George Szell (June 7, 1897 – July 30, 1970) Georg Szell was a Hungarian-born American conductor and composer. He is remembered today for his long and successful tenure as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra, and for the recordings of the standard classical repertoire he made in Cleveland and with other orchestras. Szell came to Cleveland in 1946 to take over a respected if undersized orchestra, which was struggling to recover from the disruptions of World War II. By the time of his death he was credited, to quote the critic Donal Henahan, with having built it into "what many critics regarded as the world's keenest symphonic instrument." Through his recordings, Szell has remained a presence in the classical music world long after his death, and his name remains synonymous with that of the Cleveland Orchestra. While on tour with the Orchestra in the late 1980s, then-Music Director Christoph von Dohnányi remarked, "We give a great concert, and George Szell gets a great review."  
Janet Baker Gabriella Tucci  
Martti Talvela Pierre Duval
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Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
1. Introit and Kyrie (chorus, soloists)
2. Dies irae
Dies irae (chorus)
Tuba mirum (chorus, bass)
Mors stupebit (bass)
Liber scriptus (mezzo-soprano, chorus)
Quid sum miser (soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor)
Rex tremendae (soloists, chorus)
Recordare (soprano, mezzo-soprano)
Ingemisco (tenor)
Confutatis (bass, chorus)
Lacrimosa (soloists, chorus)
3. Offertory
Domine Jesu Christe (soloists) - Hostias
4. Sanctus (double chorus)
5. Agnus Dei (soprano, mezzo-soprano, chorus)
6. Lux aeterna (mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass)
Lux aeterna
7. Libera me (soprano, chorus)
Libera me - Dies irae -Requiem aeternam - Libera me
Pierre Duval, tenor
Martti Talvela, bass
Janet Baker, mezzo
Gabriella Tucci, soprano Cleveland Orchestra & Choir George Szell
January 5, 1968 (Live in Carnegie Hall, Cleveland)
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