About George Szell
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.
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Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo (Erwachen heiterer Emfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": II. Andante molto moto (Szene am Bach)
Dawn on the Moskva River (From "Khovanshchina")
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": III. Allegro (Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": IV. Allegro (Gewitter Sturm)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": V. Allegretto (Hirtengesang: Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm)
The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62 (Legend for Orchestra)
I. Allegro ma non troppo (Erwachen heiterer Emfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande) from Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
Pictures at an Exhibition: Gnomus
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