ALBUMBerlioz: Symphonie fantastiqueThe Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst
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ALBUMBerlioz: Symphonie fantastiqueThe Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst
ALBUMBruckner: Symphony No. 4 "Romantic"The Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst
ALBUMBartók: String Quartet No. 3 & Suite from The Miraculous MandarinThe Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst
ALBUMProkofiev: Symphony No. 6The Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4The Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst
ALBUMRimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 - Weinberger: Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree (2023 Remastered Version)Artur Rodzinski & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMStrauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 - Weber: Der Freischütz Overture (2023 Remastered Version)Artur Rodzinski & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor (2023 Remastered Version)Artur Rodzinski & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMSchubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat MajorThe Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, Joélle Harvey, Daryl Freedman, Julian Prégardien, Martin Mitterrutzner, Dashon Burton & Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
ALBUMBerg: Three Pieces from Lyric Suite – Strauss: Suite from Der RosenkavalierThe Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst
ALBUMProkofiev: Symphony No. 5The Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst
ALBUMMendelssohn & Schubert: Incidental MusicGeorge Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMMozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 & Posthorn Serenade, K. 320George Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMMozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 15 & 17 (Remastered)Robert Casadesus, The Cleveland Orchestra & George Szell
ALBUMSzell Conducts Wagner: Great Orchestral Highlights from the Ring of the NibelungsGeorge Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMBartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116 - Janácek: Sinfonietta for Orchestra, Op. 60George Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMMendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Op. 90 "Italian" & The Hebrides Overtures - Weber: Overture to OberonGeorge Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMMozart: Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364 & Exsultate, Jubilate, K. 165George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra, Rafael Druian, Abraham Skernick & Judith Raskin
ALBUMMagic Vienna: Works by Johann and Josef StraussGeorge Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMStravinsky: Firebird Suite - Walton: Symphony No. 2George Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMDvorák: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70George Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMWalton: Partita for Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 10 ((Remastered))George Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMDvorák: Piano Concerto, Op. 33 - Tchaikovsky: Rococo VariationsGeorge Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Rudolf Firkusny & Leonard Rose
ALBUMMozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 - Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1, Op. 11George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra, Robert Marcellus & Myron Bloom
ALBUMStrauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra, Rafael Druian, Abraham Skernick & Pierre Fournier
ALBUMSzell Conducts Rossini OverturesGeorge Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMMax Bruch: Scottish Fantasy - Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Overture The Hebrides "Fingal's Cave", Symphony No.3David Oistrakh, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, The Cleveland Orchestra, Georg Szell, New York Philharmonic & Leonard Bernstein
ALBUMDvorak, Vol. 1: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 - Piano Concerto In G Minor, Op. 33The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMMasterpieces Presents Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell & Leon Fleisher
ALBUMMozart: Piano Concerto No. 18, K. 456 & No. 19, K. 459Mitsuko Uchida & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMThe Greatest Classical Pieces: Beethoven & RossiniThe Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Colin Davis
ALBUMMendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 & A Midsummer Night's DreamThe Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell & New York Philharmonic
ALBUMDvořák: Symphony No. 9 (New World Symphony)The Cleveland Orchestra & George Szell
ALBUMMozart: Piano Concertos No. 9, K. 271 & No. 21, K. 467Mitsuko Uchida & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMSmetana: Má Vlast, Overtures & DancesRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Antal Doráti, The Cleveland Orchestra & Christoph von Dohnányi
ALBUMRavel: Boléro; La Valse; Rhapsodie Espagnole; Menuet antique; Ma Mère l'OyePierre Boulez, New York Philharmonic & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMHaydn: Symphony No. 103 in E Flat Major, The Drumroll; Brahms: Variations on a Theme by HaydnRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham, The Cleveland Orchestra & George Szell
ALBUMMahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Adagio from Symphony No. 10Pierre Boulez, Magdalena Kožená, Christian Gerhaher & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMMozart: Piano Concertos No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 & No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595 (Live)Mitsuko Uchida & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMRavel: The Piano Concertos; MiroirsPierre-Laurent Aimard, Pierre Boulez & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMWagner - Mottl: Wesendonck Lieder - Wagner: Preludes & OverturesMeasha Brueggergosman, The Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst
ALBUMProkofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B Flat Major, Op. 300The Cleveland Orchestra & George Szell
ALBUMEverybody's Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7Christoph von Dohnányi & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMMozart: KlarinettenkonzertGeorge Szell, Abraham Skernick, Rafael Druian, Robert Marcellus & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMStravinsky: Pulcinella (Stravinsky) (1953)Glenn Schnittke, Philip MacGregor, Mary Simmons, The Cleveland Orchestra & Igor Stravinsky
ALBUMBeethoven: Sinfonie Nr. 9George Szell, Adele Addison, Donald Bell, Jane Hobson, Richard Lewis, Robert Shaw, The Cleveland Orchestra & Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
ALBUMClifford Curzon Plays Beethoven & MozartThe Cleveland Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, George Szell & Sir Clifford Curzon
ALBUMMussorgsky: Pictures at an ExhibitionThe Cleveland Orchestra & Oliver Knussen
ALBUMHector Berlioz: Romeo & Juliette & Les Nuits D'éteMelanie Diener, The Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Denis Sedov, Kenneth Tarver & Pierre Boulez
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Piano Sonata in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 80, TH 123 - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19Emil Gilels, The Cleveland Orchestra & George Szell
ALBUMSchubert: Symphonies No. 8 "Unfinished" and No. 9 "The Great"George Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMMozart: Jupiter SinfonieGeorge Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMRavel: Shéhérazade / Tombeau / Pavane; Debussy: Danses / Ballades de VillonAlison Hagley, Anne Sofie von Otter, The Cleveland Orchestra & Pierre Boulez
ALBUMStravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps, The FirebirdChicago Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra & Pierre Boulez
ALBUMLieberson: Raising The GazeRosemary Hardy, Asko Ensemble, The Cleveland Orchestra, London Sinfonietta & Oliver Knussen
ALBUMSchoenberg: Piano ConcertoMitsuko Uchida, The Cleveland Orchestra & Pierre Boulez
ALBUMStravinsky: Le Chant Du Rossignol, L'Histoire Du Soldat SuiteThe Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus & Pierre Boulez
ALBUMBeethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 (Szell) (1947, 1955)George Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMDebussy: Pelleas Et Melisande Suite - Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp - Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphony No. 2, "Antar" (Leinsdorf) (1946-1947)Erich Leinsdorf, The Cleveland Orchestra, Milton Katims, John Wummer & Laura Newell
ALBUMDvorak, A.: Piano Concerto in G Minor - Liszt, F.: Piano Concerto No. 2 - Weber, C.M.: Konzertstuck in F Minor (Casadesus) (1952, 1954)George Szell, Robert Casadesus, The Cleveland Orchestra & Rudolf Firkusny
ALBUMDvorak, A.: Symphony No. 6 - Brahms, J.: Symphony No. 1 (Leinsdorf) (1946, 1950)Erich Leinsdorf, The Cleveland Orchestra & The Philadelphia Orchestra
ALBUMDvorak, A.: Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" - Slavonic Dances - Smetana, B.: Moldau (Szell) (1947-1954)George Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra is widely considered one of the top orchestras in the world thanks to its long-standing strategy of touring and recording to reach the broadest audience possible. Founded in 1918 by promoter Adella Prentiss Hughes (who teamed up with the orchestra’s first conductor, Nikolai Sokoloff, to get the troupe off the ground), the organisation grew quickly, playing Carnegie Hall by 1922 and releasing a recording of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture two years later. George Szell, who was the Cleveland Orchestra’s musical director and conductor between 1946 and 1970, helped the ensemble grow internationally. With an exacting ear for sound, Szell improved the acoustics of the orchestra’s local venues, and he led the ensemble on its first European tour and, later, appearances at prestigious festivals. Szell’s successors preserved his penchant for pristine sonics and top-tier musicianship, making the orchestra’s recorded albums popular sellers, especially during the tenure of director Christoph von Dohnányi during the ’80 and ’90s. Today, The Cleveland Orchestra performs year-round, including summer concerts outdoors at the Blossom Music Center (an idyllic setting that gives the orchestra a chance to explore more pops-oriented fare such as movie scores), and continues to tour internationally. For the Cleveland Orchestra’s centennial, music director Franz Welser-Möst linked Beethoven’s music to the Greek god Prometheus, carrying on the ensemble’s knack for making powerful connections through music.
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