Dear Friends, I grew up in the Cleveland area, was weaned on George Szell,
and consider him to be the greatest musician of the century.  In addition,
I have been collecting Szell recordings for forty years.  Naturally I have
a great many recordings to recommend.  In each case I consider the
recording to be either the best or in the top three of all recordings.

1) Beethoven: Nine Symphonies (Sony), especially 2, 3, 4, 8, and 9.
2) Beethoven Symphony #5 with Mozart 34 (Philips)
3) Beethoven: Violin Concerto (Hubermann)
4) Beethoven: Piano Concertos (Fleisher)
5) Beethoven: Overtures (Sony)
6) Brahms: Concerto #1 (Curzon, Fleisher, Serkin)
7) Brahms: Concerto #2 (Serkin)
8) Brahms: Symphonies
9) Brahms: Violin Concerto (Oistrakh-EMI) unavailable
10) Brahms: Double Concerto (Oistrakh, Rostropovich, EMI)
11) Dvorak: Symphonies 7-9 (Sony); Slavonic Dances (Sony);Cello Concerto
(Casals)
12) Dvorak: Symphony #8 (Philips) also Dvorak Cello Concerto (Fournier)
13) Mahler: Symphonies # 4, 6 (Sony)
14) Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde (King, Baker) unavailable
15) Mozart: Symphonies #35, 39,40,41
16) Mozart: Sinfonia Concertance for Violin and Viola, Clarinet Concerto
(Sony)
17) Mozart: Piano Concertos 19 and 20 (Serkin) #17 and 25 (Serkin) unavailable
18) Mozart: Piano Concertos 21-26 (Casadesus)
19) Mozart: Piano Concerto 25 (Fleisher)
20) Mozart Zauberflote (Salzburg) Gala
21) Schubert Symphonies 8 and 9 (Sony)
22) Tschaikowsky, Symphony #4 (London)
23) Tschaikowsky, Symphony #5 (Sony)
24) Tschaikowsky, Piano Concerto #1 (Graffman)
25) Schumann Symphonies
26) Prokofiev: Symphony #5; Lt. Kjje Suite
27) Wagner: Orchestral Music

Enjoy!

Allan Kohrman
Newton, MA