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Brahms: Double Concerto; Piano Quartet, Op. 60 / Yo-Yo Ma; Isaac Stern; Emanuel Ax; Jamie Laredo. Abbado, Chicago SO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-07-09

Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Music For Strings, Percussion & Celesta / Sir George Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Decca / 2012-12-11

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The 20th century inspired music that was provocative and challenging - music that in many ways we are still corning to terms with. The ideas...continue...
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Solti: The Legacy, 1937-1997 / Angela Gheorghiu, Hans Hotter, Hildegard Behrens, Renee Fleming and Birgit Nilsson et al.

2 CD / Decca / 2012-12-04

Conductors: Solti, Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Covent Garden; London Symphony Orchestra; Orchester der Bayreuther Festsiele; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

This 2-CD set contains over 150 minutes of many previously unpublished live recordings and studio items spanning Sir Georg Solti's entire professional career as well...continue...

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 / Abbado, Chicago SO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-09

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Iconic recordings form the most legendary classical artists in history. The Virtouso Series brings back many of these cherished titles back into the forefront at...continue...

Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Tamas Vasary; Ivo Pogorelich, pianists

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-09

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21
Performers: Pogorelich, Ivo [Piano]; Vásáry, Tamás
Conductors: Semkov, Jerzy; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Iconic recordings from the most legendary classical artists in history. The Virtuoso Series brings back many of these cherished titles back into the forefront at...continue...

Varèse: Amériques / Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-31

Works: Edgard Varèse: Amériques; Arcana; Déserts; Ionisation
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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For Varese, Ameriques was not just a change in direction, but a new beginning: the Americas, signifying... new worlds on earth, in the sky or...continue...
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Giulini - Chicago SO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel; Night on Bald Mountain (Noch' na Lïsoy gore), symphonic poem, edited by Rimsky-Kor...
Performers: Sporsen, Torgny
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Maazel, Lorin; Järvi, Neeme; Knussen, Oliver; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Pictures at an Exhibition is an imaginative series of musical tableaux inspired by an art exhibition. Originally composed as a piano suite, it wasn't published...continue...

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Symphony No. 4; Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" / Fritz Reiner, Chicago SO

2 CD / Widescreen Import / 2012-07-05

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Das Lied von der Erde; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Daniel Barenboim & the Chicago SO / Richard Strauss, Mahler, Schoenberg

6 CD / Erato / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35; Don Juan, Op. 20; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65; Gustav Mahler...
Performers: Balderston, Stephen; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Chang, Li-Kuo; Golan, Joseph; Gonzalez, Ruben [Piano]; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Magad, Samuel; Pikler, Charles; Sharp, John
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Daniel Barenboim was named music director designate of the CSO in January 1989, and he assumed leadership as the Orchestra's ninth music director in September...continue...

Barenboim & the Chicago SO - Tchaikovsky: Symphonies nos 4-6; 1812 Ov. et al

3 CD / Teldec / 2012-04-24

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Romeo & Juliet; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; 1812 Overture, Op. 49; Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata ...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Daniel Barenboim was named music director designate of the CSO in January 1989, and he assumed leadership as the Orchestra's ninth music director in September...continue...

Beethoven: Missa solemnis; Verdi: Requiem; Brahms: German Requiem / Barenboim & the Chicago SO [5 CDs]

5 CD / Erato / 2012-04-24

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123; Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Holl, Robert; Kiberg, Tina; Magad, Samuel; Marc, Alessandra; Meier, Waltraud; Schrader, David
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Daniel Barenboim was named music director designate of the CSO in January 1989, and he assumed leadership as the Orchestra's ninth music director in September...continue...
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Pierre Boulez Conducts Bartók

8 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-04-10

Works: Béla Bartók: Pieces (4) for Orchestra, Op. 12/Sz 51; Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Pictures (2) for Orchestra, Op. 10/Sz 46; Hungarian Sketches, for orch...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Grimaud, Helene; Kremer, Gidon; Norman, Jessye; Percy, Neil; Polgar, Laszlo; Shaham, Gil; Simon, ...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Over the past 18 years Pierre Boulez has made a series of critically acclaimed recordings for Deutsche Grammophon of Bartok's major orchestral works, the complete...continue...

