CSO: Strings

CSO: Strings

Chicago Symphony Center

Masters of the violin, pipa, and cello join the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in works by Bartók, Brahms, Dvořák, Sibelius, and Tchaikovsky.

Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
I. Allegro molto appassionato
Shlomo Mintz, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Sir Edward Elgar
Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61
II. Andante
Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
John Williams
Memoirs of a Geisha
Sayuri's Theme
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma, John Williams
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
III. Allegro Energico - Finale
Cho-Liang Lin, Leonard Slatkin, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Alban Berg
Violin Concerto, “To the Memory of an Angel”
1b. Allegretto
Kyung-Wha Chung, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Joseph Joachim
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 11 · “Violin Concerto in the Hungarian Manner”
II. Romanze: Andante
Carlos Kalmar, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rachel Barton Pine
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, TH 59
III. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Erica Morini, Desire Defauw
Carl Nielsen
Violin Concerto, FS 61, Op. 33
I. Praeludium - Largo
Daniel Barenboim, Maxim Vengerov, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák
Silent Woods, B 182
Silent Woods, Op. 68 No. 5, B. 182
Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jacqueline du Pré
L. Harrison: Pipa Concerto
IV. Estampie
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Man Wu, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Béla Bartók
Rhapsody No. 2, BB 96b, Sz. 90
II. Friss: Allegro moderato
Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Gil Shaham
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
III. Allegro, ma non tanto
Walter Hendl, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jascha Heifetz
Johannes Brahms
Double Concerto in A Minor, Op. 102
III. Vivace non troppo
Claudio Abbado, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Isaac Stern, Yo-Yo Ma

13 tracks, 1 hour 43 minutes