The Complete Columbia Album Collection

~ Release by George Szell (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

A 106-CD collection of the complete recordings made by George Szell and the Cleveland orchestra for Columbia between 1946-1969. Includes a hardcover book with complete track listings and facsimiles of the original album covers.

Tracklist

1CD: Dvořák: Slavonic Dances / Smetana: String Quartet no. 1
2CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 4 / Schumann: Symphony no. 4
3CD: Mozart: Symphony no. 39 / Haydn: Symphony no. 92 “Oxford”
4CD: Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 “Italian” / Hindemith / Strauss
5CD: Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 “From the New World”
6CD: Liszt: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Weber
7CD: Schumann: Symphony no. 2
8CD: Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1
9CD: Bach / Handel / Tartini / Szigeti / Francescatti
10CD: Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 24 & 26
11CD: Dvořák: Piano Concerto / Tchaikovsky
12CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 / Schubert: Symphony no. 8
13CD: Haydn: Symphonies nos. 88 & 104 “London”
14CD: Dvořák: Slavonic Dances
15CD: Mozart: Symphonies nos. 40 & 41 “Jupiter”
16CD: Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 10 & 12
17CD: Wagner: Orchestral Highlights from the “Ring”
18CD: Rachmaninoff / Franck / Delius
19CD: Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 17 & 25
20CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 1
21CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 “Eroica”
22CD: Schubert: Symphony no. 9 “The Great”
23CD: Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel / Don Juan / Tod und Verklärung
24CD: Haydn: Symphonies nos. 97 & 99
25CD: Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 18 & 20
26CD: Tchaikovsky / Borodin / Rimsky-Korsakov / Mussorgsky
27CD: Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1
28CD: Merry Overtures
29CD: Dvořák: Symphony no. 8
30CD: Walton: Partita / Mahler: Symphony no. 10
31CD: Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 / Mozart
32CD: Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 “From the New World”
33CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5
34CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 7
35CD: Prokofiev: Symphony no. 5
36CD: Grieg, Schumann: Piano Concertos
37CD: Dvořák: Symphony no. 7
38CD: Mozart: Symphonies nos. 35 “Haffner”, 39 & 40
39CD: Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 22 & 23
40CD: Schumann: Symphonies nos. 1-4 (1)
41CD: Schumann: Symphonies nos. 1-4 (2)
42CD: Strauss: Don Quixote
43CD: Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 1
44CD: Beethoven: Piano Concertos nos. 2 & 3
45CD: Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5
46CD: Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 9 & 8 (1)
47CD: Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 9 & 8 (2)
48CD: Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de feu / Walton: Symphony no. 2
49CD: Schubert: Symphony no. 8
50CD: Mozart: Clarinet Concerto / Strauss
51CD: Wagner: Preludes
52CD: Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
53CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 “Pastoral”
54CD: Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2
55CD: Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 26 & 27
56CD: Bartók, Prokofiev: Piano Concertos
57CD: Johann Strauss II & Josef Strauss
58CD: Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 “Italian”
59CD: Debussy: La Mer / Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Pavane
60CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 4 / Leonore Overture no. 3
61CD: Bohemian Carnival
62CD: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
63CD: Mozart: Symphonies nos. 28 & 33
64CD: Mozart: Violin Concertos nos. 1, 3 & 5
65CD: Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 19 & 20
66CD: Mozart: Sinfonia concertante / Exsultate, jubilate
67CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 / Mozart: Symphony no. 41
68CD: Strauss: Sinfonia domestica
69CD: Barber: Piano Concerto / Schuman
70CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 3 / Haydn Variations
71CD: Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 1 & 2
72CD: Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 21 & 24
73CD: Dvořák: Slavonic Dances
74CD: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Janáček
75CD: Mahler: Symphony no. 4
76CD: Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite no. 1 / Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no. 1
77CD: Bruckner: Symphony no. 3
78CD: Wagner: Preludes
79CD: Prokofiev: Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 3
80CD: Beethoven: Overtures
81CD: Brahms: Symphonies nos. 1, 2 & 4 / Overtures (1)
82CD: Brahms: Symphonies nos. 1, 2 & 4 / Overtures (2)
83CD: Brahms: Symphonies nos. 1, 2 & 4 / Overtures (3)
84CD: Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2
85CD: Mendelssohn, Schubert: Incidental Music
86CD: Rossini: Overtures
87CD: Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1
88CD: Haydn: Symphonies nos. 93 & 94 “Surprise”
89CD: Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis / Walton
90CD: Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 15 & 17
91CD: Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Posthorn Serenade
92CD: Wagner: Great Orchestral Highlights from the “Ring”
93CD: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1
94CD: Kodály: Háry János Suite / Prokofiev
95CD: Bruckner: Symphony no. 8 (1)
96CD: Bruckner: Symphony no. 8 (2)
97CD: Haydn: Symphonies nos. 95 & 96 “The Miracle”
98CD: Haydn: Symphonies nos. 97 & 98
99CD: Mahler: Symphony no. 6 “Tragic”
100CD: Smetana: The Moldau / From Bohemia's Fields and Groves
101CD: Wagner, Weber: Overtures
102CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 “Pastoral”
103CD: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1
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1Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito
piano:
Vladimir Horowitz (on 1953-01-12)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic (on 1953-01-12)
conductor:
George Szell (on 1953-01-12)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1953-01-12)
live recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (1888 version, most often performed) (on 1953-01-12)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (from 1874-11 until 1875-02)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (1888 version, most often performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (1879 version, rarely performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Andante non troppo e molto maestoso (original 1874/75 version, rarely performed)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky18:28
2Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: II. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I
piano:
Vladimir Horowitz (on 1953-01-12)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic (on 1953-01-12)
conductor:
George Szell (on 1953-01-12)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1953-01-12)
live recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: II. Andantino semplice (1888 version, most often performed) (on 1953-01-12)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (from 1874-11 until 1875-02)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (1888 version, most often performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: II. Andantino semplice (1879 version, rarely performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: II. Andantino semplice (original 1874/75 version, rarely performed)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky6:23
3Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: III. Allegro con fuoco - Allegro vivo
piano:
Vladimir Horowitz (on 1953-01-12)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic (on 1953-01-12)
conductor:
George Szell (on 1953-01-12)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1953-01-12)
live recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: III. Allegro con fuoco (1888 version, most often performed) (on 1953-01-12)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (from 1874-11 until 1875-02)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (1888 version, most often performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: III. Allegro con fuoco (1879 version, rarely performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: III. Allegro con fuoco (original 1874/75 version, rarely performed)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky6:22
104CD: Mozart: Piano Quartets nos. 1 & 2
105CD: Mozart: Violin Sonatas K. 296, 301, 304 & 376
106CD: Christmas Melodies & Interviews