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...
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun - Two Nocturnes - Danse
RAVEL Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No. 2 - La Valse
HONEGGER Concertino for Piano and Orchestra
BERLIOZ Damnation of Faust – Hungarian March
Studio and live recordings, 1938-49
Total duration: 72:20
Fritz Reiner, conductor
Oscar Levant, piano
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
CBS Symphony Orchestra
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
J. STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus (in English)
Recorded 20 September, 1950
Total duration: 59:19
Regina Resnik • Patrice Munsel • Risë Stevens
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
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition
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
Eugene Ormandy ∙ Leopold Stokowski
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