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George Szell

George Szell has been played on NTS shows including 239EF, with Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte first played on 23 March 2014.

George Szell (originally "György Széll" like "cell"), born in Budapest, Hungary on June 7, 1897 and died in Cleveland, Ohio on July 30, 1970, was a Jewish-American conductor and composer. Well known for his long held position as musical director of the Cleveland Orchestra. By the time of his death he was credited, to quote the critic Donal Henahan, with having built it into "what many critics regarded as the world's keenest symphonic instrument." Szell's musical preferences stemmed from the Austro-German tradition …

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Piano Concerto No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 15
Brahms, Curzon, London Symphony, Szell
Decca1962
Piano Concerto No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 15
Brahms, Curzon, London Symphony, SzellDecca1962
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Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte
Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Cleveland Orchester, George Szell
CBS1976
Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte
Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Cleveland Orchester, George SzellCBS1976
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Forest Murmurs
Wagner, Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
CBS1990
Forest Murmurs
Wagner, Cleveland Orchestra, George SzellCBS1990
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Symphony No. 4 In B-Flat Major, Op. 60
Beethoven, George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra
Columbia Odyssey1977
Symphony No. 4 In B-Flat Major, Op. 60
Beethoven, George Szell, The Cleveland OrchestraColumbia Odyssey1977
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