George Szell
George Szell
Top Songs
| 1 | Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Ride of the Valkyries | ||
| 2 | Siegfried, WWV 86C: Forest Murmurs" | ||
| 3 | Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Magic Fire Music | ||
| 4 | Das Rheingold, WWV 86A: Entrance Of The Gods Into Valhalla | ||
| 5 | I. Allegretto |
Albums
Aug 2018 • 9 songs
Aug 2018 • 6 songs
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Biography
Part of the wave of great Hungarian conductors who took over American musical life just before and after World War II (the others included Fritz Reiner, Antal Dorati, and Eugene Ormandy), George Szell quickly transformed a middling Midwestern orchestra into one of the nation's Big Five. His cultivation of the Cleveland Orchestra set an example of discipline and hard work that gradually helped raise the standards of orchestras across America.
Although born in Hungary, Szell was raised in Vienna, where he studied composition with Eusebius Mandyczewski and piano with Richard Rob...