non troppo
2 II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Trio I - Trio II
3 III. Adagio espressivo
4 IV. Allegro molto vivace

Disc: 8

1 I. Maestoso - Rudolf Serkin
2 II. Adagio - Rudolf Serkin
3 III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo - Rudolf Serkin

Disc: 9

1 I. (Allegro) - Joseph Szigeti
2 II. Largo - Joseph Szigeti
3 III. Presto - Joseph Szigeti
4 I. Andante - Joseph Szigeti
5 II. Allegro - Joseph Szigeti
6 III. Larghetto - Joseph Szigeti
7 IV. Allegro - Joseph Szigeti
8 I. Allegro - Joseph Szigeti
9 II. Grave - Joseph Szigeti
10 III. Presto - Joseph Szigeti
11 I. Andante - Joseph Szigeti
12 II. Allegro - Joseph Szigeti
13 III. Presto assai - Joseph Szigeti
14 I. Allegro - Zino Francescatti
15 II. Adagio - Zino Francescatti
16 III. Allegro assai - Zino Francescatti

Disc: 10

1 I. Allegro
2 II. Larghetto
3 III. Allegretto
4 I. Allegro
5 II. Larghetto
6 III. Allegretto

Disc: 11

1 I. Allegro agitato - Rudolf Firkusny
2 II. Andante sostenuto - Rudolf Firkusny
3 III. Finale. Allegro con fuoco - Rudolf Firkusny
4 Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Remastered) - Leonard Rose

Disc: 12

1 I. Allegro con brio
2 II. Andante con moto
3 III. Scherzo - Allegro
4 IV. Allegro
5 I. Allegro moderato
6 II. Andante

Disc: 13

1 I. Adagio - Allegro
2 II. Largo
3 III. Menuetto
4 IV. Finale (Allegro con spirito)
5 I. Adagio - Allegro
6 II. Andante
7 III. Menuetto
8 IV. Allegro spiritoso

Disc: 14

1 Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C Major, Op. 46, No. 1
2 Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 46, No. 2
3 Slavonic Dance No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 46, No. 3
4 Slavonic Dance No. 4 in F Major, Op. 46, No. 4
5 Slavonic Dance No. 5 in A Major, Op. 46, No. 5
6 Slavonic Dance No. 6 in D Major, Op. 46, No. 6
7 Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 46, No. 7
8 Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 46, No. 8
9 Slavonic Dance No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 72, No. 1
10 Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 2
11 Slavonic Dance No. 3 in F Major, Op. 72, No. 3
12 Slavonic Dance No. 4 in D-Flat Major, Op. 72, No. 4
13 Slavonic Dance No. 5 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 72, No. 5
14 Slavonic Dance No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 72, No. 6
15 Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C Major, Op. 72, No. 7
16 Slavonic Dance No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 72, No. 8

Disc: 15

1 I. Allegro molto
2 II. Andante
3 III. Menuetto. Allegretto
4 IV. Finale. Allegro assai
5 I. Allegro molto
6 II. Andante cantabile
7 III. Menuetto. Allegretto
8 IV. Molto allegro

Disc: 16

1 I. Allegro
2 II. Andante
3 III. Rondo. Allegro
4 I. Allegro
5 II. Andante
6 III. Allegretto

Disc: 17

1 Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III: The Ride of the Valkyries
2 Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III: Wotan's Farewell and
3 Siegfried, WWV 86C, Act II: Forest Murmurs
4 Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Rhine Journey
5 Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Siegfried's Funeral and Final Scene

Disc: 18

1 Introduction. Allegro vivace - Var. 1, Precedente - Leon Fleisher
2 Tema. L'istesso tempo - Var. 2, L'istesso tempo - Leon Fleisher
3 Var. 3, L'istesso tempo - Leon Fleisher
4 Var. 4, Più vivo - Leon Fleisher
5 Var. 5, Tempo precedente - Leon Fleisher
6 Var. 6, L'istesso tempo - Leon Fleisher
7 Var. 7, Meno mosso, a tempo moderato - Leon Fleisher
8 Var. 8, Tempo I - Leon Fleisher
9 Var. 9, L'istesso tempo - Leon Fleisher
10 Var. 10, Poco marcato - Leon Fleisher
11 Var. 11, Moderato - Leon Fleisher
12 Var. 12, Tempo di minuetto - Leon Fleisher
13 Var. 13, Allegro - Leon Fleisher
14 Var. 14, L'istesso tempo - Leon Fleisher
15 Var. 15, Più vivo. Scherzando - Leon Fleisher
16 Var. 16, Allegretto - Leon Fleisher
17 Var. 17 - Leon Fleisher
18 Var. 18, Andante cantabile - Leon Fleisher
19 Var. 19, L'istesso tempo - Leon Fleisher
20 Var. 20, Un poco più vivo - Leon Fleisher
21 Var. 21, Un poco più vivo - Leon Fleisher
22 Var. 22, Un poco più vivo (alla breve) - Leon Fleisher
23 Var. 23, L'istesso tempo - Leon Fleisher
24 Var. 24, A tempo un poco meno mosso - Leon Fleisher
25 Symphonic Variations, M. 46 - Leon Fleisher
26 Irmelin: Prelude - Leon Fleisher

Disc: 19

1 I. Allegro - Rudolf Serkin
2 II. Andante - Rudolf Serkin
3 III. Allegretto - Rudolf Serkin
4 I. Allegro maestoso - Rudolf Serkin
5 II. Andante - Rudolf Serkin
6 III. Allegretto - Rudolf Serkin

Disc: 20

1 I. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro
2 II. Andante sostenuto
3 III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
4 IV. Adagio - Allegro non troppo ma con brio

Disc: 21

1 I. Allegro con brio
2 II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
3 III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
4 IV. Finale. Allegro molto

Disc: 22

1 I. Andante - Allegro ma non troppo - Più moto
2 II. Andante con moto
3 III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Trio
4 IV. Finale. Allegro vivace

Disc: 23

1 Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
2 Don Juan, Op. 20
3 Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24

