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CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
Widor: Organ Symphonies (Complete), Vol. 2 - Nos. 3 and 4 Wolfgang Rubsam (organ of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Charles-Marie Widor was a hugely influential and venerated musician in his day, and his innovative organ symphonies are both a pinnacle of the repertoire and a testament to his creative and technical mastery of the instrument. |
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GUSTAV: MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 9 / Des Knaben Wunderhorn [Four Songs] / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Classics / CD - released 28/Sep/2003 ] "Solti's recordings for Decca were valued in their day for their electric energy, clarity, and precision; many were widely praised as vital contributions to the slender catalog and necessary antidotes to the faulty, idiosyncratic interpretations by... |
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Cannon, Toronzo & The Chicago Way
The Preacher, The Politician & The Pimp [ Alligator / CD - released 20/Sep/2019 ] |
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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
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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Smith, George & The Chicago Blues Band
Blues With Feeling - A Tribute To Little Walter [ Bgo / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] |
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VERDI
Otello (complete opera recorded in 2013) Aleksandrs Antonenko, Krassimira Stoyanova, Carlo Guelfi / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ CSO Resound SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Dec/2013 ] Coinciding with the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi s birthday, CSO Resound releases its second recording with Maestro Riccardo Muti featuring Verdi s second-to-last opera, 'Otello'. The recording joins remarkable fidelity to the instrumental and... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 / Carnaval, Op. 9 (with Richard Strauss-Burleske in D minor, TrV 145) (Rec 1939-46) Claudio Arrau (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Desire Defauw (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 25/Nov/2007 ] This third Naxos volume of Claudio Arrau's recordings from the 1930s and 1940s includes two performances set down in an incredibly short period of time. Richard Strauss's Burleske was recorded at a morning session on 13th April 1946 at Orchestra Hall... |
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Art Ensemble Of Chicago
The Third Decade [ ECM / CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] |
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Art Ensemble Of Chicago
The Art Ensemble Of Chicago & Associated Ensembles [ ECM / 21 CD Box Set - released 25/Jan/2019 ] The Art Ensemble Of Chicago & Associated Ensembles is a 21-CD limited and numbered edition issued as the standard-bearers of Great Black Music prepare to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Both the Art Ensemble of Chicago and ECM Records were founded... |
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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. |
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Art Ensemble of Chicago
Rarum Volume 6 -Selected Recordings [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Feb/2004 ] 'Selected Recordings' features landmark recordings and old favourites - greatest hits, effectively - from this highly regarded group of musicians. |
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Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Tribute To Lester [ ECM / CD - released 11/Sep/2003 ] |
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Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Tribute To Lester [ ECM / CD - released 14/Oct/2013 ] When AEC trumpeter Lester Bowie died in November 1999 at the age of 58, the jazz world lost one of its great originals - a flamboyant sound-painter, a great soloist, a musical philosopher, and a charismatic performer. On this memorial album his... |
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Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Urban Bushman [ ECM / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/1994 ] |
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Chicago Brass Quintet
Virtuoso Brass [ Delos / CD ] |
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LEO FALL
Fall: The Rose Of Stambul (complete operetta sung in English) Kimberly McCord, Alison Kelly, Erich Buchholz / Chicago Folks Operetta, John Frantzen [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] Leo Fall's early career mirrored that of his famous contemporary Franz Lehár. Both were born in provinces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and soon moved to the Imperial capital, Vienna. There they both wrote a series of glorious operettas. Fall's The... |
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MAHLER
Symphony No 5 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Virtuoso / CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] A classic account of Mahler's 5th always highly regarded by the critics. |
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FRANZ SCHMIDT
Schmidt - Complete Symphonies Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / 4 CD Box Set ] "The Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Neeme Jarvi play with a freshness and enthusiasm that are totally persuasive. They almost sound Viennese, and the recordings are very good indeed." Penguin Guide |