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / Christa Ludwig, Richard Lewis

1 CD / Archipel Import / 2012-04-02

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Performers: Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Recording information: Chicago (02/20/1958)....continue...

Brahms & Dvorak: Violin Concertos / Itzhak Perlman

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-26

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53
Performers: Perlman, Itzhak
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra

"I still find the Perlman/Barenboim as wonderful and uplifting as ever. It’s full of delightful touches, warm and freshly lyric tone, a marvellous sense of...continue...
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Bruckner: 10 Symphonies / Daniel Barenboim - Chicago SO [10 CDs]

10 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-10-18

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 0 in D minor, WAB 100 "Die Nullte"; Symphony no 1 in C minor, WAB 101; Te Deum in C major, WAB 45; Symphony no 2 in C minor, WAB 102; Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103; Ps...
Performers: Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Norman, Jessye; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Rendall, David; Welting, Ruth
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

"Barenboim's account of the underrated Nullte Symphony...has much to recommend it. The opening is suitably atmospheric, and Barenboim draws a sympathetic, warm-toned response from the...continue...

Sibelius & Nielsen Violin Concertos / Maxim Vengerov, Barenboim, Chicago SO

1 CD / Apex / 2011-09-27

Works: Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47; Carl Nielsen: Concerto for Violin Op. 33 (FS 61)
Performers: Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Journey back to 1910 and listen to the violin concertos of contemporaries, Jean Sibelius and Carl Nielson. Few 20th century composers were as talented and...continue...
Recording information: Orchestra Hall, Chicago (01/1996)....continue...

Giulini In America II / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

5 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-07-05

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 4 in C minor, D 417 "Tragic"; Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"; Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/...
Performers: Clevenger, Dale
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

As the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's first principal guest conductor from 1969 to 1972, Giulini was adored; from 1976 to 1978 he made some of his...continue...

Holst: The Planets / Levine - Chicago SO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2011-05-24

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Furtwängler: Symphony no 2 / Barenboim, Chicago SO

2 CD / Teldec / 2011-04-26

Works: Wilhelm Furtwängler: Symphony no 2 in E minor
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Music lovers think of Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954) as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century who also composed, but he always thought of...continue...

Brahms: Double Concerto; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / Perlman, Ma

1 CD / Apex / 2011-03-29

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor
Performers: Ma, Yo-Yo; Perlman, Itzhak
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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R. Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1; Duett-Concertino; Oboe Concerto / Clevenger

1 CD / Apex / 2010-11-16

Works: Richard Strauss: Concerto for Horn no 1 in E flat major, Op. 11 (TrV 117); Duet-Concertino for clarinet, bassoon, harp & strings, o.Op. 147 (TrV 293, AV 147); Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; An...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Clevenger, Dale; Combs, Larry; Golan, Joseph; Guastafeste, Joseph; Klein, Alex; Magad, Samuel; McGill, David; Pikler, Charles; Sharp, John
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Recording information: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, IL (10/1998)....continue...

Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ / Andre Cluytens, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Hector Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25; Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Corazza, Remy; Cottret, Bernard; de los Angeles, Victoria; Depraz, Xavier; Gedda, Nicolai; Soyer, Roger
Conductors: Cluytens, André; Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Celeste Aida - The Verdi Album / Luciano Pavarotti

2 CD / Decca / 2009-05-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Otello
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Caballe, Montserrat; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Chiara, Maria; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Coni, Paolo; Dimitrova, Ghena; Gibbs, John; Kavrakos, Dimitri; King, Malcolm; Lambriks, Marjon; Lloyd...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Maag, Peter; Bonynge, Richard; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone; Muti, Riccardo; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharm...

This special collection of great Verdi tenor arias is taken from Luciano Pavarotti's classic recordings - all made in the prime of his career. The...continue...

Mozart Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-03-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sonata semplice") K. 545; Symphony...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; De Larrocha, Alicia; Donat, Zdislawa; Entremont, Philippe; Hucke, Helmut; Jones, Mason; Mintz, Shlomo; Penzel, Erich; Raimondi, Ruggero; Ritzkowsky, Johannes;...
Conductors: Szell, George; Davis, Colin; Levine, James; Leinsdorf, Erich; Bruno, Weil; Spivakov, Vladimir; Maazel, Lorin; Ormandy, Eugene; Fiedler, Arthur;
Ensemble: ; Boston Pops; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; Members of the Collegium Aureum (Members)

Mahler: Symphony no 1 / Bernard Haitink, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / CSO Resound / 2009-03-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

An expert interpreter of Mahler's symphonies, CSO Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink leads the triumphant first symphony, the work that introduced Mahler's staggering talent to the...continue...

Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor Op. 61 / Shaham, Zinman, Chicago SO

1 CD / Canary Classics / 2008-11-25

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61
Performers: Shaham, Gil
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Shostakovich: Symphony no 4 / Bernard Haitink, Chicago SO

2 CD / CSO Resound / 2008-09-09

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 4 in C minor, Op. 43
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

"the results are breathtaking in this transparent audiophile recording. [Haitink] leads the orchestra with assurance through the work's mercurial moods and carefully guides it through...continue...

Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, etc / Reiner, Chicago SO, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2008-05-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor, K 486; Sergey Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 54; Spoken Word: Announcement; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovs...
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

These live recordings spanning the years 1943-1957 remind us why Reiner's reputation, while never as dazzling as his peers, evoked their admiration and envy of...continue...

Maestro - Richard Strauss: Don Quixote Op 35 & Don Juan Op 20 / Daniel Barenboim, John Sharp, Chicago SO

1 CD / Erato / 2008-04-29

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35; Don Juan, Op. 20
Performers: Magad, Samuel; Pukler, Charles; Sharp, John
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Stravinsky, Prokofiev: Violin Concertos / Perlman, Barenboim

1 CD / Teldec / 2008-04-29

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for Violin in D major; Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Violin no 2 in G minor, Op. 63
Performers: Perlman, Itzhak
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

"Perlman's performance harkens back to a time in his career when his efforts focused on violin playing rather than conducting, and shows the artist at...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 6 / Haitink, Chicago SO

2 CD / CSO Resound / 2008-04-08

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra plays with "magnificent intensity" in this live performance of Mahler's deeply tragic "Sixth Symphony," led by its Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink....continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 6 / Haitink, Chicago SO

2 CD / CSO Resound / 2008-04-08

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Mozart: Requiem / Walter, Stader, Forrester, Lloyd, Edelmann, Chicago SO

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2008-04-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K 626
Performers: Edelmann, Otto; Forrester, Maureen; Lloyd, David; Stader, Maria
Conductors: Walter, Bruno;
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Recorded live in Chicago in 1958, this rare edition of Mozart's 'Requiem' documents one of the highest achievements of the career of Bruno Walter, the...continue...

Traditions and Transformations / Yo-Yo Ma, Wu Man, et al

1 CD / CSO Resound / 2008-02-17

Works: Ernest Bloch: Schelomo; Byambasuren Sharav: Legend of Herlen; Lou Harrison: Suite for Pipa with String Orchestra (Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra); Sergey Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20
Performers: Ma, Yo-Yo; Man, Wu; Sharp, John
Conductors: Harth Bedoya, Miguel; Gilbert, Alan
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Silk Road Ensemble

"Strangely it all works well... Harrison’s concerto is fascinating, a wonderful synergy of Far East and California west played to a tee by virtuoso pipa...continue...

Shulamit Ran: Legends, etc / Hazlewood, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-12-01

Works: Shulamit Ran: Legends, for orchestra; Concerto for Violin
Performers: Shapira, Ittai
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Hazlewood, Charles
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The #1 Baroque Album

2 CD / Decca Import / 2007-11-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Handel - Bourée; Rinaldo; Der Messias; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; MEDLEY; The Water Music; Coronation Anthem; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gig...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Adeney, Richard; Bennett, William; Bonney, Barbara; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brown, Iona; Carmirelli, Pina; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Cuckston, Alan...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Munchinger, Karl; Preston, Simon; Brown, Iona; Hogwood, Christopher; Cleobury, Stephen; Malcolm, George; Bicket, Harry; ; Solti, Sir Georg; Rousset, Christophe; Leppard, Raymon...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Les talens l...

'The #1 Baroque Album' features the best-loved and most popular works by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Pachelbel and many others. This disc features performances of Renee...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony no 7 / Haitink, Chicago SO

1 CD / CSO Resound / 2007-10-09

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: The Symphonies / Sir Georg Solti, Chicago SO

7 CD / Decca / 2007-09-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 6...
Performers: Burrows, Stuart; Lorengar, Pilar; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Talvela, Martti
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Recorded between 1972 and 1974 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra this is Sir Georg Solti's first complete Beethoven cycle. Included is a bonus CD with...continue...

