George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra - The Forgotten Recordings

Bach, Johann Sebastian, Brahms, Johannes, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, różni kompozytorzy, Schumann, Robert, Smetana, Bedrich, Strauss, Richard, Stravinsky, Igor

Cleveland Orchestra, Szell, George

ARIADNE 5011

SOMM RECORDINGS announces the first release of never before available performances by one of the defining partnerships of modern American music in the specially priced two-CD set George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra: The Forgotten Recordings.

Long considered one of America’s “Big Five” orchestras, the Cleveland Orchestra entered its second century in 2018 and earlier this year was hailed by The New York Times as “America’s finest [orchestra] still”.

The Forgotten Recordings features eight historic performances made for the Book-of-the-Month Club in 1954 and 1955 – seven of which are first releases – that have been restored and remastered by the multi-award- winning audio restoration engineer Lani Spahr, who also provides extensive and informative booklet notes.

Works:

• Bach, J S: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068
• Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
• Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations'
• Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543
• Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120
• Smetana: Vltava (from Má Vlast)
• Strauss, R: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
• Stravinsky: The Firebird

CD x 2

SOMM Recordings

3/31/21

748871501126