Disc: 24

1 I. Adagio - Vivace
2 II. Adagio ma non troppo
3 III. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio
4 IV. Finale. Presto assai
5 I. Adagio - Vivace assai
6 II. Adagio
7 III. Menuet. Allegretto - Trio
8 IV. Finale. Vivace

Disc: 25

1 I. Allegro - Robert Casadesus
2 II. Romance - Robert Casadesus
3 III. Allegro assai - Robert Casadesus
4 I. Allegro vivace - Robert Casadesus
5 II. Andante un poco sostenuto - Robert Casadesus
6 III. Allegro vivace - Robert Casadesus

Disc: 26

1 Capriccio italien, Op. 45, TH 47
2 Polovetsian Dances (From "Prince Igor")
3 Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
4 Khovanshchina: Dawn on the Moskva River

Disc: 27

1 I. Maestoso
2 II. Adagio
3 III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo

Disc: 28

1 Fledermaus-Polka, Op. 362
2 Fra Diavolo, S. 18: Ouverture
3 The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: Overture
4 The Bartered Bride, JB 1:100: Overture
5 La gazza ladra: Overture (Remastered)
6 Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 (Remastered)
7 The Impresario Overture, K. 486

Disc: 29

1 I. Allegro con brio
2 II. Adagio
3 III. Allegretto grazioso - Molto vivace
4 IV. Allegro ma non troppo

Disc: 30

1 I. Toccata
2 II. Pastorale Siciliana
3 III. Giga burlesca
4 I. Andante - Adagio
5 II. Purgatorio (Allegretto moderato)

Disc: 31

1 I. Allegro moderato - Leon Fleisher
2 II. Andante con moto - Leon Fleisher
3 III. Rondo. Vivace - Leon Fleisher
4 I. Allegro maestoso - Leon Fleisher
5 II. Andante - Leon Fleisher
6 III. Allegretto - Leon Fleisher

Disc: 32

1 I. Adagio - Allegro molto
2 II. Largo
3 III. Molto vivace
4 IV. Allegro con fuoco

Disc: 33

1 I. Andante - Allegro con anima
2 II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
3 III. Valse. Allegro moderato
4 IV. Finale. Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace

Disc: 34

1 I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
2 II. Allegretto
3 III. Presto - Presto meno assai
4 IV. Allegro con brio

Disc: 35

1 I. Andante
2 II. Allegro marcato
3 III. Adagio
4 IV. Allegro giocoso

Disc: 36

1 I. Allegro molto moderato
2 II. Adagio
3 III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato
4 I. Allegro affettuoso
5 II. Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso
6 III. Allegro vivace

Disc: 37

1 I. Allegro maestoso
2 II. Poco adagio
3 III. Scherzo. Vivace
4 IV. Finale. Allegro

Disc: 38

1 I. Allegro con spirito
2 II. Andante
3 III. Menuetto
4 IV. Finale. Presto
5 I. Adagio - Allegro
6 II. Andante con moto
7 III. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio
8 IV. Finale. Allegro
9 I. Molto allegro
10 II. Andante
11 III. Menuetto. Allegretto
12 IV. Finale. Allegro assai

Disc: 39

1 I. Allegro
2 II. Andante
3 III. Allegro
4 I. Allegro
5 II. Adagio
6 III. Allegro assai

Disc: 40

1 I. Andante un poco maestoso - Allegro molto vivace
2 II. Larghetto
3 III. Scherzo. Molto vivace
4 IV. Allegro animato e grazioso
5 Manfred, Op. 115: Overture
6 I. Sostenuto assai
7 II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
8 III. Adagio espressivo
9 IV. Allegro molto vivace

Disc: 41

1 I. Lebhaft
2 II. Scherzo. Sehr mäßig
3 III. Nicht schnell
4 IV. Feierlich
5 V. Lebhaft
6 I. Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft
7 II. Romanze. Ziemlich langsam
8 III. Scherzo. Lebhaft
9 IV. Langsam - Lebhaft

Disc: 42

1 Introduction - Mässiges Zeitmass
2 Theme - Mässig
3 Variation I - Gemächlich
4 Variation II - Kriegerisch
5 Variation III - Mässiges Zeitmass
6 Variation IV - Etwas breiter
7 Variation V - Sehr langsam
8 Variation VI - Schnell
9 Variation VII - Ein wenig ruhiger als vorher
10 Variation VIII - Gemächlich
11 Variation IX - Schnell und stürmisch
12 Variation X - Viel breiter
13 Finale - Sehr ruhig

Disc: 43

1 I. Allegro con brio - Leon Fleisher
2 II. Largo - Leon Fleisher
3 III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando - Leon Fleisher

Disc: 44

1 I. Allegro con brio - Leon Fleisher
2 II. Adagio - Leon Fleisher
3 III. Rondo. Molto allegro - Leon Fleisher
4 I. Allegro con brio - Leon Fleisher
5 II. Largo - Leon Fleisher
6 III. Rondo. Allegro - Leon Fleisher

Disc: 45

1 I. Allegro - Leon Fleisher
2 II. Adagio un poco mosso - Leon Fleisher
3 III. Rondo. Allegro - Leon Fleisher

Disc: 46

1 I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
2 II. Molto vivace
3 III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato
4 IV. Finale (Final Chorus on Schiller's "Ode to Joy")

Disc: 47

1 I. Allegro vivace e con brio
2 II. Allegretto scherzando
3 III. Tempo di Menuetto
4 IV. Allegro vivace

Disc: 48

1 Introduction
2 The Firebird and his Dance
3 Variation of the Firebird
4 Round of the Princesses (Corovod)
5 Infernal Dance of King Kastchei
6 Lullaby
7 Finale
8 I. Allegro molto
9 II. Lento assai
10 III. Passacaglia - Fugato - Coda-Scherzando

Disc: 49

1 I. Allegro moderato
2 II. Andante con moto
3 I. Adagio - Allegro spiritoso
4 II. Adagio
5 III. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio
6 IV. Presto

