One man's triumph George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra : a portrait of the conductor and his orchestra from the Archives of the Bell Telephone Hour / directed by Nathan Kroll ; a production of Henry Jaffe Enterprises for the Bell System ; produced by Nathan Kroll.
Contributor(s): Szell, George [conductor]
| Druian, Rafael [instrumentalist] | Levine, James [performer] | Charry, Michael [performer] | Portman, Stephen [performer] | Kolodin, Irving [narrator] | Kroll, Nathan [producer] | Lane, Louis [performer] | Cleveland Orchestra [performer] | Henry Jaffe Enterprises | Video Artists International.
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Visual materialPublisher: Pleasantville, NY : VAI, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 videodisc : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.Content type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscOther title: George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra | George Szell, the Cleveland Orchestra: one man's triumph [Title on container and disc surface:].Uniform titles: Bell Telephone hour (Television program) Contained works: Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897 Akademische Festouvertüre | Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 Symphonies, no. 5, op. 67, C minor | Berg, Alban, 1885-1935. Concerto, violin, orchestra.Subject(s): Szell, George, 1897-1970 | Conductors (Music) -- United States | Music rehearsals | Overtures | Symphonies -- ExcerptsDDC classification: DVD/351 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library DVD | DVD/351 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00235351 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This documentary is a tribute to the legendary conductor of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, George Szell. Born in 1897 in Budapest, Hungary, Szell was a child prodigy pianist and composer. He studied in Vienna until 1914 and in 1915 became assistant conductor to the German composer Richard Strauss at the Berlin State Opera. After a distinguished career in Europe, he came to the United States in 1939, where he conducted at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and then became permanent conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra in 1946. He served in that capacity until his death in 1970. Known for his exacting and restrained style, he is considered one of the great conductors of the 20th century. The film contains sensational rehearsal and performance footage of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Brahms' Academic Festival Overture, and an excerpt from Berg's Violin Concerto. The video is made from a 1966 television special on Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra produced for The Bell Telephone Hour. ~ Rose of Sharon Winter, Rovi
Mono; full screen presentation; region code: 0.
Originally produced for the Bell Telephone Hour television series.
Opening credits and introduction (1:42) -- Academic festival overture / Brahms (rehearsal) (11:42) -- Violin concerto / Berg (with Rafael Druian) (rehearsal) (6:26) -- George Szell and Louis Lane discuss a recording (3:33) -- George Szell with three young conductors (James Levine, Michael Charry, Stephen Portman) (7:11) -- Symphony no. 5. Allegro con brio (rehearsal) (7:51) ; Andante con moto (rehearsal) (5:46) ; Allegro (concert performance) (9:37) -- Closing credits (1:25)
Director of photography, Ross Lowell.
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell, conductor ; narration written and spoken by Irving Kolodin.
Filmed in Severance Hall, Cleveland in 1966.
A profile of conductor George Szell and his relationship with the Cleveland Orchestra. Includes footage of orchestra rehearsals (excerpts from Brahms' Academic festival overture, Berg's Violin concerto (with Rafael Druian, violin) and Beethoven's Symphony no. 5), Szell coaching three "apprentice conductors" (including a young James Levine), and a performance of the final movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD format.
Alan Cutts Collection.