West Loma Radio Archives is rapidly condign a role player on the stage of previously unissued broadcast material (see list of reviews). It shows clearly proficient judgement in its releases and fills some important gaps, amplifies known strengths, reinforces the increased vitality to be located in live broadcasts � and gives us considerable excitement and enjoyment into the bargain. Here nosotros have two iv CD sets devoted to George Szell. The dating game is self-explanatory � 1943 to 1957 � and in that location are two orchestras involved, the Cleveland and the New York Philharmonic-Symphony.
The first volume includes a number of things familiar from commercial recordings simply heard in circumstances of rather greater tensile commitment. Beethoven�south Seventh Symphony (NYPSO � Szell�due south debut concert with them in 1943) might begin rather brusquely just soon settles for a performance of eloquent control, that Szell hallmark �meticulous prepared spontaneity� strongly to the fore; dynamics splendidly terraced, the music�s gruff dynamism truly realised. Surging cantabile floods through Vltava with infrequent plasticity of the moulding of the lyric lines. Not as well fast at all, and very well characterised except for the too-militaristic and clipped end. The overture to Tannh�user is subtly paced and fuses weight with a surprisingly lightness and flexibility. At that place�s the unusual spectacle of Szell conducting Sousa, the inevitable The Stars and Stripes Forever.
The second disc opens with another version of the American anthem and we then encounter a brisk and lighthearted Mendelssohn Italian symphony. The deadening move obeys the con moto instruction and the finale is vivacious. Don Juan receives a finely nuanced, slightly aristocratic reading. Rhapsody in Blueish has a rather hissy surface but has the advantage of Eugene List but the disadvantage of Szell�s rather foursquare conducting.
There are more memories of Szell�s halcyon days pre-War in Prague in his fortunately-preserved debut concert with the Cleveland orchestra in 1944. The Bartered Bride gets things off to a snappy start and then we hear his ain arrangement of Smetana�s Showtime String Quartet. This is somewhat untidier than the subsequent commercial recording only slightly more heady. Information technology�south an effective and dramatic transformative experience. Till Eulenspiegel is fine; the Schumann symphony that ends the third disc derives from New York in March 1945 � a driven performance, ardent, occasionally uncomfortable with only a so-so recording. In general I have to say that the sound quality in this set is fluctuates quite a bit but at its all-time is very fine indeed.
The last disc includes a operation of Prokofiev�southward Get-go Violin Concerto from an off-form Szigeti. It gets amend as it goes forth merely there are the usual heavy duty bowing, intonational, tonal and other problems that will have one wincing. The Brahms Second Symphony is warmly moulded and beautifully measured, though equally the notes disclose there�s brief horn mishap � this is with the Cleveland from 1957.
The second set proves equally valuable � and recollect that these two volumes are available separately. The outset discs pairs too visiting British soloists. Campoli plays i of his favourites, the Lalo � without the Intermezzo � with sweet tone and a slightly sedate charm, bel canto lyricism to the fore, and proves a characterful storyteller. Curzon is on rather nervus-wracking form in the Brahms B flat major. Rather like Szigeti he improves for a ripely turned finale, which is the best of the four movements. Szell was an underrated Weber conductor equally his Euryanthe and Oberon overture performances show. His Parsifal music is fluid and flexible, qualities that apply equally to his Pastoral Symphony. In Dec 1957 he directed a typically incisive, fluent and imaginative Haydn C major symphony whilst one week later, once again in Cleveland, nosotros detect a powerful Schubert C major. The terminal disc conjoins two more major symphonic statements, both from New York. Jan that year saw a typically tensile and administrative Sibelius 2 and from the cease of the year we have a taut, biting Franck Symphony in D.
These brief sketches indicate the all-round excellence of performances that, in comparison with commercial recordings � where such exist � are invariably just that bit more than able-bodied, even in some cases at the expense of the fabled Szell tidiness. Both boxes are bachelor separately then it depends very much on repertoire every bit to which � if you lot need to make up one's mind � y'all will buy.
Jonathan Woolf��
Details
Volume 1
CD 1
The Star Spangled Imprint [one:39]
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (1812) [35:51]
Bedřich SMETANA (1824-1884)
M� Vlast -Vltava (1879) [12:51]
Richard WAGNER (1813-83)
Tannh�user (1845) � overture [13:49]
John Philip SOUSA (1854-1932)
The Stars and Stripes Forever [3:35]
(Szell�due south Debut Concert with The New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, four July 1943)
CD 2
The Star Spangled Banner [1:33]
Carl Maria von WEBER (1786-1826)
Oberon (1826) � overture [nine:10]
Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)
Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90 �Italian� (1833) [28:26]
Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)
Don Juan, Op. 20 (1888) [15:59]
George GERSHWIN (1898-1937)
Rhapsody in Bluish �(1924) [16:11]
(The New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, 11 July 1943)
CD iii
Bedřich SMETANA (1824-1884)
String Quartet No. 1 in Due east small From My Life (1879) transcribed past Georg Szell [29:15]
The Bartered Helpmate - overture (1866) [6:33]
Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (1894) [thirteen:48]
(Szell�south Debut Concert with the Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, Cleveland, 2 November 1944)
Robert SCHUMANN (1810 � 1856)
Symphony No. 4 in D Small-scale, Op.120 (1851) [26:16]
(The New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, 18 March 1945)
CD four
Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908)
Capriccio Espagnol, Op.34 [xv:38]
(Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, Cleveland, 7 December 1957)
Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 (1916-1917) [21:09]
(The New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, 18 March 1945)
Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Symphony No. ii in D major, op. 73 (1877) [37:42]
(Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, Cleveland, 28 Dec 1957)
Eugene List (piano) (Gershwin); Josef Szigeti (violin) (Prokofiev)
New York Combo-Symphony Orchestra/George Szell; Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell
Volume 2
CD 1
Edouard LALO (1823-1892)
Symphonie Espagnole Op. 21 (1874)
(The New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, 6 December 1953)
Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Pianoforte Concerto No two in B flat Op 83 (1878-81)
(The New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, January 1945)
CD ii
Carl Maria von WEBER (1786-1826)
Euryanthe � overture (1823)
(Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, Cleveland, 14 December 1957)
Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)
Parsifal � Prelude and Practiced Fri Spell music (1865-82)
Ludwig Van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony No. half-dozen in F major Pastoral Op.68 (1808)
(Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, Cleveland, 21 April 1957)
CD three
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)
Symphony No. 97 in C major (1792)
(Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, Cleveland, xiv December 1957)
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756 � 1791)
Le nozze di Figaro - opera in four acts � overture (1786)
Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Symphony No. 9 in C major Great D.944 (1828)
(Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, Cleveland, 21 December 1957)
CD 4
C�sar FRANCK (1822-1890)
Symphony in D minor (1888)
(The New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, six Dec 1953)
Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957)
Symphony No. two in D major Op. 43 (1902)
(The New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, eighteen January 1953)
Alfredo Campoli (violin) (Lalo); Clifford Curzon (pianoforte) (Brahms)
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra/George Szell
Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra/George Szell; Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell
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