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Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 [SACD] / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, et al

2 Super Audio CD / CSO Resound / 2009-11-17

CSO principal conductor Bernard Haitink leads a moving and noble performance of Mahler's immense Second Symphony, continuing his and the orchestra's successful exploration of Mahler's...continue...
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players....continue...

Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 / Gustav Mahler, et al

2 CD / CSO Resound / 2009-11-17

CSO principal conductor Bernard Haitink leads a moving and noble performance of Mahler's immense Second Symphony, continuing his and the orchestra's successful exploration of Mahler's...continue...

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Poulenc: Gloria / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / CSO Resound / 2009-05-12

Works: Francis Poulenc: Gloria in G major; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Chicago Symphony Chorus takes center stage in two gorgeous French works from the twentieth century. Poulenc's effervescent 'Gloria' features up-and-coming soprano Jessica Rivera's recording...continue...

Poulenc: Gloria; Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe [SACD] / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, et al

1 Super Audio CD / CSO Resound / 2009-05-01

This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players....continue...

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"
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...

Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 [SACD] / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / CSO Resound / 2009-03-01

This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players....continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony no 4 / Bernard Haitink, Chicago SO

2 CD / CSO Resound / 2008-09-09

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony no 4 in C minor, Op. 43
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...
The recording of Dmitri Shostakovich's "Symphony no 4" on this album won the 2008 Grammy Award for "Best Orchestral Performance."...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"
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony no 6 / Haitink, Chicago SO

2 CD / CSO Resound / 2008-04-08

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"
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...

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: Concerto for Pipa and Strings; Sergei Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20
Performers: Fan, Joel; Friedman, Jay; Ganbaatar, Khongorzul; Gramley, Joseph; Ma, Yo-Yo; Man, Wu; Mulcahy, Michael; Shanahan, Shane; Suter, Mark; Vernon, Charles
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...
The recording of Sergei Prokofiev's "Scythian Suite Op. 20" on this album was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Award for "Best Orchestral Performance;" and the recording of Lou Harrison's "Pipa Concerto"...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony no 7 / Haitink, Chicago SO

1 Super Audio CD / CSO Resound / 2007-10-09

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

For its second CSO Resound release, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, led by its newly-appointed principal conductor Bernard Haitink, delivers what the Chicago Tribune described as...continue...
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players....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
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
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...