George Szell: A Life of Music

Appendix F. Szell's Repertoire

APPENDIX F Szell’s repertoire Szell Cleveland Orchestra Repertoire (Twenty-seventh to Fifty-second Seasons, 1944 to 1970) [1] Commissioned work [2] World premiere [3] United States premiere [4] Cleveland premiere [5] first performance at subscription concerts N Nonsubscription performance r recorded (see Discography for details) r* recorded but not released (r) recorded that season but not performed in concert A complete database of Cleveland orchestra concerts has been made by the Cleveland Institute of Music and is available on line. Its Web address is: http://www.cim.edu/library/ locate/programnotes.php Albéniz, Isaac Iberia, orch. e. fernandez Arbós, 51–52, 60–61 Babin,Victor Concerto no. 2 for two Pianos and orchestra [2], 56–57 Vitya Vronsky, Victor Babin Bach, Johann Christian Symphony, B-flat, op. 18, no. 2, 62–63 Bach, Johann Sebastian Cantata no. 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen [5] 63–64 Maria Stader, soprano “Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten,” [5] from Cantata no. 202, Wedding [5] 53–54, Maria Stader, soprano Brandenburg Concerto no. 1, f, 48–49 308 . appendix f Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, G, 50–51, 58–59 Concerto for Violin and orchestra, G Minor [4] (reconstructed by Gustav Schreck from Clavier Concerto, f Minor, ed. Joseph Szigeti), 49–50 Joseph Szigeti Concerto for Violin, A Minor, 66–67 James Buswell Concerto for Violin, e, 52–53 Zino francescatti three fugues from The Art of the Fugue, transcribed for orchestra by robert Scholz [2] 49–50 Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio 52–53, 59–60 overture to the Easter Oratorio [5] 67–68 Suite no. 1, C [5] 49–50 Suite no. 2, B Minor [5] 54–55 Maurice Sharp, flute Suite no. 3, D [5] 46–47, 49–50, 54–55, 66–67 Baird, tadeusz Four Essays for Orchestra [4] 65–66 Barber, Samuel Concerto for Piano and orchestra, op. 38 [4] 63–64R John Browning 64–65 Browning Concerto for Violin 53–54 Josef Gingold, 61–62 Jaime laredo First Essay for Orchestra [4] 46–47 Intermezzo from the opera Vanessa (1958) [4] 58–59 Music for a Scene from Shelley 56–57 Night Flight, op. 19a [2] 64–65 Symphony no. 1, revised version [2] 48–49, 48–49 (repeat) overture to The School for Scandal, op. 5, 48–49, 50–51, 59–60 Barraud, Henry Rhapsodie Cartesienne [3] 61–62 La Symphonie de Numance [4] 57–58 Bartók, Béla Concerto for Orchestra [4] 45–46, 49–50, 52–53, 56–57,61–62, 64–65R, 65–66 Concerto for Piano no. 1 [4] 61–62R rudolf Serkin Concerto for Piano no. 2 55–56 Géza Anda Concerto for Piano no. 3 [5] 59–60 Jacob lateiner, 66–67 Anda Concerto for Violin no. 2 66–67 edith Peinemann Divertimento [4] 50–51, 51–52 Portrait no. 1 for Violin and orchestra, op. 5 [4] 55–56 Szigeti Rhapsody no. 1 for Violin and orchestra 60–61 Johanna Martzy Beethoven, ludwig van Concerto for Piano no. 1, C, op. 15, 48–49 Arthur loesser, 53–54 Serkin, 60–61R leon fleisher, 63–64 Serkin, 67–68 rudolf firkusny (67–68R emil Gilels) Concerto for Piano no. 2, B-flat, op. 19 53–54 fleisher, 56–57 Glenn Gould, 60–61R fleisher, 69–70 Grant Johannesen (67–68R Gilels) Concerto for Piano no. 3, C Minor, op. 37, 47–48 leonard Shure, 49–50 Gary szell’s repertoire · 309 Graffman, 57–58 Seymour lipkin, 59–60 theodore lettvin, 60–61 firkusny (60–61R fleisher), 62–63 Annie fisher, 66–67 Gilels (67–68R Gilels) Concerto for Piano no. 4, G, op. 58, 46–47 Artur Schnabel, 49–50 Schnabel, 54– 55 eugene Istomin, 55–56 fleisher, 56–57 robert Casadesus, 57–58 firkusny, 58–59R fleisher, 59–60 Serkin, 60–61 Casadesus, 62–63 firkusny, 63–64 Ivan Moravec, (67–68R Gilels), 69–70 Joseph Kalichstein Concerto for Piano no. 5, e-flat, op. 73, “emperor” 45–46 Serkin, 47–48 firkusny, 49–50 Curzon, 51–52 Serkin, 52–53 Curzon, 55–56 Casadesus, 58–59 Curzon, 59–60 Malcolm frager, 60–61R fleisher, 66–67 Curzon, (67–68R Gilels) Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Violoncello, C, op. 56, 50–51 Beryl rubinstein, Gingold, ernst Silberstein; 65–66 Stern, rose, Istomin Concerto for Violin, D, op. 61 47–48 Szigeti, 48–49 Ginette Neveu, 50–51 Heifetz, 51–52 Morini, 54–55 Szigeti, 56...