Michael Charry was the "sorcerer's apprentice" to celebrated 20th-century conductor George Szell. For the last decade of Szell's tenure at the Cleveland Orchestra, Charry was an assistant conductor.

The first ever collection of George Szell's Complete Recordings for Columbia Masterworks on 106 CDs is now available thanks to Sony Classical. The collection features symphonies, overtures and other ...

Today marks the birth date of Hungarian-born conductor and pianist George Szell. It's not a round-numbered anniversary (the 114th), but there is a birthday present of sorts — a brand new biography.

Szell returned to Cleveland in "an exuberant mood" to begin the 1949–50 season. With his conducting of several top European orchestras fresh in mind, "Szell held with more conviction than ever that ...

When George Szell died, in 1970, he was revered for having built the Cleveland Orchestra into one of the world’s great ensembles in a 24-year tenure that began in 1946, and as an interpreter whose ...

This better-late-than-never Warners box, drawing on original EMI recordings, celebrates the recorded legacy of the Hungarian/American conductor George Szell. Szell died 50 years ago this summer, ...

Michael Charry's new biography captures the power Szell brought to the Cleveland Orchestra, as well as his tempestuous personality. Remembering George Szell, Powerhouse Conductor Michael Charry was ...