Climax Chicago Blues Band
A Lot of Bottle [ Repertoire records / CD - released 11/Oct/2010 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik & Divertimentos Chicago Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ Testament / CD - released 1/Jan/2015 ] |
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,... |
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 |
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) |
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) |
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) |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' / Oboe Concerto / Tuba Concerto / The Lark Ascending (with music by Delius & Walton) Neil Black (oboe) Arnold Jacobs (tuba) Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / English Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim [ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/May/2007 ] Daniel Barenboim's sumptuous performances of English music have long been favourites and here they are beautifully remastered with state-of-the-art technology for this release. |
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 |
Richard Strauss / Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Ein Heldenleben [ CD - released 12/Jul/2010 ] |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 13 & 15 (with Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death) Sergei Aleksashkin (bass) Men of the Chicago Symphony Chorus / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] Solti came late in life to the music of Shostakovich, and in his introduction to the recording of the Thirteenth Symphony (reprinted in the booklet) explains the music's effect on him. These rare recordings have long been out of the catalogue, and... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: The Three Queens Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano) / Lyric Opera of Chicago, Riccardo Frizza [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] "She is at her best as Maria Stuarda with a fine version of Mary's prayer soaring over the chorus." BBC Music |
BARTOK
The Three Piano Concertos / The Two Violin Concertos / Two Portraits Pascal Roge (piano) Kyung Wha Chung, Iona Brown, Chantal Juillet (violins) / Chicago Symphony / Philharmonia Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "Iona Brown gives a clean-cut and stylish performance, superbly recorded" Penguin Guide |
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Violin Sonata No. 1 Sviatoslav Richter (piano) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra [ Alto / CD - released 27/Jun/2014 ] |
SCHUMANN / BRAHMS
Piano Concertos (recorded 1960) Van Cliburn (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ Testament / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2011 ] The origins of these live 1960 performances lie inevitably in Van Cliburn's legendary triumph in Moscow's inaugural Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in 1958, a time when competitions still mattered. |
BEETHOVEN / BERLIOZ / SOUSA / STRAUSS / FUCIK / VERDI / etc
Famous Marches Philip Jones Ensemble, Elgar Howarth / Chicago Symphony, Georg Solti / The Band Of The Grenadier Guards, Rodney Bashford / Vienna Philharmonic, Willi [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] From 'The Stars and Stripes Forever' to 'Entry Of The Gladiators' here is a feast to get those marching toes tapping! |
BARKER / BOYSEN / NELSON / TULL
Fanfare, Capriccio and Rhapsody Vince DiMartino (trumpet) / Chicago Saxophone Quartet, Indiana State University Faculty Winds, Indiana State University Wind Orchestra / John Boyd [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] Fanfare, Capriccio and Rhapsody embraces an extraordinary range of musical styles from a wide variety of sources. The Medieval Suite pays homage to Léonin, Pérotin and Machaut, three master-composers from the Middle Ages, while the Sketches on a... |
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. |