Disc: 50

1 I. Allegro
2 II. Adagio
3 III. Rondo. Allegro
4 I. Allegro
5 II. Andante
6 III. Allegro

Disc: 51

1 Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Prelude - Liebestod
2 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Prelude to Act I
3 Tannhäuser, WWV 70: Overture

Disc: 52

1 I. Allegro molto appassionato - Zino Francescatti
2 II. Andante - Zino Francescatti
3 III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace - Zino Francescatti
4 I. Vorspiel - Allegro moderato - Zino Francescatti
5 II. Adagio - Zino Francescatti
6 III. Finale - Allegro energico - Zino Francescatti

Disc: 53

1 I. Allegro ma non troppo
2 II. Andante molto moto
3 III. Allegro
4 IV. Allegro
5 V. Allegretto

Disc: 54

1 I. Allegro non troppo - Leon Fleisher
2 II. Allegro appassionato - Leon Fleisher
3 III. Andante - Leon Fleisher
4 IV. Allegretto grazioso - Leon Fleisher

Disc: 55

1 I. Allegro - Robert Casadesus
2 II. Larghetto - Robert Casadesus
3 III. Allegretto - Robert Casadesus
4 I. Allegro - Robert Casadesus
5 II. Larghetto - Robert Casadesus
6 III. Allegro - Robert Casadesus

Disc: 56

1 I. Allegro moderato - Allegro - Rudolf Serkin
2 II. Andante - Rudolf Serkin
3 III. Allegro molto - Rudolf Serkin
4 I. Vivace - Rudolf Serkin
5 II. Andante - Rudolf Serkin
6 III. Moderato - Rudolf Serkin
7 IV. Vivace - Rudolf Serkin

Disc: 57

1 An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314
2 Pizzicato-Polka
3 Delirien Walzer, Op. 212
4 Frühlingsstimmen Walzer, Op. 410
5 Dorfschwalben aus Österreich Walzer, Op. 164
6 Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257 "Ein Musikalischer Scherz"

Disc: 58

1 I. Allegro vivace
2 II. Andante con moto
3 III. Con moto moderato
4 IV. Saltarello (Presto)
5 The Hebrides Overture, Op. 26, "Fingal's Cave"
6 Oberon, J. 306: Overture

Disc: 59

1 I. De l'aube à midi sur la mer. Trés lent
2 II. Jeux de vagues. Allegro
3 III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer. Animé et tumultueux
4 1. Lever de jour
5 2. Pantomime
6 3. Danse générale
7 Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 (Remastered)

Disc: 60

1 I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
2 II. Adagio
3 III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace - Trio. Un poco meno allegro
4 IV. Allegro ma non troppo
5 Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

Disc: 61

1 Má Vlast, JB 1:112, II. Die Moldau
2 Act I, Scene 5: Polka
3 Act II, Scene 1: Furiant
4 Act III, Scene 2: Dance of the Comedians
5 Carnival Overture, Op. 92, B. 169
6 No. 1 in C Major. Presto
7 No. 3 in A-Flat Major. Poco allegro
8 No. 2 in E Minor. Allegretto grazioso
9 No. 7 in C Major. Allegro vivace

Disc: 62

1 Promenade I
2 Gnomus
3 Promenade II
4 The Old Castle
5 Promenade III
6 Tuileries
7 Bydlo
8 Promenade IV
9 Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells
10 Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
11 Limoges, the Market Place
12 Catacombs (Roman Sepulchre)
13 Con mortuis in lingua mortua
14 The Hut on Fowls' Legs
15 The Great Gate at Kiev
16 The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62

Disc: 63

1 I. Allegro assai
2 II. Andante moderato
3 III. Menuetto - Trio
4 IV. Finale - Allegro assai
5 I. Allegro
6 II. Adagio
7 III. Menuetto - Trio - Trio II - Trio III
8 IV. Allegretto
9 V. Menuetto - Trio I - Trio II
10 VI. Adagio - Allegro molto - Allegro assai
11 I. Allegro spiritoso
12 II. Andante
13 III. Menuetto. Allegretto -Trio
14 IV. Presto

Disc: 64

1 I. Allegro moderato - Isaac Stern
2 II. Adagio - Isaac Stern
3 III. Presto - Isaac Stern
4 I. Allegro aperto - Isaac Stern
5 II. Adagio - Isaac Stern
6 III. Tempo di menuetto - Isaac Stern
7 I. Allegro - Isaac Stern
8 II. Adagio - Isaac Stern
9 III. Rondeau - Allegro - Isaac Stern

Disc: 65

1 I. Allegro - Rudolf Serkin
2 II. Allegretto - Rudolf Serkin
3 III. Allegro assai - Rudolf Serkin
4 I. Allegro - Rudolf Serkin
5 II. Romance - Rudolf Serkin
6 III. Allegro assai - Rudolf Serkin

Disc: 66

1 I. Allegro maestoso
2 II. Andante
3 III. Presto
4 I. Allegro
5 II. Andante
6 III. Allegro

Disc: 67

1 I. Allegro con brio
2 II. Andante con moto
3 III. Scherzo - Allegro
4 IV. Allegro
5 I. Allegro vivace
6 II. Andante cantabile
7 III. Menuetto. Allegretto
8 IV. Molto Allegro

Disc: 68

1 Thema I. Bewegt -Thema II. Sehr lebhaft - Thema III. Ruhig
2 Scherzo (munter) - Wiegenlied. Mässig langsam
3 Adagio - Langsam
4 Finale - Sehr lebhaft

Disc: 69

1 I. Allegro appasionato - John Browning
2 II. Canzone. Moderato - John Browning
3 III. Allegro molto - John Browning
4 A Song of Orpheus - Fantasy for Cello and Orchestra - Leonard Rose

Disc: 70

1 I. Allegro con brio
2 II. Andante
3 III. Poco allegretto
4 IV. Allegro con spirito
5 Variations on a Theme of Haydn in B-Flat Major, Op. 56a (Remastered)

Disc: 71

1 I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
2 II. Andante cantabile con moto
3 III. Menuetto - Allegro molto e vivace
4 IV. Finale. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace
5 I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
6 II. Larghetto
7 III. Scherzo - Allegro
8 IV. Allegro molto

