Chicago Symphony Orchestra Essentials

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Reiner. Solti. Boulez. Muti. Over the CSO's reign as one of the “Big Five” U.S. orchestras, its conductors have tapped the lifeblood of Verdi's operas and Shostakovich's gut-wrenching symphonies. The ensemble's extraordinarily unified brass section delivers both warmth and precision, while their crystalline recordings capture every shattering climax and nuanced dissonance with hair-raising clarity.

Philip Glass
Symphony No. 11
Riccardo Muti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2, Op. 132 · “Mysterious Mountain”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C‑Sharp Minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 · “Fate Symphony”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Ludwig van Beethoven
Coriolan in C Minor, Op. 62
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bedřich Smetana
Má Vlast, JB1:112, T110, T111, T113, T114, T120, T121 · “My Homeland”
Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D759 · “Unfinished”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Mario Zeffiri, Olga Borodina, Riccardo Muti, Barbara Frittoli, Ildar Abdrazakov
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Barbara Frittoli, Mario Zeffiri, Olga Borodina, Ildar Abdrazakov, Riccardo Muti
Mario Zeffiri, Olga Borodina, Riccardo Muti, Barbara Frittoli, Ildar Abdrazakov, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mason Bates
Alternative Energy
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Jessie Montgomery
Hymn for Everyone
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D Major, “Titan”
III. Feierlich Und Gemessen, Ohne Zu Schleppen
Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser, WWV70
Overture
Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Franz Liszt
Les préludes, S. 97 · “Symphonic Poem No.3”
Les Préludes, symphonic poem No. 3, S. 97 (after Lamartine)
Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Franz Liszt
Totentanz, S. 126
Totentanz, S. 126, R. 457 (Danse macabre)
Byron Janis, Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Johann Strauss II
Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388 · “Roses from the South”
Roses from the South, Op. 388 (from The Queen's Lace Hankerchief)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, Daniel Guss
Gioachino Rossini
La gazza ladra
La gazza ladra/The Thieving Magpie Overture (2004 24/96 Remastered)
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Richard Strauss
Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215
Tanz Der Sieben Schleier
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique, H48, Op. 14
V. Songe d’une nuit de sabbat (Live)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Giacomo Puccini
Manon Lescaut, SC64
Intermezzo (Live)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 · “Choral Symphony”
III. Adagio molto e cantabile
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Richard Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV96 · “The Mastersingers of Nuremburg”
Prelude
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Richard Wagner
Die Götterdämmerung, WWV86d · “Twilight of the Gods”
Siegfrieds Tod und Trauermarsch
Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Johannes Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 · “German Requiem”
II. Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 6 in A Major, WAB106 · “Philosophic”
I. Maestoso
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 · “Organ Symphony”
II. a. Allegro moderato - Presto - Allegro moderato
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Maurice Ravel
Boléro, M. 81
Bolero
Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
George Gershwin
Cuban Overture
Cuban Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka, K12
Pt. 1 "The Shrovetide Fair". Russian Dance (1947 Version)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
Béla Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB123
I. Introduzione (Andante non troppo - Allegro Vivace
Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Scriabin
The Poem of Ecstasy in C Major, Op. 54 · “Symphony No.4”
Le Poème De L'Extase, Op. 54
Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninoff
The Isle of the Dead in A Minor, Op. 29
Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Slavonic March, Op. 31
Marche slave, Op. 31
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner
P. I. Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture (after Shakespeare), Op. 64a
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 6 in A Minor, “Tragic”
I. Allegro energico, ma non troppo. Heftig aber Markig
Claudio Abbado, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Anton Webern
Im Sommerwind
Im Sommerwind
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57 · “Daphnis and Chloé”
Suite No. 2: I. Lever Du Jour
Jean Martinon, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, WAB109 · “Unfinished”
I. Feierlich, misterioso
Riccardo Muti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 9 in D Major
IV. Adagio (Sehr langsam)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 7 in E Major, WAB107 · “Lyric”
III. Scherzo. Nicht schnell - Trio. Etwas langsamer
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection Symphony”
V. Im tempo des Scherzos
Miah Persson, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Christianne Stotijn
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture in E‑Flat Major, Op. 49, TH49
1812 Overture, Op. 49
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 65 · “Stalingrad Symphony”
I. Adagio
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Edgard Varèse
Ionisation
Ionisation
Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Anna Clyne
Night Ferry
Riccardo Muti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mason Bates
Anthology of Fantastic Zoology
XI. Madrugada (Live)
Riccardo Muti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
John Philip Sousa
The Stars and Stripes Forever!
The Stars And Stripes Forever
Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

49 Tracks, 10 Hours 26 minutes

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