Columbia SAX 5280: Szell conducts Mozart
COLUMBIA SAX 5280 Szell Conducts Mozart Overture to the Marriage of Figaro Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K. 364 Symphony No. 28 in C, K. 200 ARTISTS: Rafael Drurian, violin Abraham Skernick, viola George Szell, conductor Cleveland Orchestra LABEL/PRESSING: Semi-circle (first) MATRIX NUMBERS: YAX 3331-3 YAX 3332-4 PRICE RANGE: Median $149, Max $511 (Popsike) COMMENTS: It has been a long time since I last wrote a post about the highly sought after UK Columbia SAX releases of recordings from George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra. I reviewed many of them on this blog about 10 years ago. At that time, my conclusion after listening to these records was that they were nice enough but, in my humble opinion, not sonically worth the high price of admission. Ten years later, I still stand by that assessment. However, I still do wonder if the UK releases offered any tangible sonic improvements over the US Epic or CBS versions. If one studies the matrix numbers, one can see that a number o