Disc: 72

1 I. Allegro maestoso - Robert Casadesus
2 II. Andante "Theme from Elvira Madigan" - Robert Casadesus
3 III. Allegro vivace assai - Robert Casadesus
4 I. Allegro - Robert Casadesus
5 II. Larghetto - Robert Casadesus
6 III. Allegretto - Robert Casadesus

Disc: 73

1 No. 1 in C Major. Presto
2 No. 2 in E Minor. Allegretto scherzando
3 No. 3 in A-Flat Major. Poco allegro
4 No. 4 in F Major. Tempo di Minuetto
5 No. 5 in A Major. Allegro vivace
6 No. 6 in D Major. Allegretto scherzando
7 No. 7 in C Minor. Allegro assai
8 No. 8 in G Minor. Presto
9 No. 1 in B Major. Molto vivace
10 No. 2 in E Minor. Allegretto grazioso
11 No. 3 in F Major. Allegro
12 No. 4 in D-Flat Major. Allegretto grazioso
13 No. 5 in B-Flat Minor. Poco adagio
14 No. 6 in B-Flat Major. Moderato, quasi minuetto
15 No. 7 in C Major. Allegro vivace
16 No. 8 in A-Flat Major. Grazioso e lento, ma non troppo, quasi tempo di Valse

Disc: 74

1 I. Introduzione. Andante non troppo
2 II. Giuoco delle coppie. Allegretto scherzando
3 III. Elegia. Andante non troppo
4 IV. Intermezzo interrotto. Allegretto
5 V. Finale. Pesante
6 I. Allegretto
7 II. Andante - Allegretto
8 III. Moderato
9 IV. Allegretto
10 V. Andante con moto

Disc: 75

1 I. Bedächtig, nicht eilen
2 II. In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast
3 III. Ruhevoll (Poco adagio)
4 IV. Sehr behaglich - "Wir geniessen die himmlischen Freuden"

Disc: 76

1 I. Overture
2 II. Minuetto
3 III. Adagietto
4 IV. Carillon
5 L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2: IV. Farnadole
6 I. Morning Mood
7 II. Death of Åse
8 III. Anitra's Dance
9 Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55: IV. Solveig's Song
10 IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King

Disc: 77

1 I. Gemäßigt, mehr bewegt, misterioso
2 II. Andante. Bewegt, feierlich
3 III. Scherzo. Ziemlich schnell
4 IV. Finale. Allegro

Disc: 78

1 Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Overture (Remastered)
2 Eine Faust-Ouvertüre, WWV 59 (Remastered)
3 Lohengrin, WWV 75: Prelude to Act I (Remastered)
4 Rienzi, WWV 49: Overture (Remastered)

Disc: 79

1 I. Andante - Allegro - Gary Graffman
2 II. Andantino (Tema con variazioni) - Gary Graffman
3 III. Allegro ma non troppo - Gary Graffman
4 Allegro brioso - Poco più mosso - Tempo primo - Gary Graffman
5 Meno mosso - Gary Graffman
6 Andante assai - Gary Graffman
7 Allegro scherzando - Poco più sostenuto - Gary Graffman
8 Piano Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28 "From Old Notebooks" - Gary Graffman

Disc: 80

1 Egmont Overture, Op. 84
2 Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
3 Overture "King Stephen", Op. 117
4 Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a
5 Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138
6 Fidelio, Op. 72: Overture

Disc: 81

1 I. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro
2 II. Andante sostenuto
3 III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
4 IV. Adagio - Allegro non troppo ma con brio

Disc: 82

1 I. Allegro non troppo
2 II. Adagio non troppo
3 III. Allegretto grazioso
4 IV. Allegro con spirito
5 Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 (Remastered)
6 Tragic Overture, Op. 81 (Remastered)

Disc: 83

1 I. Allegro non troppo
2 II. Andante moderato
3 III. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto
4 IV. Allegro energico e passionato - Piu allegro

Disc: 84

1 I. Allegro non troppo - Rudolf Serkin
2 II. Allegro appassionato - Rudolf Serkin
3 III. Andante - Più adagio - Rudolf Serkin
4 IV. Allegretto grazioso - Un poco più presto - Rudolf Serkin

Disc: 85

1 I. Overture
2 II. Scherzo
3 III. Nocturne
4 IV. Intermezzo
5 V. Wedding March
6 Overture
7 Entr'acte No. 3
8 Ballet Music No. 2

Disc: 86

1 Il viaggio a Reims: Overture
2 La scala di seta: Ouverture
3 L'italiana in Algeri: Ouverture
4 Il turco in Italia: Ouverture
5 La gazza ladra: Ouverture

Disc: 87

1 I. Maestoso - Rudolf Serkin
2 II. Adagio - Rudolf Serkin
3 III. Rondo, Allegro non troppo - Rudolf Serkin

Disc: 88

1 I. Adagio - Allegro assai
2 II. Largo cantabile
3 III. Menuet
4 IV. Finale. Presto ma non troppo
5 I. Adagio - Vivace assai
6 II. Andante
7 III. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio
8 IV. Finale. Presto ma non troppo

Disc: 89

1 I. Allegro
2 II. Scherzo "Turandot"
3 III. Andantino
4 IV. Marsch
5 Variations on a Theme by Hindemith

Disc: 90

1 I. Allegro - Robert Casadesus
2 II. Andante - Robert Casadesus
3 III. Allegro - Robert Casadesus
4 I. Allegro - Robert Casadesus
5 II. Andante - Robert Casadesus
6 III. Allegro - Robert Casadesus

Disc: 91

1 I. Allegro
2 II. Romance. Andante
3 III. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio
4 IV. Rondo. Allegro
5 I. Adagio maestoso - Allegro con spirito
6 II. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio
7 III. Concertante. Andante grazioso
8 IV. Rondeau. Allegro ma non troppo
9 V. Andantino
10 VI. Menuetto - Trio I - Trio II
11 VII. Finale. Presto

