Sold Date: July 30, 2024
Start Date: November 26, 2022
Final Price: $20.00 (USD)
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Szell Cleveland collection of CDs from the Sony / Columbia big box LIKE NEW.

I bought the big box of Szell / Cleveland Columbia recordings on compact disc from Sony Classical. On offer here is a collection of nine of the discs. They are all in pristine physical shape and will play perfectly for you on any ordinary compact disc player.
Szell made his recordings for Columbia in the fifties and sixties. The technology of recording music has undergone significant advances since then, and modern versions of these pieces can often have more vivid and lifelike sound. The older Columbia recordings still sound good. Though they are not the equal of current digital recordings in terms of pure sound quality.

However the Cleveland Orchestra as built by Szell has not been bettered by the orchestras of today, and Szell's perfectionist control and musical interpretation are sui generis. Szell was able to get the kind of ensemble playing with a full orchestra that is more often associated with the playing of the finest string quartets. Not for every last recording, but for the majority of them. The discs on offer here are likely unavailable anywhere else, unless you spend hundreds of dollars on the 106 CD big box collection from Sony.

Thanks for your attention and happy listening.