Volume 216: The Classical 216

Talk about your complete coincidences. The numbers 2-1-6 come up three times in regards to this episode. It’s the episode number. It’s the date this episode drops. The US version of dating things. And it’s the area code of where this music was performed and recorded. Yes, I bought a lottery ticket today.

Recordings of the Cleveland orchestra date back to 1928. Discogs dot com has them credited for well more than 800 either old 78 RPM records or 33 ⅓ Vinyl LPs.

So, get ready to hear this 1967 recording of virtuoso showpieces from a virtuoso orchestra in Volume 216: The Classical 216.

More information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it. 

For more information about the show, the episode script and the video version, check out the show's website.

Credits and copyrights

The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell – One Hundred Men And A Perfectionist
Label: Columbia – SOG-5
Series: The Sound Of Genius
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Sampler, Stereo
Released: 1967 I believe
Genre: Classical
Style: Classical, Romantic

We will hear 6 of the 9 pieces on this album.

Divertimento No. 2 In D Major, K. 131-Menuetto No. 2
Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2-Farandole
Composed By – Georges Bizet

Symphony No. 4 In A Major, Op. 90, "Italian"-Saltarello Presto
Composed By – Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

"Die Meistersinger" Prelude
Composed By – Richard Wagner

Concerto For Orchestra-Intermezzo Interrotto
Composed By – Béla Bartók

Overture To "The Marriage Of Figaro," K.492
Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

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