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Sir Georg Solti conducts the Chicago SO - Mozart Sym. 35; Mahler: Sym. 5; Mussorgsky: Pictures; Beethoven: Egmont Ov. Sym. 5 [DVD]

3 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2012-11-06

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 i...
Conductors: Solti, Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

To mark the occasion of what would have been Sir Georg Solti's 100th birthday, Sony Classical presents Sir Georg Solti Conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,...continue...
Run Time: 203 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Letterbox, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, French
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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)

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...

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...

Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet in G minor, etc / Craft

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-06-06

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Transcription for orchestra of Brahms' Piano Quartet no 1 in G minor; Transcription for orchestra of Bach's Prelude & Fugue in E flat major; Transcription for orchestra of Bach's "...
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: C.B.C. Radio Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra members

Expanded Edition - Brahms / Stern, Ma , et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-09-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 3 in C minor, Op. 60; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Laredo, Jaime; Ma, Yo-Yo; Stern, Isaac
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

"...this is a very good performance. Ma is warm, assured and romantic, while Abbado moves the piece along well, never sounding lumpy and sectionalized." -...continue...

The Tsar - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-10-29

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), musical pictures (suite) for orchestra, Op. 57; The Tsar's Bride; Snow Maiden; Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina; Pictures at...
Performers: Karr, Gary; Rogers, Allen; Tourel, Jennie
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Tchakarov, Emil; Kostelanetz, André; Abbado, Claudio; Somary, Johannes; Davis, Andrew; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sofia National Opera Orchestra

Cartoons - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-05-14

Works: Raymond Scott: Powerhouse; In an 18th-Century Drawing Room (after Mozart's piano sonata No 1),; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46; Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaik...
Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Eastman Wind Ensemble; Entremont, Philippe; Faine, Maria Luisa; Glazer, Frank; Herman, Woody; Hogner, Gunter; Hungarian State Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Kos...
Conductors: Kostelanetz, André; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Abbado, Claudio; Mehta, Zubin; Chailly, Riccardo; ; Patanè, Giuseppe; Adler, Samuel; Kostelanetz, André; Bernstein, Leonard; Herman, Woody; Hu...
Ensemble: André Kostelanetz Orchestra ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Eastman Wind Ensemble; Ensemble Wien-Berlin; Hungarian State Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; La Scala Theater Orchestra; New ...

This disc includes both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: HansJörg Schellenberger (oboe); Milan Turkovic (bassoon); Frank Glazer, Philippe Entremont, Maria Luisa Faine, Eugene List, Bar...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 3, etc / Abbado, Chicago SO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1991-08-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 29 "Polish"; 1812 Overture, Op. 49
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Ives: Symphonies no 1 & 4 / Thomas, Chicago SO & Chorus

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1991-03-26

Works: Charles Ives: Symphony no 1, for orchestra in D minor, S. 1 (K. 1A1); Symphony no 4, for orchestra (& optional chorus, theremin et alia), S. 4 (K. 1A4); Joseph Philbrick Webster: Sweet by and by for ...
Performers: Sauer, Mary; Webster, Richard
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4, etc / Abbado, Chicago SO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1989-03-28

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Romeo & Juliet
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6, etc / Abbado, Chicago SO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-11-03

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74; Marche slave, Op. 31
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Bruch: Violin Concerto no 1, Scottish Fantasy / Lin, Slatkin

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-03-24

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 2, etc / Abbado, Chicago SO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-01-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Op. 18; Symphony no 2 in C minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian"
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra