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Give 'Em Szell.(conductor George Szell)
George Szell, the Hungarian-Jewish conductor, led the Cleveland Orchestra from 1946 until his death in 1970. It was a tenure of exactitude and illumination. Over the years, Szell made many commercial recordings -- but these could make little more than a dent in the overall repertory.
So we Szell fanatics rejoiced six years ago when the Cleveland Orchestra itself issued a set of CDs. These marked the centennial of the great man's birth, and they documented him live, in concert. We heard Szell in repertory previously unavailable to us. A performance of Beethoven's Missa solemnis, for example, was staggering.
But there was much territory left to cover. ...
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