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PROKOFIEV / BACH / GABRIELI / WALTON / REVUELTAS
Arrangements for symphonic brass Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass [ Chicago Symphony Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Dec/2011 ] |
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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) |
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BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings / Percussion and Celesta / etc Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 11/Jul/2002 ] The great works from Béla Bartók at a special price |
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BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion, Celesta and other works Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca / 2 CD - released 11/Jul/2002 ] Classic recording of Bela Bartok by Sir Georg Solti |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) (with Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca / CD - released 1/Apr/1982 ] Original recording made in Chicago May 1980 |
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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The World of Wagner Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Vienna State Opera Chorus & Vienna Philharmonic, Sir Georg Solti, Birgit Nilsson (soprano) / [ Decca / CD - released 10/Nov/1993 ] A great beginners guide to the operas of Richard Wagner. |
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MAX BRUCH / FELIX MENDELSSOHN / HENRI VIEUXTEMPS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto Cho-Liang Lin (violin) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas [ Sony Music / CD - released 15/Feb/1994 ] "Cho-Liang Lin is accompanied most sensitively by Slatkin and the Chicago orchestra, and this reading is totally compelling in its combination of passion and purity, strength and dark, hushed intensity. The recording is excellent." *** Penguin Guide |
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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... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 (with Weber-Konzertstuck / Piano Sonata No. 1) (recorded 1941-47) Claudio Arrau (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Desire Defauw [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 2/Oct/2007 ] "This is an account that does Weber proud and should ever be available. The documentary nature of this disc makes it a mandatory purchase for those interested in the great work of Claudio Arrau." (MusicWeb Nov 2007) |
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Climax Chicago Blues Band
Climax Chicago Blues Band (Remastered) [ Esoteric / CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] |
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W. A. MOZART
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik & Divertimentos Chicago Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ Testament / CD - released 1/Jan/2015 ] |
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BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique / Lélio, ou Le Retour a la vie Gérard Depardieu (narrator), Mario Zeffiri (tenor) & Kyle Ketelsen (bass-baritone) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ CSO Resound / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] This recording features Berlioz's 'Symphonie fantastique' with its sequel 'Lelio' presented as Berlioz intended. Actor Gerard Depardieu is the narrator in 'Lelio', and Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as part of their 120th season,... |
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RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloe [complete ballet] (with Poulenc - Gloria) Jessica Rivera (soprano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Bernard Haitink, Conductor [ CSO Resound / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "The exultant devotion of the music radiated from their singing. Haitink led a fervent performance, majestic for the opening 'Gloria in excelsis Deo,' light-footed thereafter." Chicago Tribune |
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RACHMANINOV / BRAHMS / BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN / LISZT / KHACHATURIAN / etc
Lazar Berman: The Complete Sony Recordings Lazar Berman (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Sony Classics Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2016 ] "These can be considered classic interpretations." (Gramophone March 2004) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Requiem Leontyne Price, Dame Janet Baker, Veriano Luchetti, Jose van Dam / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] "Solti's 1977 Chicago version, with an unusually sensitive and pure-toned quartet of soloists, and with superb choral singing and orchestral playing, has all the ingredients for success." (Penguin Guide) |
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ZOLTAN KODALY
Kodaly: Háry János Suite; Dances of Galánta;'Peacock' Variations; Dances of Marosszék (recorded 1956-59) Minneapolis Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati [ Alto / CD - released 10/Feb/2020 ] "(Suite) "Suite is crisp and vigorous, excellent stereo …outstanding disc" (Penguin) |
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PROKOFIEV
'Romeo and Juliet' Suite Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ CSO Resound / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "The bite and the weight to the sound of this recording is certainly impressive. There's elegance as well: "The Young Juliet" is bewitching; "The Balcony Scene" breathless; the final scene at the tomb, as heartfelt as you could wish … there's some fa |
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Richard Strauss / Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Ein Heldenleben [ CD - released 12/Jul/2010 ] |