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MISSY MAZZOLI
Mazzoli: The Listeners Lyric Opera of Chicago, Enrique Mazzola (conductor) [ Pentatone / 2 CD - due 30/Oct/2026 ] Lyric Opera of Chicago, under the leadership of General Director John Mangum and the baton of Music Director Enrique Mazzola, presents the world-premiere recording of The Listeners, a striking new opera by Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek,... |
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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". |
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Chicago
Chicago IX: Greatest Hits Expanded [ Rhino / CD - released 8/Aug/2025 ] Chicago's first greatest hits collection, Chicago IX, was originally released in 1975. The chart-topping album collected the hit singles and fan favorite album cuts from their first eight studio recordings. In celebration of the album's 50th... |
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Chicago
The Chicago Story [ Rhino Records / CD - released 2/Sep/2002 ] Digitally remastered single disc colleciton from one of the most successful American rock bands ever. Includes a 16 page booklet with liner notes and photos. |
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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. |
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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... |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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) |
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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... |
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Chicago
Chicago 17 [ Rhino / CD - released 2/Oct/2006 ] |
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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. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLETCABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Masters / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "The playing of the Chicago Symphony is exceptionally refined, free of all inadvertent exaggeration and histrionic display. Aided by a clean acoustic and poised, clearly projected solo playing in the orchestra" (Gramophone) |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 / 5 orchestral pieces, Op. 16 / 6 kleine Klavierstücke Op. 19 / etc Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (piano & conductor) [ Teldec / Warner / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "...the Five Orchestral Pieces have welcome vitality and insight, Schoenberg's piquant sonorities delivered with unexpected verve. Now that's more like it, the music-making - and recording - very satisfying indeed." MusicWeb Radio 3 Building a... |
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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 |
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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) |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Also sprach Zarathustra (with Mahler's Totenfeier) Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jul/2001 ] Of a recent Zarathustra performance, the Chicago Tribune reviewer commented: "Boulez shaped everything exactly, drawing together each episode with sonorous sweep and a natural ebb and flow of tension". |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 20/Nov/1992 ] "This magnificent performance stresses above all the marvellously original scoring without losing a compelling overall grasp." (Gramophone) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 / Schubert Symphonies Nos 6 & 8 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Medici Arts DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2006 ] "This DVD taken from two live concerts that took place in 1978 are marvelous. Both the sound and sight are excellent even though made thirty years ago" Review |