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"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.
Three works – Bach’s Third Orchestral Suite (BWV 1068), a revealing engagement by Szell with a composer he is not usually associated with, Smetana’s The Moldau and Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel (with an early spotlight on legendary horn player Myron Bloom) were recorded in mono in a remarkably productive session on Christmas Eve, 1954.
From October 1955 in stereo recordings are two works by Brahms – his Haydn Variations and the Academic Festival Overture, two symphonies - Mozart’s No. 39 and Schumann’s Fourth - and a Stravinsky Firebird-Suite that “crackles with energy”. “Here”, says Spahr, “we can appreciate that the orchestra was well on its way to becoming, in Szell’s words, ‘this glorious instrument… that perfectly reflects my musical ideals’.” © SOMM Recordings
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Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Má Vlast, JB 1:112 (Bedrich Smetana)
Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Bedrich Smetana, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28, TrV 171 (Richard Strauss)
Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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DISC 2
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 (Johannes Brahms)
Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johannes Brahms, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a (Johannes Brahms)
Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johannes Brahms, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johannes Brahms, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johannes Brahms, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johannes Brahms, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johannes Brahms, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johannes Brahms, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johannes Brahms, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johannes Brahms, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johannes Brahms, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johannes Brahms, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120 (1851 Version) (Robert Schumann)
Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Robert Schumann, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Robert Schumann, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Robert Schumann, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Robert Schumann, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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The Firebird Suite (1919 version) (Igor Stravinsky)
Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - George Szell, Conductor, MainArtist
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Album review
"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.
Three works – Bach’s Third Orchestral Suite (BWV 1068), a revealing engagement by Szell with a composer he is not usually associated with, Smetana’s The Moldau and Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel (with an early spotlight on legendary horn player Myron Bloom) were recorded in mono in a remarkably productive session on Christmas Eve, 1954.
From October 1955 in stereo recordings are two works by Brahms – his Haydn Variations and the Academic Festival Overture, two symphonies - Mozart’s No. 39 and Schumann’s Fourth - and a Stravinsky Firebird-Suite that “crackles with energy”. “Here”, says Spahr, “we can appreciate that the orchestra was well on its way to becoming, in Szell’s words, ‘this glorious instrument… that perfectly reflects my musical ideals’.” © SOMM Recordings
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 33 track(s)
- Total length: 02:22:36
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: The Cleveland Orchestra George Szell
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: SOMM Recordings
- Genre: Classical
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