{"product_id":"beethoven-piano-concerto-no-2-fleisher-szell-mozart-symphony-no-39","title":"Beethoven Piano Concerto No.2 - Fleisher,  Szell - Mozart Symphony No. 39","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 19, performed by Leon Fleisher with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra, a collaboration that has become emblematic of classical discipline and musical intelligence. This account is often admired for treating the concerto squarely as early Beethoven, without projecting the weight or rhetoric of the later concertos onto the music.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSzell’s 1960 recording of Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 with the Cleveland Orchestra is a textbook example of his classical ideal, and it comes across as both severe and exhilarating. The famous slow introduction is broad without being monumental, shaped with a firm sense of line and a cool emotional temperature. Chords are cleanly placed, the dotted rhythms are tightly controlled, and the tension comes from harmonic pacing rather than expressive stretching. When the Molto allegro arrives, the transition feels inevitable rather than dramatic, as if the music has simply been set free within clearly defined boundaries.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeethoven Piano Concerto No. 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e  Conductor – George Szell\u003cbr\u003ePiano – Leon Fleisher\u003cbr\u003eOrchestra – The Cleveland Orchestra\u003cbr\u003eEngineer – Christopher Herles\u003cbr\u003eProducer – Howard H. Scott\u003cbr\u003eRecorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, April 16, 1961\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSourced from an  Epic Records original pressing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMozart Symphony No. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist(s): \u003c\/strong\u003eConductor – George Szell\u003cbr\u003eOrchestra – The Cleveland Orchestra\u003cbr\u003eProducer – Howard H. Scott\u003cbr\u003eRecorded January 8 \u0026amp; 10 and March 3, 1960, at Severance Hall, Cleveland\u003cbr\u003eSourced from an  Epic Records original pressing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComponents used for this transfer:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnalog: Transferred using a VPI - HW-40 Anniversary Direct Drive Turntable - Cartridge used Ortofon MC Anna - Merrill Jens Phono Preamp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDigital: Merging Anubis Analog to Digital Converter powered by Teddy Pardo Linear Power Supply, clocked by an Antelope Audio 10MX Atomic Clock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePower Conditioning: Shunyata Research Everest 8000 for all components with Shunyata Sigma-X Power Cords. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll components are grounded to Shunyata \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eALTAIRA Hubs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePiano Concerto No. 2 In B-Flat Major Op.19    \u003cbr\u003e1 Allegro Con Brio 12:58\u003cbr\u003e2 Adagio 8:59\u003cbr\u003e3 Rondo. Molto Allegro 5:38\u003cbr\u003eSymphony No. 39 In E Flat, K. 543    \u003cbr\u003e4 Adagio - Allegro 8:20\u003cbr\u003e5 Andante Con Moto 8:19\u003cbr\u003e6 Menuetto: Allegretto 4:58\u003cbr\u003e7 Finale (Allegro) 3:51\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0778\/3319\/files\/VRR-Logo-for-Blog_480x480.jpg?v=1681127948\" width=\"112\" height=\"103\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Title is in the Vinyl Record Restoration Series. 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