Discography
Most of Szell's recordings were made with the Cleveland Orchestra for Epic/Columbia Masterworks (now Sony Classical). He also made recordings with the New York Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra. Few of his mono recordings have been reissued. Many live stereo recordings of repertoire Szell never conducted in the studio exist, both with the Cleveland Orchestra and other orchestras.
Below is a selection of Szell's more notable recordings — all with Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra (issued by Sony, unless otherwise noted).
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Ludwig van Beethoven:
- The 9 Symphonies (1957–64)
- The Piano Concertos; Leon Fleisher (p) (1959–61)
- The Piano Concertos; Emil Gilels (p) (1968, EMI)
- Missa Solemnis (1967, TCO)
Johannes Brahms:
- The 4 Symphonies (1964–67)
- Piano Concertos; Leon Fleisher (p) (1958 & 1962)
- Piano Concertos; Rudolf Serkin (p) (1968 & 1966)
- Violin Concerto; David Oistrakh (vn) (1969, EMI)
- Concerto for violin and violoncello; David Oistrakh (vn), Mstislav Rostropovich (vc) (1969, EMI)
Anton Bruckner:
- Symphony No. 3 (1966)
- Symphony No. 8 (1969)
Antonín Dvořák:
- Symphonies Nos. 7-9 (1958–60)
- Slavonic Dances (1962–65)
- Cello Concerto; Pablo Casals(vc) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
(1937, HMV)
- Cello Concerto; Pierre Fournier(vc) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
(1962, DG)
Joseph Haydn:
- Symphonies Nos. 88, 92-99, 104 (1954–69)
Zoltán Kodály:
Gustav Mahler:
- Symphony No. 4; Judith Raskin (sop) (1965)
- Symphony No. 6 (1967)
- Symphony No. 10 (Adagio only) (1958)
- Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sop), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau(bar) / London Symphony Orchestra (1968, EMI)
Felix Mendelssohn:
- Symphony No. 4 (1962)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture and Incidental Music (1967)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
- Symphonies Nos. 28, 33, 35, 39-41 (1960–67)
- Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade K. 525) (1968)
- Piano Concertos; Robert Casadesus (p) (1955–68)
- Szell as pianist
- Piano Quartets Nos. 1-2; Budapest String Quartet, Szell (p) (1946)
- Violin Sonatas, K. 301 & 296; Raphael Druian (vn), Szell (p) (1967)
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Modest Mussorgsky:
- Pictures at an Exhibition (1963)
Sergei Prokofiev:
- Symphony No. 5 (1959)
- Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3; Gary Graffman (p) (1966)
Franz Schubert:
- Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" (1957)
- Symphony No. 9 "The Great" (1957)
Robert Schumann:
- The 4 Symphonies (1958–60)
Jean Sibelius:
- Symphony No.2; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
(1964, Philips)
- Symphony No.2 (1970) – Live concert in Tokyo, Japan, Szell's last recording.
Bedřich Smetana:
- The Moldau / New York Philharmonic (1951/2007 United Archives)
- Four Dances from the Bartered Bride (19??)
Richard Strauss:
- Don Juan (1957)
- Don Quixote; Pierre Fournier (vc), Abraham Skernick (va) (1960)
- Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (1957)
- Tod und Verklärung (1957)
- Four Last Songs; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (S) / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (1965, EMI)
Igor Stravinsky:
- The Firebird Suite (1919 version) (1961)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky:
- Symphony No. 4; London Symphony Orchestra (1962, Decca)
- Symphony No. 5 (1959)
- Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 ; Cleveland Orchestra (1958)
Richard Wagner:
- Overtures, Preludes & Extracts from The Ring (1962–68)
William Walton:
- Symphony No. 2 "Liverpool" (1961)
- Partita for Orchestra (1959)
- Variations on Theme by Hindemith (1964)
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