George Szell conducts Mozart (vaimusic.com)

[winrx]

Surely they could have found a venue with even drier acoustics.....

[SUPERBONUSFRANCE]

George Szell produit une musique qui est la combinaison d'un travail de précision extraordinaire et d'un art suprêmement raffiné. En voici une preuve éclatante.

[strad1944]

Great posting.Chicago symphony early 60's. We had a love hate relationship with our maestro! Lynn Harrell cellist

[rminadeo]

Mozart made one great piece! I think it´s absolutely out of doubts!

[oirelavotrebor]

Divina!!!!

perfetta che poesia ARTE... ... ... è MOZART

[xenogogic]

I grew up on these recordings. I've had them for at least 40 years, and this is the first time I've seen a video broadcast of Szell and the orchestra. I wish I'd never watched it. It reminds me of "the bad old days," when orchestras consisted only of old, jewish, european musicians! Viva la difference!

[kgceltics5]

french bastard.

[RonaldBVogel]

You never grew up at all. You're an anti-semite, racist infant.

[LonChaneyJrFan]

To "xenogogic" you Sir,are an unholy Anti-Semite!

[Qoind]

@xenogogic Could you remove your comment? You should keep those thoughts to yourself, and also I find that this was a great performance what so wrong about it?

[MarkoKassenaar]

Szell is also a very good example that great dictatorship comes with great disciplin :-)

[comic4relief]

Story goes Mozart finished writing out parts for this overture in the cab on the way to the premier of the opera.

[comic4relief]

Some say: There were last-minute-inspired orchestration decisions. It was raining like crazy, the cab leaked, some of the papers got wet, so he had to patch them up as he proceeded. On the Emperor's insistence, the music would begin on time, the crowd not to be kept waiting. Mozart was walking out amongst the orchestra, conducting with one hand, handing out score with the other.

[avenaoat]

It is not true. Mozart wrote the overture of Don Giovanni in cab between Wien and Praga.

[comic4relief]

I thought the anecdote there says that he stayed up at table all the night before the premier of Don Giovanni, with Constanze trying to keep him awake. The copyists got the score to the players just in time for them to sight read the overture. In either case, in cab rides he apparently worked on music mainly in his head, and didn't actually write down notes, as the road was too bumpy. The pen went all over the place!

[Coixxman]

Similar to the movement of his last Symphony last movement. Mozart was a genious

[reviewsvoiceontube]

As good as you can get- i like the Erich Kleiber audio-but Szell is as you say a master. Once he stated that the compliment his orchestra would sound like one very great soloist is the most one can get. Well it´s true. Unmatched to the day.

[billyguns2]

All these musicians are listening to each other, playing as a chamber music ensemble; Szell was one of the undisputed greats of the past 100 years. All that's missing for me is the last ounce of "smile" and humor in this performance.

[liemoe3]

HARMONY is the summery! :D

Well done!

[daspianist]

he makes a full sized modern orchestra sound like a chamber ensemble.. the balances are unmatched. truly one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century