Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra founded in 1891.
It is based in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the major orchestras of the United States.
The orchestra has been associated with a strong central European symphonic tradition and with a succession of major conductors.
GLAZUNOV Les ruses d’amour
MOZART Symphony No. 40
J. STRAUSS II Emperor Waltz
WAGNER Tannhäuser – Fest March
WAGNER Lohengrin – Prelude to Act 3
GOLDMARK The Queen of Sheba – Ballet Music
STOCK Symphonic Waltz, Op. 8
Studio recordings, 1929-1930
Total duration: 67:21
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Frederick Stock
MOZART Symphony No. 38, “Prague”
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9, “The Great”
R. STRAUSS Also Sprach Zarathustra
TCHAIKOVSKY Nutcracker Suite
plus music by Sibelius, Saint-Saëns, Weber, Ippolitov-Ivanov
Studio recordings, 1939-40
Total duration: 2hr 26:05
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Frederick Stock
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
ENESCU Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
GLAZUNOV Carnaval Overture, Concert Waltzes
WALTON Scapino
Studio recordings, 1940-41
Total duration: 2hr 33:02
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Frederick Stock
BACH Prelude & Fugue "St. Anne"
WAGNER Siegfried - Forest Murmurs
DVOŘÁK In Nature's Realm
R. STRAUSS On the Shores of Sorrento
CHAUSSON Symphony in B-flat
Studio recordings, 1941
Total duration: 75:42
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Frederick Stock
BARTOK Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
BLOCH Concerto Grosso No. 1
Recorded 1951
Total duration: 51:52
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Raphael Kubelik
with George Schick (piano obbligato)
SMETANA Má vlast
Studio recording, 1952
Total duration: 76:31
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Rafael Kubelík
