The People's HouseChicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Robert Chen, Christopher Martin, Stephen Williamson, David McGill, Daniel Gingrich & Randy Kerber
ALBUMHistorical BeethovenFritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMContemporary American ComposersChicago Symphony Orchestra & Riccardo Muti
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major (1966 Remastered) [feat. Jean Martinon]Emil Gilels & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMMason Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the OrchestraChicago Symphony Orchestra, Edwin Outwater & Mason Bates
ALBUMStokowski Edition, Vol. 8Leopold Stokowki & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMEdgard Varèse: Amériques, Offrandes, Intégrales, Arcana, Ecuatorial, NocturnalUtah Symphony Orchestra, Maurice Abravanel, die Reihe, Friedrich Cerha, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jean Martinon, Ariel Bybee & Bass Ensemble of the Utah University Civic Chorale
ALBUMShostakovich, D.: Symphony No. 5Myung-Whun Chung & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMMussorgsky: Pictures At an ExhibitionChicago Symphony Orchestra & Carlo Maria Giulini
ALBUMMozart, W.A.: Requiem (Walter) (1958)Bruno Walter, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Maureen Forrester, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Otto Edelmann, Maria Stader & David Lloyd
ALBUMNew ImpossibilitiesYo-Yo Ma, Silkroad Ensemble, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Miguel Harth-Bedoya
ALBUMMahler: Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMSchumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"Van Cliburn, Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMStrauss: Symphonia Domestica, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme - SuiteFritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMAlbeniz: Navarra, Iberia; Falla: El Amor Brujo; Granadas: Intermezzo from GoyescasLeontyne Price, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMStrauss: Don Quixote, Don JuanFritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBartók: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Two Portraits, Op. 5Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra & Claudio Abbado
ALBUMMahler: Symphony No. 5Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim
ALBUMNielsen: Symphony No. 2 "The Four Temperaments" & Symphony No. 4 "Inextinguishable"Jean Martinon, Morton Gould, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & James Galway
ALBUMRespighi: Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome & Debussy: La MerFritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMStrauss: Scenes from Elektra & SalomeFritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Lyric Theatre Chorus, Frances Yeend, Paul Schoeffler, Daniel Guss & Inge Borkh
ALBUMRachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3Van Cliburn & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMClassic Library Series: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade & Russian Easter OvertureLeopold Stokowski, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
ALBUMRimsky-Korsakov: Schéhérazade, Op. 35 & Stravinsky: Le chant du rossignolFritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sidney Harth
ALBUMVerdi: RequiemSir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Veriano Luchetti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Arthur M. Fierro, Margaret Hillis, José Van Dam, Dame Janet Baker & Leontyne Price
ALBUMBrahms: Ein Deutsches RequiemJames Levine & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBruckner: Symphonie No. 5Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti
ALBUMVerdi: Messa da RequiemSir Georg Solti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBerlioz: Symphonie fantastiqueChicago Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic & Claudio Abbado
ALBUMTchaikovsky & Mendelssohn: First Piano ConcertosChicago Symphony Orchestra, Lang Lang & Daniel Barenboim
ALBUMTippett: Symphonies Nos. 1-3; Suite for the Birthday of Prince CharlesLondon Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti
ALBUMDvorak: Symphonie No. 9 "Du Nouveau Monde," Symphonie No. 7James Levine, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Grover Schiltz
ALBUMStravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps, The FirebirdChicago Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra & Pierre Boulez
ALBUMWagner: Die Meistersinger von NürnbergSir Georg Solti, Alan Opie, Ben Heppner, José Van Dam, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Karita Mattila & René Pape
ALBUMBeethoven: The Five Piano ConcertosAlfred Brendel, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & James Levine
ALBUMDvorák: Symphony No. 9 "From The New World"; Mozart: Symphony No. 38 "Prague"Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelik
One of the oldest and most-recorded orchestras, these musicians set the bar.
About Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Artist Biography
Long distinguished by its muscular, brass-focused tone and expansive repertoire, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has benefitted from long-term relationships with several music directors.
Founded in 1891 by the entrepreneurial conductor Theodore Thomas, the CSO developed an aesthetic rooted in Germanic principles. This continued under his successor, the German-born Frederick Stock, music director from 1905 to 1942. After an unsettled decade in which the orchestra strained to find suitable leadership, Fritz Reiner arrived in 1953, bringing an exacting podium manner, establishing the resident Chicago Symphony Chorus and presiding over a series of now-landmark recordings for RCA Victor (including a trailblazing series of Richard Strauss’ major tone poems).
The transitional directorship of Jean Martinon (1963-68) was followed by that of Georg Solti (1969-91), who led the CSO’s first European tours and oversaw the foundation of the orchestra’s composer-in-residence program. Solti cultivated a powerful, flamboyant sound, particularly evident on Decca recordings of Mahler, Bruckner, Beethoven, and Wagner.
From 1991 until 2006, the orchestra was led by Daniel Barenboim who continued the orchestra’s international tours and developed its operatic repertoire. Riccardo Muti took up the reins in 2010, and stepped down at the end of the 2023 season. He will continue to make appearances with the orchestra as music director emeritus for life. In 2007, the CSO launched an in-house record label, CSO Resound.
Hometown
Chicago, United States of America
Genre
Classical
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