PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: The 6 Symphonies / The Nutcracker Suite / Romeo and Juliet / The Tempest / etc Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2011 ] "Romeo & Juliet played by Chicago SO is one of the most exciting and powerfully moving accounts on record, and the sound is sumptuous and every part of the score is articulated and vividly captured." 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before... |
FRANZ SCHMIDT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schmidt - Symphony No. 2 in E flat major Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1989 ] "Their sound is glorious and Chandos advocate it to us with all its damask lustre and density without rendering it opaque." MusicWeb |
BERG / DEBUSSY / STRAVINSKY
Pierre Boulez Conducts Modern Classics (recorded in Koln, 2000) Pierre Boulez and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Christine Schäfer (soprano) [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 2/Aug/2006 ] A survey of the music of the century interpreted by one of the greatest representatives of the modern era |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (The Damnation of Faust) - From the Royal Albert Hall 1989 Anne Sofie Von Otter, Keith Lewis, Jose Van Dam, Peter Rose / The Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ AWD DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2006 ] Sir Georg Solti conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a magnificent performance of Berlioz's concert cantata. |
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Full Force [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 13/Nov/2008 ] This is a specially priced re-issue edition of Art Ensemble of Chicago's 'Full Force' album, which was recorded in January, 1980. |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT
Artur Schnabel - The RCA Victor Recordings Artur Schnabel (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Frederick Stock [ Sony / RCA Red Seal / 2 CD - released 24/Apr/2017 ] Sony Classical pays tribute to Artur Schnabel - one of the 20th century's most influential pianists and musical thinkers - with a 2-CD set of his complete American RCA Victor recordings. |
BARTOK / STRAVINSKY / SCHOENBERG / TCHAIKOVSKY / MUSSORGSKY / SCHUBERT
Seiji Ozawa: The Complete RCA Recordings Arnold Steinhardt (violin), Peter Serkin (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 21/Apr/2017 ] He is "one of those rarities, a natural conductor", exclaimed one reviewer after Seiji Ozawa's Chicago Symphony debut on July 16, 1963 at the orchestra's Ravinia Festival. "His technical facility is phenomenal, his sense of rhythm both solid and... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Messa da Requiem Barbara Frittoli, Mario Zeffiri, Olga Borodina, Ildar Abdrazakov / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ CSO Resound SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "Ravishing orchestral playing and choral work combined with an unmatchable understanding of Verdi makes this..a very important addition to the Verdi Requiem catalog." (9/10 ClassicsToday Oct 2010) |
Chicago
Born for this Moment [ BMG / CD - released 1/Jan/2022 ] Chicago XXXVIII: Born for This Moment is the twenty-sixth studio album by the American rock band Chicago and their thirty-eighth album overall. Released on July 15, 2022, it is their first new album of original material since 2014's Chicago XXXVI... |
Chicago
Chicago 17 [ Rhino / CD - released 2/Oct/2006 ] |
Chicago
Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest (Limited Picture Disc LP) [ Rhino / Warner / LP - released 27/Jan/2023 ] Chicago's 5X Platinum Greatest Hits collection on a picture disc. Includes the hits "25 or 6 to 4", "Make Me Smile", "Saturday In The Park", "Colour My World", and "Feelin' Stronger Every Day". |
Chicago
Chicago Presents: The Innovative Guitar Of Terry Kath (LP) [ Warner Music / 2 LP - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Limited 180g black double vinyl reissue. |
Chicago
Greatest Hits 1982-1989 (Limited Edition Sea Blue Vinyl LP) [ Rhino / Warner / LP - released 26/Jul/2024 ] The 5X Platinum greatest hits compilation includes hits like "Hard To Say I'm Sorry," "You're The Inspiration," and "Hard Habit To Break." Limited sea blue coloured vinyl. |
Chicago
The Heart Of Chicago 1967-1997 [ ESP / CD - released 10/Feb/1994 ] According to Billboard chart statistics, Chicago are second only to The Beach Boys in terms of chart success by an American band. That may seem hard to believe, likely because the Illinois natives didn't really court mainstream celebrity. A mix of... |
Chicago
Love Songs [ CD - released 5/Feb/2016 ] This album features 10 classic Chicago love songs, including Love Lives On from Chicago's most recent album. |
JOHN HARBISON
Harbison: Chamber Music Chicago Chamber Musicians [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] Born in 1938 into a musical family, John Harbison studied at Harvard, and with Roger Sessions at Princeton. |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta / Hungarian Sketches Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ RCA Living Stereo / CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 45) - BBC MUSIC |
ALAN HOVHANESS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain (with works by Prokofiev & Stravinsky) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ RCA Living Stereo / CD - released 20/Jan/1995 ] "In a past review, I referred to Reiner's 'clarity, precision and flexible phrasing', and all are conspicuous on this disc, as is his perfect control of balance and colour." Classical-Music.com |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (with works by Respighi) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 20/Jan/1985 ] Original recordings from 1955 & 1958 |
TCHAIKOVSKY
1812 Overture / Slavonic March (with music by Mendelssohn, Liszt, Kabalevsky, etc) Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner (conductor) [ Sony / RCA Originals / CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] "Reiner's performance has enormous brilliance and accuracy." (Gramophone) |