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.
VIVALDI Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Romance No. 1
BEETHOVEN Romance No. 2
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
PAGANINI Caprice in A minor
Studio recordings, 1931-51
Total duration: 75:31
Mischa Elman, violin
New Symphony Orchestra
Lawrance Collingwood, conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Desiré Defauw, conductor
Wolfgang Rosé, piano
R. STRAUSS Also Sprach Zarathustra
R. STRAUSS Burleske
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Studio and live recordings · 1952-57
Total duration: 67:28
Fritz Reiner, conductor
Byron Janis, piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
NBC Symphony Orchestra
MOZART A Musical Joke
BRAHMS Alto Rhapsody
DEBUSSY (orch. Henri Busser) Petite Suite
LIEBERMANN Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra
Recorded 1950-1954
Total duration: 67:20
Marian Anderson contralto
Robert Shaw Chorale of Men's Voices Robert Shaw
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor Fritz Reiner
BACH Chorale Preludes
SZABELSKI Toccata
SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude in E flat minor
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake Suite
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
GLIERE Symphony No. 3
Recorded 1958
Total duration: 2hr 38:00
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
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