George Szell - Lyrische Ouverture Op.5 (1921) (Part I)

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MrTchaikovsky

7 ай бұрын

The Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra
Louis Lane
The recording was found here:
• Szell: Lyric Overture,...

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@Twentythousandlps 6 ай бұрын

According to his biography, Szell never performed his music in his Cleveland years. Louis Lane was his associate conductor there for many years, so this is the next best thing.

@mrtchaikovsky 6 ай бұрын

The substantial comment you left under the original video is worth quoting in full: "How interesting to hear this. Szell's biographer Michael Charry tells us that Szell composed music from age 8 to 23, the year of this piece. Szell later utterly rejected his compositions and in the '60's discouraged Louis Lane from even trying to revive this piece. But in 1992 the late Mo. Lane was able to make this fine recording. What we hear is completely derivative of the music Richard Strauss wrote in this same period (I was especially reminded of Josephslegende). Nonetheless, it shows complete technical mastery and falls very gratefully on the ears, even if it feels more like a rhapsody than an overture. By the way, Strauss was in this same period Szell's mentor as a conductor. This work leaves us with the question, when is a person writing music a 'real composer'? In Szell's own concept, he did not make the grade, despite his great technical ability."

@mrtchaikovsky 7 ай бұрын

Yes, this is indeed the work of George Szell the conductor, who began his career as a pianist and composer. At best, this is really just second-rate R. Strauss, who mentored Szell in his early career, although the technique on display is very impressive for a 23-year-old. It's still better than anything I could ever hope to write anyway. Be that as it may, it's a pleasant listen (unless you dislike Strauss, in which case you'd better steer clear), and perhaps of some historical interest.