Fritz Reiner
Fritz Reiner (1888-1963) was a Hungarian-born conductor, one of the great orchestral disciplinarians of the twentieth century. He became especially associated with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Bach, Richard Strauss and Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, including Salome and Elektra.
Reiner’s conducting was precise, intense and unsparing, with an ear for detail that could m...
Recorded 20 September, 1950
Total duration: 59:19
Jan Peerce • James Melton • Robert Merrill
RCA Victor Orchestra
Robert Shaw Chorale
Fritz Reiner, conductor
RODGERS Music from Broadway, film and TV
Columbia Studio Recordings · 1946 – 54
Total duration: 62:45
Richard Rodgers, conductor
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Kostelanetz, conductor
Philadelphia Orchestra “Pops”
Fritz Reiner, conductor
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
PURCELL Suite from Dido and Aeneas
CAILLIET Variations on “Pop! Goes the Weasel”
Works by J. S. Bach and Turina
Studio recordings, 1936-46
Total duration: 71:13
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Fritz Reiner ∙ Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler ∙ Boston “Pops” Orchestra
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2
Stereo studio recordings, 1960 & 1962
Total duration: 64:18
Van Cliburn, piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Walter Hendl & Fritz Reiner
