Prokofiev - Symphony Nº5 & Bartok - Concerto For Orchestra - Cleveland Orchestra - Szell
Prokofiev - Symphony Nº5 & Bartok - Concerto For Orchestra - Cleveland Orchestra - Szell
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Genre: 20th Century | Label: Masterworks Heritage - Sony Classical
George Szell's Prokofiev Fifth is a swift, exciting performance that offers predictably razor-sharp orchestral execution. The recording, though, which dates from the late 1950s, is shallow in the bass, and relegates the percussion to another county--a real problem in the crashing, tam-tam led climaxes to the first and third movements. The Bartók, with much better sonics, is without question one of the finest versions ever recorded, or at least it would have been were it not for the whopping cut that Szell makes in the finale. This also necessitates a bit of recomposition in order to make the join work, and after four superbly played and sensitively conducted preceding movements, Szell's mangling (which really does sound clumsy) comes as something of a shock. I believe Szell's importance as a conductor outweighs the perversity of this one decision, but each listener will have to decide this individually. Both works are, in any case, two major entries in the Szell discography, and can be recommended accordingly to his many fans.
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Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony Nº5*
Bela Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell
CD - Masterworks Heritage - Sony Classical D - MHK 63124 - 1999
Recorded: IX - 1959* & I- 1965, at Severance Hall, Cleveland.
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Symphony Nº5*
Bela Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell
CD - Masterworks Heritage - Sony Classical D - MHK 63124 - 1999
Recorded: IX - 1959* & I- 1965, at Severance Hall, Cleveland.
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