Disc: 92

1 Das Rheingold, WWV 86A: Entrance Of The Gods Into Valhalla
2 Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Ride of the Valkyries
3 Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Magic Fire Music
4 Siegfried, WWV 86C: Forest Murmurs"
5 Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey
6 Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Siegfried's Funeral Music and Final Scene

Disc: 93

1 I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Gary Graffman
2 II. Andantino semplice - Gary Graffman
3 III. Allegro con fuoco - Allegro vivo - Gary Graffman

Disc: 94

1 I. Prelude. The Fairy Tale Begins
2 II. Viennese Musical Clock
3 III. Song
4 IV. The Battle and Defeat of Napoleon
5 V. Intermezzo
6 VI. Entrance of the Emperor and his Court
7 I. The Birth of Kijé
8 II. Romance
9 III. Kijé's Wedding
10 IV. Troika
11 V. Kijé's Funeral

Disc: 95

1 I. Allegro moderato
2 II. Scherzo. Allegro moderato - Trio

Disc: 96

1 III. Adagio. Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend
2 IV. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell

Disc: 97

1 I. Allegro moderato
2 II. Andante
3 III. Menuet - Trio
4 IV. Finale. Vivace
5 I. Adagio - Allegro
6 II. Andante
7 III. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio
8 IV. Finale. Vivace assai

Disc: 98

1 I. Adagio - Vivace
2 II. Adagio ma non troppo
3 III. Menuet. Allegretto - Trio
4 IV. Finale. Presto assai
5 I. Adagio - Allegro
6 II. Adagio
7 III. Menuet
8 IV. Finale. Presto

Disc: 99

1 I. Allegro energico, ma non troppo, Heftig, aber markig.
2 II. Scherzo, wuchtig
3 III. Andante moderato
4 IV. Finale, Sostenuto - Allegro moderato - Allegro energico

Disc: 100

1 Má Vlast, JB 1:112: 2. Vltava (Remastered)
2 From Bohemian Fields and Groves, JB 1:112/4 (Remastered)
3 A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21
4 I. Scherzo (Entr'acte to Act 2) in G Minor
5 V. Intermezzo
6 VII. Notturno in E Major
7 IX. Hochzeitsmarsch in C Major

Disc: 101

1 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Prelude to Act I
2 Rienzi, WWV 49: Overture
3 Tannhäuser, WWV 70: Overture
4 Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Overture
5 Der Freischütz, Op. 77: Overture
6 Oberon, J.306: Overture

Disc: 102

1 I. Allegro ma non troppo
2 II. Andante molto moto
3 III. Scherzo. Allegro
4 IV. Allegro
5 V. Allegretto

Disc: 103

1 I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
2 II. Andantino simplice
3 III. Allegro con fuoco

Disc: 104

1 I. Allegro
2 II. Andante
3 III. Rondo
4 I. Allegro
5 II. Larghetto
6 III. Allegretto

Disc: 105

1 I. Allegro
2 II. Andante
3 III. Rondò. Allegretto grazioso
4 I. Allegro con spirito
5 II. Allegro
6 I. Allegro
7 II. Tempo di Menuetto
8 I. Allegro vivace
9 II. Andante sostenuto
10 III. Rondo. Allegro

Disc: 106

1 Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly
2 Joy to the World
3 Pat-a-pan
4 George Szell: The Cleveland Orchestra 1947 to 1970
5 George Szell in Interview, Winter 1964/65 - George Szell about his new recording of R. Strauss's Sinfonia domestica (MS 6627)
6 George Szell in Interview, Summer 1966 - George Szell about his new recording of Mozart's Symphonies 28 & 33 (MS 6858)
7 George Szell in Interview, Autumn 1966 - George Szell about his new recording of Bruckner' Symphony No. 3 (MS 6897)
8 George Szell in Interview, Spring 1967 - George Szell about his new recording of Brahms's Haydn Variations and Tragic/Academic Overtures (MS 6965)
9 George Szell talks with Columbia Records Producer Paul Myers about Music, Musicians and his Life as Conductor

Editorial Reviews

The Szell/Cleveland Recordings Complete! In the heyday of George Szell s tenure as its chief conductor, declared Gramophone, The Cleveland Orchestra had few if any peers among the world s great orchestras. Coinciding with the orchestra s centenary in 2018, Sony Classical is excited to announce one of the most ambitious reissue projects of recent times, a comprehensive collection of the Clevelanders recordings made under the baton of their iconic fourth music director. These span the period between 1947 a year after Szell (born in Budapest in 1897) inherited a fine provincial orchestra from Erich Leinsdorf and began transforming it into the elite ensemble it remains to this day and 1969, a year before his sudden death shocked the musical world. Szell's dream was to create an ensemble that combined the Americans purity and beauty of sound and their virtuosity of execution with the European sense of tradition, warmth of expression and sense of style, in the words of his biographer Michael Charry. That he fulfilled that dream is amply documented in the huge discography that fills Sony s new mega-box of 106 CDs, recordings that are prized for their stylistic rightness, clarity of structure, rhythmic tension, and transparency of texture (The New Yorker). Contained in this vast box are rare mono recordings, some of which have never before appeared on CD, including a Dvo ák New World from 1952, a Beethoven Fifth from 1955 and orchestral extracts from Wagner s Ring from 1956. There are also the recordings Szell made in the early 1950s as guest conductor of the New York Philharmonic, including the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto with Vladimir Horowitz. There are the pianist George Szell s outstanding chamber music recordings, including Mozart with the Budapest Quartet. There are also substantial interviews with the maestro. But the main attraction of this stupendous new set is the prospect of having all the Szell-Cleveland repertoire under a single roof for the first time and in optimal sound. To collectors that means, first and foremost, the great works of the Austro-German Classical and Romantic tradition, starting with Haydn: Szell has the strings playing with immaculate rhythm, perfect intonation, and just the right amount of warmth in the slow movements. This is, in fact, an object lesson not in correct period style, but in the correct Haydn style ... A landmark in the Haydn discography, and a cornerstone of any serious Haydn symphony collection (ClassicsToday).

