"Szell's Wagner collection, recorded in Severance Hall in 1965, remains one of his most impressive...To describe the Cleveland Orchestra as brilliant is inadequate, for the precision and beauty of tone clothe deeper understanding. The concert opens with Ormandy's physically thrilling account of the Tannhauser Overture. He also contributes an ebullient Lohengrin Act III Prelude."

-- Penguin Guide [2003/2004 Edition]