{"product_id":"george-szell-conducts","title":"GEORGE SZELL CONDUCTS DVORAK \u0026 SMETANA (7 CDS)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/DESCRIPTION_WITH_WORLD_1_2aac13c0-42d7-4034-91e1-0388bd50aad3_480x480.png?v=1590007283\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout his long tenure with The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell and his peerless ensemble set standards with their recordings of Czech music. The new release now offers them all, many for the first time on modern recording technology, including earlier mono versions of Dvorák's \"New World\" Symphony (1952) and Slavonic Dances (1947-56) as well as his Piano Concerto (1954) with it's finest soloist, Rudolf Firkušny. The main attraction for most listeners, however, will likely still be Szell's stereo recordings. When the symphonies, set down in 1958-60, were most recently reissued along with some of the mono Smetana performances, ClassicsToday declared, \"you won't find a more authoritative, urgently exciting, well-played collection of Dvorák's last three symphonies at any price. The remastering has been managed with great care and is wholly successful. This is particularly gratifying with respect to the mono items, which include the Bartered Bride Overture and Szell's own surprisingly colorful and uninhibited orchestration of Smetana's First Quartet. Indispensable!\" And, of course, Szell's \"miraculously detailed and immaculately phrased\" 1962-63 set of the complete Slavonic Dances, never out of the catalogue, is still the benchmark for these joyous masterpieces, especially in this superb SACD remastering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_1_19a2062d-efb2-4940-ac84-cae6b47b1703_480x480.png?v=1590005447\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 CD 1\u003cbr\u003e2 Dvorák: Symphony No. 9\u003cbr\u003e3 \"From the New World\" Op. 95 (1959) · Carnival Op. 92\u003cbr\u003e4 Smetana: The Moldau\u003cbr\u003e5 The Bartered Bride: 3 Dances\u003cbr\u003e6 The Cleveland Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 CD 2\u003cbr\u003e2 Dvorák: Symphony No. 7 Op. 70\u003cbr\u003e3 Symphony No. 8 Op. 88\u003cbr\u003e4 The Cleveland Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 CD 3\u003cbr\u003e2 Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Op. 46\u003cbr\u003e3 Slavonic Dances Op. 72 (1962-1965)\u003cbr\u003e4 The Cleveland Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 CD 4\u003cbr\u003e2 Dvorák: Symphony No. 9\u003cbr\u003e3 \"From the New World\" Op. 95 (1952)\u003cbr\u003e4 The Cleveland Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e5 Smetana: The Moldau\u003cbr\u003e6 Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York (New York Philharmonic)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 CD 5\u003cbr\u003e2 Dvorák: Piano Concerto Op. 33\u003cbr\u003e3 Smetana: The Bartered Bride: Overture\u003cbr\u003e4 Rudolf Firkušný Piano · the Cleveland Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e5 Smetana: From Bohemia's Fields and Groves\u003cbr\u003e6 Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York (New York Philharmonic)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 CD 6\u003cbr\u003e2 Dvorˇák: Slavonic Dances Op. 46\u003cbr\u003e3 Slavonic Dances Op. 72 (1956)\u003cbr\u003e4 The Cleveland Orchestra\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 CD 7\u003cbr\u003e2 Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Op. 46: Nos. 1,3 \u0026amp; 8\u003cbr\u003e3 Slavonic Dances Op. 72: Nos. 2 \u0026amp; 7\u003cbr\u003e4 Arrangement: George Szell\u003cbr\u003e5 Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 \"From My Life\"\u003cbr\u003e6 Orchestration: George Szell\u003cbr\u003e7 The Cleveland Orchestra\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SONY CLASSICS","offers":[{"title":"GEORGE SZELL","offer_id":32170981752919,"sku":"190759216620","price":33.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/3907539.jpg?v=1592261186","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/en-de\/products\/george-szell-conducts","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}