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.7 x 10.9 x 6.4 inches; 11.9 Pounds
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Sony Classical
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2018
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 87 hours and 57 minutes
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ June 8, 2018
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Sony Classical
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B079VD2YRP
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 106
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OVERDUE, BUT VERY WELL-DONE TRIBUTE TO SZELL AND THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
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OVERDUE, BUT VERY WELL-DONE TRIBUTE TO SZELL AND THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
Amazon jumbled the order of the photos:PHOTO 5: Time Magazine cover, February 22, 1963.PHOTO 6: “Goodyear Tires Presents the Great Songs of Christmas Album Seven (1966)”. I always assumed that Szell’s assistant Louis Lane did the actual conducting, but maybe I’m wrong. It’s disc 106 in the new box (Deck the Halls, Joy to the World, Pat-a-pan)PHOTO 1: Sony Japan’s incomplete 49 CD “George Szell Edition”. Now obsolete. Don’t confuse it with the new 106 CD box.MISSING FROM THIS BOX:---- Photo 3: Bach Orchestral Suite No.3 BWV1068 (1954 mono)In the mid-‘50s, Szell and the “Music Appreciation Orchestra” (really the Cleveland Orchestra) recorded six mono LPs for the Book-of-the-Month Club (each LP came with a spoken analysis, unfortunately not by Szell). These recordings duplicated Szell’s official Columbia repertoire, except for his only recording of Bach’s Orchestral Suite No.3. For a complete list of these recordings, see Comment One (sort by “Oldest”).---- Photo 2: Mozart Sonatas K.454 & 481 with Josef Szigeti violin, Szell piano (1955 mono). The rights to this Columbia recording were sold to Vanguard Records.---- Photo 4: Szell’s final concert with the Cleveland Orchestra, recorded in Tokyo in 1970, and issued by Sony Japan (never on Columbia LP).Also missing are five posthumously issued Sony CDs of Szell “live” with European orchestras.See the end of this review for links to the missing recordings.The consensus of American Music critics in the 1950’s (for what it’s worth) was that the the Chicago Symphony under Fritz Reiner was "America's Greatest Orchestra".-- After Reiner retired in 1963, the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell inherited the title (and got a Time Magazine cover).-- After Szell’s death in 1970, the Chicago Symphony under Georg Solti reclaimed the title.Reiner, Szell and Solti were Hungarians with a reputation for strict discipline (you can’t get away with that anymore).By Solti’s retirement in the 1990s, Classical Music had declined in importance for many otherwise well-educated people.Nobody cared anymore which American city had the “greatest orchestra”.The Sunday New York Times added “Rock Criticism” to the Arts & Leisure section, and all hope was lost.HAPPIER DAYS:-- 20½ mono CDs with the Cleveland Orchestra, recorded 1947-1956.-- 79 stereo CDs with the Cleveland Orchestra, recorded 1957-1969.-- 4½ mono CDs with the New York Philharmonic, recorded 1951-1955.-- 2 CDs of chamber music with Szell the pianist, 1946 mono + 1967 stereo.PACKAGING & SOUND:106 CDs in “original jacket” format with original cover art on the front and program notes on the back + 144 page hardcover book.The remastering credits for this box are quite complicated - see photos 7 & 8, but the results are impressive.An improvement over Sony’s “Essential Classics” budget-priced reissue series of the 1990s (I haven’t heard the more recent Japanese masterings).CD28 “Merry Overtures” was only released as a mono LP (reflected in the original jacket), but all the overtures appear to be in stereo for the first time.PART 1 of 4: CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA 1947-1969Stereo unless otherwise indicated.“Columbia Symphony” (members of the Cleveland Orchestra) recordings are marked with an asterisk (there were also New York and Los Angeles versions of the Columbia Symphony).AUBER-- Fra Diavolo Overture (1957)BACH-- Concerto for Violin BWV1042 with Zino Francescatti (1953 mono)-- Concerto for Violin BWV1056, arr. Szigeti, with Josef Szigeti (1954 mono)BARBER-- Piano Concerto with John Browning (1964)BARTOK-- Concerto for Orchestra - with a cut in the finale unique to Szell (1965)-- Concerto for Piano No.1 with Rudolf Serkin (1962) *BEETHOVEN-- Symphonies:---- No. 1-9 Complete (1957-1964)------ No.4 earlier recording (1947 mono)------ No.5 earlier recording (1955 mono)-- Coriolan Overture (1966)-- Egmont Overture (1963)-- Fidelio Overture (1967)-- King Stephen Overture (1966)-- Leonore Overtures No.1-3 (1963-67)-- Concerti for Piano No. 1-5 with Leon Fleisher (1959-61)BERLIOZ-- Roman Carnival Overture (1958)BIZET-- L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 + Farandole (1966)BORODIN-- Polovtsian Dances (1958)BRAHMS-- George Szell talks about Brahms, promotional disc (1967)-- Symphonies:---- No. 1-4 Complete (1964-1967)------ No.1 earlier recording (1957)------ No.4 revised opening conducted by Szell. Not in this box, but I found it hiding in the Cloud: see Comment One (sort by “Oldest”)-- Academic Festival Overture (1966)-- Tragic Overture (1966)-- Variations on a Theme of Haydn (1964)-- Concerto for Piano No.1:------ with Rudolf Serkin (1952 mono)------ with Leon Fleisher (1958)------ with Rudolf Serkin (1968)-- Concerto for