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Release Date: 06/29/1999 Label: Sony Classical Masterworks Catalog #: 63124 Spars Code: ADD Composer: Sergei Prokofiev, Béla Bartók Conductor: George Szell Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
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Critics have unfairly accused George Szell of not embracing 20th century music during his tenure with the Cleveland Orchestra. This is nonsense; Szell frequently commissioned works by young composers and championed music by Janacek, Hindemith, Bartók and Prokofiev. This recording, an entry in the Masterworks Heritage series, features Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra in Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra and Prokofiev's Symphony no. 5. Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra was commissioned by the Koussevitsky Foundation and premiered in 1944. Szell leads a dazzling performance of this colorful work. The orchestra's soloists shine in the tricky second movement, while the mysterious elegy that comprises the third movement is brilliantly realized. Szell also brings true Hungarian spirit to the fiery finale, with the Cleveland Orchestra's brass playing grandiosely. Prokofiev's Symphony was written towards the end of World War II and is considered by many to be one of his finest works. The work is filled with soaring melodies, a touch of melancholy, and an epic finale. Szell and the orchestra deliver a virtuoso performance, brilliantly communicating the piece's shifting moods and grand nature. |
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Symphony no 5 in B flat major, Op. 100 by Sergei Prokofiev | ||||
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Conductor:
George Szell
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1944; USSR |
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Date of Recording: 10/1959 Venue: Cleveland, Ohio Length: 38 Minutes 47 Secs. |
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Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116 by Béla Bartók | ||||
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Conductor:
George Szell
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1943; USA |
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Date of Recording: 01/1965 Venue: Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio Length: 34 Minutes 40 Secs. |
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