LEHEL, GYORGY

György Lehel was born on 10 February 1926 in Budapest, Hungary, and studied conducting and composition under the teachings of private tutors in his hometown. At the age of twenty-four, he became a conductor with Hungarian Radio in Budapest. He was awarded the Liszt Prize in 1955. He conducted the Hungarian Radio Orchestra and the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra seven years later, and was again awarded the Liszt Prize (1962). In 1972, he won the Kossuth Prize, and the Hungarian government named him an Artist of Merit in 1967. Lehel died in 1989 in Budapest.

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101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 5	8.551145
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 10	8.551150
BEST OF NAXOS 2	8.550002
BEST OF NAXOS 4	8.550004
CHILL WITH RACHMANINOV	8.556782
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 2	8.556622
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 4	8.556624
Classics at the Movies: Comedy 1	8.556811
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 5 (Australia)	8.570040
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 10 (Australia)	8.570045
RACHMANINOV (THE BEST OF)	8.556682
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini	8.550117
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3	8.571055
Rhapsody: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556617
TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV: Piano Concertos	8.553269