Piano No.2:------ with Leon Fleisher (1962)------ with Rudolf Serkin (1966)BRUCKNER-- George Szell talks about Bruckner, promotional disc (1966)-- Symphony No.3, 1890 version ed. Schalk (1966)-- Symphony No.8, 1890 version ed. Nowak (1969)DEBUSSY-- La Mer (1963)DELIUS-- Irmelin Prelude (1956 mono)DVORAK-- Symphony No.7 (1958)-- Symphony No.8 (1960)-- Symphony No.9 (1952 mono + 1958 stereo)-- Carnival Overture (1963)-- Slavonic Dances------ No.1,3,8,10,15 (1947 mono)------ No. 1-16 Complete (1956 mono + 1962-65 stereo)-- Piano Concerto, edited Kurz, with Rudolf Firkusny (1954 mono)FRANCK-- Symphonic Variations with Leon Fleisher piano (1956 mono)GRIEG-- Piano Concerto with Leon Fleisher (1960)-- Peer Gynt Suite No.1 + Solveig's Song (1966)HAYDN-- Symphony No.88 (1954 mono)-- Symphony No.92 (1949 mono + 1961 stereo)-- Symphonies No.93-98 First set of London Symphonies (1967-69)------ No.97 earlier recording (1957)-- Symphony No.99 (1957)-- Symphony No.104 (1954 mono)HINDEMITH-- Symphonic Metamorphoses on a Theme by Weber (1947 mono + 1964 stereo)JANACEK-- Sinfonietta (1965)KODALY-- Hary Janos Suite (1969)LIADOV-- Enchanted Lake (1963)LISZT-- Piano Concerto No.2 with Robert Casadesus (1952 mono)MAHLER-- Symphony No.4 (1965)-- Symphony No.6 (1967 “live”)-- Symphony No.10: Adagio & Purgatorio (1958)MENDELSSOHN-- Symphony No. 4 (1962)-- Hebrides Overture (1963-- Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture, Scherzo, Nocturne, Intermezzo, Wedding March (1967)-- Concerto for Violin with Zino Francescatti (1961)MOZART-- George Szell talks about Mozart, promotional disc (1966)-- Symphony No.28 (1965)-- Symphony No.33 (1962)-- Symphony No.35 ‘Haffner’ (1960)-- Symphony No.39 (1947 mono + 1960 stereo)-- Symphony No.40 (1955 mono + 1967 stereo)-- Symphony No.41 ‘Jupiter’ (1955 mono + 1963 Stereo)-- Sinfonia Concertante K.364 with Rafael Druian violin & Abraham Skernick viola (1963)-- Le Nozze di Figaro Overture (1957)-- Impresario (Der Schauspieldirektor) Overture (1963)-- Divertimento K.131 (1963)-- Serenade No. 9 ‘Posthorn’ (1969)-- Serenade No. 13 ‘Eine Kleine Nachtmusik’ (1968)-- Exsultate, jubilate with Judith Raskin soprano (1964)-- Concerto for Clarinet with Robert Marcellus (1961)-- Concerto (No.10) for Two Pianos with R. & G. Casadesus (1955 mono)-- Concerto for Piano No.12 with Robert Casadesus (1955 mono)*-- Concerto for Piano No.15 with Robert Casadesus (1968)-- Concerto for Piano No.17:------ with Rudolf Serkin (1955 mono)*------ with Robert Casadesus (1968)-- Concerto for Piano No.18 with Robert Casadesus (1956 mono)*-- Concerto for Piano No.19 with Rudolf Serkin (1961)*-- Concerto for Piano No.20:------ with Robert Casadesus (1956 mono)*------ with Rudolf Serkin (1961)*-- Concerto for Piano No.21 with Robert Casadesus (1961)-- Concerto for Piano No.22 with Robert Casadesus (1959)*-- Concerto for Piano No.23 with Robert Casadesus (1959)*-- Concerto for Piano No.24 with Robert Casadesus (1954 mono* + 1961 stereo)-- Concerto for Piano No.25------ with Rudolf Serkin (1955 mono)*------ with Leon Fleisher (1959)-- Concerto for Piano No.26 with Robert Casadesus (1954 mono + 1962 stereo)*-- Concerto for Piano No.27 with Robert Casadesus (1962)*-- Concertos for Violin No.1, 3, 5 with Isaac Stern (1961-63)*MUSSORGSKY-- Pictures at an Exhibition (1963)-- Khovanshchina: Dawn on the Moskva River (1958) PROKOFIEV-- Symphony No.5 (1959)-- Concerti for Piano No.1 & 3 with Gary Graffman (1966)-- Lieutenant Kije Suite (1969)RACHMANINOV-- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with Leon Fleisher piano (1956 mono)RAVEL-- Daphnis et Chloe Suite No.2 (1963)-- Pavane pour une infante defunte (1963)RIMSKY-KORSAKOV-- Capriccio espagnol (1958)ROSSINI-- Overtures: La Gazza ladra, Il Viaggio a Reims, La Scala di Seta, L'Italiana in Algeri, Il Turco in Italia (1967)------ La Gazza ladra, earlier recording (1958)SCHUBERT-- Symphony No.8 (1955 mono + 1960 stereo)-- Symphony No.9 (1957)-- Rosamunde Overture, Entr’acte No.3, Ballet Music No.2 (1967)W. SCHUMAN-- Song of Orpheus with Leonard Rose cello (1964)SCHUMANN-- Symphonies:---- Nos.1-4 Complete (1958-60)------ No.2 earlier recording (1952 mono)------ No.4 earlier recording (1955 mono)-- Manfred Overture (1958)SMETANA-- Ma Vlast: Vltava (Moldau) (1962)-- Bartered Bride: Overture (1958)-- Bartered Bride: Polka, Furiant, Dance of the Comedians (1962)-- String Quartet "From My Life" orch. Szell (1949 mono)Johann STRAUSS-- Die Fledermaus Overture (1958)-- Waltzes: On The Beautiful Blue Danube, Voices of Spring (1962)-- Perpetuum mobile (1962)-- Pizzicato polka, composed with Josef Strauss (1962)Josef STRAUSS-- Waltzes: Delirium, Village Swallows (1962)Richard STRAUSS-- George Szell talks about Richard Strauss, promotional disc (1964-65)-- Don Juan (1957)-- Don Quixote with Pierre Fournier cello (1960)-- Sinfonia domestica (1964)-- Till Eulenspiegel (1949 mono + 1957 stereo)-- Tod und Verklärung (1957)-- Concerto for Horn No.1 with Myron Bloom (1961)STRAVINSKY-- Firebird Suite, 1919 version (1961)TARTINI-- Concerto for Violin in D minor D.45 with Josef Szigeti (1954 mono)TCHAIKOVSKY-- Symphony No.5 (1959)-- Capriccio Italien (1958)-- Concerto for Piano No.1 with Gary Graffman (1969)WAGNER-- Faust Overture (1965)-- Rienzi Overture (1965)-- Der Fliegende Holländer Overture (1965)-- Tannhäuser Overture (1962)-- Lohengrin Prelude to Act One (1965)-- Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg Prelude to Act One (1962)-- Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod (1962)Der Ring des Nibelungen:---- Das Rheingold: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla (1968)---- Die Walküre:------ Ride of the Valkyries (1956 mono + 1968 stereo)------ Wotan’s Farewell (1956 mono)------ Magic Fire Music (1956 mono + 1968 stereo)---- Siegfried: Forest Murmurs (1956 mono + 1968 stereo)---- Götterdämmerung:------ Dawn & Siegfried’s Rhine Journey (1956 mono + 1968 stereo)------ Siegfried’s Funeral Music + final scene (1956 mono + 1968 stereo)WALTON-- Symphony No.2 (1961)-- Partita for Orchestra (1959)-- Variations on a Theme by Hindemith (1964)WEBER-- Oberon Overture (1967)-- Konzertstuck with Robert Casadesus (1952 mono)* Columbia Symphony--------------------------------------------------PART 2 of 4: NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC mono recordingsBEETHOVEN-- Symphony No.6 (1955)MENDELSSOHN-- Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture, Scherzo, Nocturne, Intermezzo, Wedding March (1951)SMETANA-- Ma Vlast:------ Vltava (Moldau) (1951)------ From Bohemia’s Fields & Groves (1951) *TCHAIKOVSKY-- Concerto for Piano No.1 with Vladimir Horowitz (1953)-- Variations on a Rococo Theme) with Leonard Rose cello, (1955) *WAGNER-- Rienzi Overture (1954)-- Der Fliegende Holländer Overture (1954)-- Tannhäuser Overture (1954)-- Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg Prelude to Act One (1954)WEBER-- Freischutz Overture (1952) *-- Oberon Overture (1952)* only Szell recording of three works by Smetana, Tchaikovsky and Weber.PART 3 of 4: SZELL THE PIANIST PLAYS MOZART:-- Quartets for Piano & Strings K.478, 493 with Budapest Quartet (1946 mono)-- Sonatas for Violin K.296, 301, 304, 376 with Raphael Druian (1967 stereo)PART 4 of 4: BONUS RECORDINGSThese recordings are not conducted by Szell:BRUCH-- Concerto for Violin No.1: Zino Francescatti; Thomas Schippers, New York Philharmonic (1962)HANDEL-- Sonata for Violin in D, HWV 371: Josef Szigeti with Carlo Bussotti (1954 mono)PROKOFIEV-- Concerto for Piano No.4: Rudolf Serkin; Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra (1958)-- Sonata for Piano No. 3: Gary Graffman (1963)TARTINI-- Sonata for Violin in G: Josef Szigeti with Carlo Bussotti (1954 mono)-- BRAHMS Symphony No.4 revised opening conducted by Szell, with analysis by Szell.Not in this box, but I found it hiding in the Cloud.For a link, see Comment One (click on sort by “Oldest”)INTERVIEWS WITH GEORGE SZELLGeorge Szell in conversation with Columbia Records producer Paul Myers: Brahms, Bruckner, Mozart & Richard Strauss + two general discussions (1964-67)--------------------------------------------------AVAILABILITY OF MISSING RECORDINGS--- Photo 4: Bach Suite No.3: only on LP, Music Appreciation Record: JS Bach Suite Orchestra No 3 in D Major. (1955 mono). For the rest of the Book-of-the-Month Club LPs, see Comment One (sort by “Oldest”)--- Photo 5: Mozart Sonatas K.454 & 481 with Josef Szigeti violin, Szell piano (1955 mono), sold to Vanguard Records and issued in a four-CD set: Complete Sonatas for Violin & Piano (the other sonatas are accompanied by Mieczyslaw Horszowski)-- Photo 6: Szell’s final concert with the Cleveland Orchestra, recorded in Tokyo in 1970, and only issued in Japan:CD: Live In Tokyo 1970 (2Cd) (Reissue) (Remastered)or SACD: Live in Tokyo 1970Plus five posthumously issued Sony CDs of concert recordings from the Salzburg Festival, with five European orchestras:------ Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra 1958: [Mozart: Symphony 41 / Piano Concerto 9, Rudolf Firkusny piano (mono)------ Czech Philharmonic 1963: Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 / Egmont Overture (mono)------ Dresden Staatskapelle 1965: Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (mono)------ French National Radio Orchestra 1959: Mozart: Symphony No. 35; Violin Concerto, No. 5 K. 219 / Haydn: Symphony No. 92, Erica Morini violin (mono)------ Vienna Philharmonic 1968: [Bruckner Symphony 7 (mono)
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David Lasker
5.0 out of 5 stars Now the Cleveland bass section is no longer missing in action
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5.0 out of 5 stars Now the Cleveland bass section is no longer missing in action
Reviewed in Canada on August 26, 2022
I've always Szell and the Clevelanders and have most of his repertoire on LP. Unfortunately, Columbia was notorious for rolling off the bass on their LPs, so now the bass section is no longer missing in action. A whole extra octave down there to be heard, and these are good transfers.

As a symphony bass player myself, I'm extremely impressed at how the Clevelanders play those four notorious measures in the last movement of Mozart's HAFFNER Symphony just before the recapitulation, one legato bow to the bar, each with awkward string crossings, that every bass player dreads being asked for on an audition. Szell's tempo is daringly quick and the display of ensemble is astonishing. Such unanimity! I wonder how many, if any, orchestras at the time could match this level of technical skill. Of course, speed-freak tempi are par for the course for today's original-instrument groups.

With 40 of the CDs listened to, I’ve come upon the first of several double CD sets. Trouble is that all these cases are thin cardboard, not jewel boxes. Took me awhile to figure out how to extract a CD from one of these double cardboard cases without messing it up. Barely enough wiggle room to insert a finger on the CD-label side and pull the CD out.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Truly superb, extremely tiny niggles and a request for Sony
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