Haydn: Symphonies no 88, 95 & 101 / Reiner, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2007-08-14

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 88 in G major, H 1 no 88; Symphony no 95 in C minor, H 1 no 95; Symphony no 101 in D major, H 1 no 101 "Clock"
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner Symphony Orchestra

When he took over the Chicago Symphony in 1953, Fritz Reiner (in his last professional appointment) became the driving force that transformed a very good...continue...

New Impossibilities / Harth-Bedoya, Ma, Silk Road Ensemble

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-07-31

Works: Rabih Abou-Khalil: Arabian Waltz; Osvaldo Golijov: Night of the Flying Horses; Hai-Hai Huang: Galloping Horses, for pipa & bass; Zhou Long: Poems from Tang; Sandeep Das: Shristi, for voice, percussio...
Performers: Cords, Nicholas; Das, Sandeep; Dong-Won, Kim; Gandelsman, Jonathan; Gramley, Joseph; Jacobsen, Colin [Violin]; Jacobsen, Eric; Kalhor, Kayhan; Liu, Lin; Ma, Yo-Yo; Man, Wu; Shanahan, Shane; Suter, Ma...
Conductors: Harth-Bedoya, Miguel; ; Harth Bedoya, Miguel
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Qi Lin; Silk Road Ensemble

Inspired by the art and culture of the historic Silk Road, Silk Road Chicago ran from June 2006 to June 2007 and was created in...continue...
Personnel: Yo-Yo Ma (cello); Shane Shanahan (vocals, conch shell, dumbek, caxixi); Joseph Gramley (vocals, snare drum, tom tom, caxixi); Mark Suter (vocals, bongos, bodhran); Sandeep Das (vocals, tabl...continue...

The Essential Van Cliburn

2 CD / RCA Records / 2007-07-10

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Etudes-tableaux...
Performers: Cliburn, Van
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; RCA Symphony Orchestra; Symphony of the Air

The Originals - Mahler: Symphony no 1 / Solti, Chicago SO

1 CD / Decca / 2007-06-12

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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The reading and the playing remain as persuasive as ever ... [Solti] has dropped back the pace of the scherzo a notch or two...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony no 4; Britten: Four Sea Interludes

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-06-05

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 4 in C minor, Op. 43; Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
Conductors: Previn, Andre
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Grand Prix - Mendelssohn, Bruch: Violin Concertos / Mintz, Abbado, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-05-08

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Fritz Kreisler: Caprice Viennois; Liebesleid; Liebesfreud
Performers: Benson, Clifford; Mintz, Shlomo
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony no 3 / Haitink, DeYoung, Chicago SO

2 CD / CSO Resound / 2007-05-08

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor
Performers: DeYoung, Michelle
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

"This live 2006 recording, which marks Haitink's debut as the CSO's principal conductor and features mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, the Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus,...continue...

The Best of Maxim Vengerov

11 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-04-24

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Spring"; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for String Qu...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Chachamov, Revital; Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Klein, Alex; Markovich, Aleksandr; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Masur, Kurt; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Abbado, Claudio; Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos / Gilels, Reiner

1 CD / Archipel / 2007-04-02

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Sergei Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Performers: Gilels, Emil
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Kondrashin, Kiril
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Dance Suite, etc / Solti, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2007-01-09

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Dance Suite for piano, Sz. 77, (reduced from orchestral score); Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta,...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

"A self-recommending collection of Solti's digital Bartok recordings." -Penguin...continue...

Brahms: Piano Concertos no 1 & 2, etc / Emanuel Ax, et al

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-01-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Rhapsodies (2) for piano, Op. 79; Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 119; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Intermezzi (3) for piano...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Eskin, Jules
Conductors: Levine, James; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

One of the most acclaimed Brahms interpreters of his generation, pianist Emanuel Ax made recordings of the composer's works for both RCA Red Seal and...continue...

Ultimate Beethoven - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2006-11-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Concerto f...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Norman, Jessye; Schunk, Robert; Sotin, Hans; Szeryng, Henryk
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra