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CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
Widor: Organ Symphonies (Complete), Vol. 1 - Nos. 1 & 2 Wolfgang Rubsam (Chicago University's four-manual Skinner Organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] During his unprecedented 64 years as organist at Saint-Sulpice in Paris, Charles-Marie Widor developed a powerfully symphonic approach to music for the organ, finding new combinations of colour, sonority and texture. |
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BLOCH / HARRISON / PROKOFIEV / SHARAV
Traditions & Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Wu Man (pipa) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Silk Road Ensemble / Miguel Harth-Bedoya & Alan Gilbert [ CSO Resound / CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] "How far the Silk Road project has really succeeded - with anything like consistency - in uniting disparate musical traditions is a matter for debate. What is surely undeniable is that all their recordings have, at the very least, been stimulating,... |
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RAVEL / PROKOFIEV / MOZART / BACH / CHOPIN
Andre Tchaikowsky - The Complete RCA Collection André Tchaikowsky (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ RCA Red Seal / Sony Classical / 4 CD Box Set - released 15/Feb/2018 ] First ever release of André Tchaikowsky's complete RCA recordings in a 4CD collection. The set includes Tchaikowsky's debut LP recording remastered for the first time on CD. This recording features Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit which Tchaikowsky... |
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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... |
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DEL TREDICI
Final Alice-Grand concerto for voice and orchestra Barbara Hendricks (soprano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] Commissioned for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and dedicated to Sir Georg Solti, Final Alice is scored for gargantuan forces and is based on the last two chapters of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It has been described by the composer as a "grand... |
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Birds Of Chicago
Real Midnight [ Five Head Entertainment / CD - released 19/Feb/2016 ] Birds of Chicago formed in 2012 when Allison Russell and JT Nero put their existing groups-Po' Girl and JT & The Clouds, respectively-on hiatus. Since, the band has toured more than ten months out of the year, playing shows across North America. Real... |
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CHOPIN / SCHUMANN / LISZT / RACHMANINOV / BEETHOVEN / etc
Byron Janis: The RCA Recordings 1950 - 1959 [5 CD set] Byron Janis (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ Sony / RCA Classical Masters / 5 CD Box Set - released 16/Oct/2016 ] Byron Janis has been called one of the most exciting and dynamic American pianists to emerge on the post-war scene. All of his RCA recordings, dating from 1947 to 1959, are collected in the new 5-CD set. |
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Chicago
Chicago Presents: The Innovative Guitar Of Terry Kath (LP) [ Warner Music / 2 LP - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Limited 180g black double vinyl reissue. |
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority (50th Anniversary Remix) [ Rhino / Warner / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] Originally released on April 28, 1969, Chicago Transit Authority topped the album chart, was certified double platinum and earned the band a Grammy® nomination for Best New Artist. The album also has the unique distinction of having stayed on the... |
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority (50th Anniversary Remix LP) [ Rhino / Warner / 2 LP - released 30/Aug/2019 ] Originally released on April 28, 1969, Chicago Transit Authority topped the album chart, was certified double platinum and earned the band a Grammy® nomination for Best New Artist. The album also has the unique distinction of having stayed on the... |
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Chicago
Greatest Hits Live [ Rhino / 2 CD/DVD - released 26/Oct/2018 ] Chicago went back to Chicago's historic WTTW-TV studios in November of 2017 to record a live version of their multi-platinum second album, Chicago II. The band also filmed a second live set, playing their greatest hits. |
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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. |
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Chicago
Original Album Series Vol.2 [ Warner / 5 CD - released 6/Sep/2013 ] Five classic albums in one set including: Chicago IX Chicago's Greatest Hits '69 - '74 Chicago X Chicago XI Chicago 16 Chicago 17 |
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Chicago
Triple Album Collection [ Warner Music / 3 CD ] Includes the albums Chicago VI, Chicago VII and Chicago VIII. |
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Chicago
X [ Rhino Records / CD - released 25/Feb/2003 ] Although it was their tenth release Chicago X (1976) was actually the band's eighth studio effort - as Chicago IV (1972) had been a live set from Carnegie Hall and Chicago IX (1975), which precedes this disc, was the their first best-of collection.... |
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MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream (incidental music) [with Schubert - Incidental music to Rosamunde, D797] Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine [ Deutche Grammophon Virtuoso / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] |
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Chicago So/Reiner
Wagner: Reiner Conducts Wagner [ Sony Classical / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No 4 / Romeo and Juliet Overture Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ Sony Music / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] 1001 Classical recordings youy must hear before you die (1851-1900 for Romeo and Juliet) "Romeo & Juliet played by Chicago SO is one of the most exciting and powerfully moving accounts on record" (Amazon) |
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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 |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Fritz Reiner conducts Richard Strauss (5 CDs) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, with Antonio Janiqro (cello) Bryon janis (piano) Inqu Borkh (soprano) [ Sony Classical Masters / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2011 ] "These were the first stereo sessions the RCA engineers arranged with Fritz Reiner. The RCA recording team 'got it right' from the very beginning. Reiner achieves an admirable balance and whatever he does is convincing." Rosette (Penguin Stereo Guide) |