ALBUMHistorical BeethovenFritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMContemporary American ComposersChicago Symphony Orchestra & Riccardo Muti
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major (1966 Remastered) [feat. Jean Martinon]Emil Gilels & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMMason Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the OrchestraChicago Symphony Orchestra, Edwin Outwater & Mason Bates
ALBUMStokowski Edition, Vol. 8Leopold Stokowki & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMEdgard Varèse: Amériques, Offrandes, Intégrales, Arcana, Ecuatorial, NocturnalUtah Symphony Orchestra, Maurice Abravanel, die Reihe, Friedrich Cerha, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jean Martinon, Ariel Bybee & Bass Ensemble of the Utah University Civic Chorale
ALBUMSchoenberg: Kol Nidre - Shostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo BuonarrotiRiccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Sonatas , Für Elise & Emperor ConcertoArtur Schnabel, Frederick Stock & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMSir Georg Solti Conducts Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 6Sir Georg Solti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMThe Great Conductors: Fritz Reiner Conducts Rachmaninoff, Liszt & Moussorgsky (Remastered)Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Byron Janis
ALBUMThe Great Conductors: Fritz Reiner Conducts Beethoven & Brahms (2015 Digital Remaster)Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Emil Gilels
ALBUMSmetana: Má VlastChicago Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelik
ALBUMDvořák: Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 "From the New World" & Cello Concerto, Op. 104Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Gregor Piatigorsky & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 & The Nutcracker, ExtractsChicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner & Emil Gilels
ALBUMMasterpieces Presents César Franck: Symphony in D MinorChicago Symphony Orchestra & Pierre Monteux
ALBUMMasterpieces Presents Richard Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica, Op. 53Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMChicago Symphony Orchestra... Symphonies Conducted by Fritz Reiner (Digitally Remastered)Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 & The NutcrackerEmil Gilels, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMRossini OverturesFritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMMussorgsky: Pictures at an ExhibitionChicago Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelik
ALBUMRimski-Korsakov: Scheherazade & Stravinsky: Le chant du rossignolChicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMHistory Records: Spectacular Russian Orchestral Works (Original Recordings - Remastered)Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMStrauss: Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Original Recordings, Remastered, Including Complete Version)Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMRafael Kubelik conducting the Chicago Symphony OrchestraChicago Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelik
ALBUMRespighi: Fountains of Rome, Pines of RomeChicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMStrauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMProkofiev: Lieutenant, Op. 60 & Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis & Rosalind Elias
ALBUMRachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini & Concerto No. 2Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner & Arthur Rubinstein
ALBUMComplete Masterpieces, Vol. 8Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelik
ALBUMStrauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (Remastered)Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & John Weicher
ALBUMSchumann: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 54 - Liszt: TotentanzByron Janis, Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMDavid Del Tredici: Final AliceBarbara Hendricks, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti
ALBUMSchubert: Symphony No. 9 - Schumann: "Manfred" OvertureChicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Carlo Maria Giulini
ALBUMRespighi: Pines of Rome & Fountains of Rome (Original Living Stereo Album, 1959)Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMDebussy: La Mer - Strauss: Don Juan (Original Living Stereo Album 1960)Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMR. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner & John Weichler
ALBUMStrauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (Original Living Stereo Album 1954)Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMEmanuel Feuermann: Unexpected Discoveries (the Complete Acoustic Recordings (1921-1926) - Selected Performances (1938-1941)Staatskapelle Berlin, Emanuel Feuermann, Frieder Weissmann, Max Saal, Carl Stabernack, Fritz Ohrmann, Michael Taube, Hans Lange, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, National Orchestral Association, Leon Barzin, Berlin Philharmonic, Paul Kletzki, Frank Black, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Albert Hirsch, Theodore Saidenberg, Arturo Toscanini, Carleton Cooley & Mischa Mischakoff
ALBUMBrahms: Symphony No. 1Rafael Kubelik & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBartók: Concerto for OrchestraChicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMBartók: Concerto for OrchestraChicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMBrahms: Piano Concerto No. 2, in B-Flat Major, Op. 83Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf & Sviatoslav Richter
ALBUMMussorgsky & Ravel: Pictures at an ExhibitionChicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMRimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMRussian FestivalChicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMStrauss: Symphonia domestica, Op. 53Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMMussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (The Works)Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Carlo Maria Giulini
ALBUMBrahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 - Horn Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 40Dennis Brain, Erich Leinsdorf, Sviatoslav Richter & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMDvorak: Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"Rafael Kubelik & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMMahler: Symphony No. 8Wiener Singverein, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti
ALBUMWagner, Berlioz & Beethoven: Overtures & PreludesChicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti
ALBUMReiner conducts WagnerFritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMSchoenberg: 5 Pieces for Orchestra - Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and CelestaRafael Kubelik, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, George Schick, Irwin Fischer, Edward Metzenger, Allan Graham, Lionel Sayers & Thomas Glenecke
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4Rafael Kubelik & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMNathan Milstein RaritiesNathan Milstein, William Steinberg, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Frederick Stock
ALBUMMussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Britten: Young Person's Guide to the OrchestraSeiji Ozawa & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMHindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis - Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 1 (1951, 1953)Rafael Kubelik, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & George Schick
ALBUMCSO Resound - Strauss: Ein Heldenleben - Webern: Im SommerwindChicago Symphony Orchestra & Bernard Haitink
ALBUMProkofiev's Greatest MomentsChicago Symphony Orchestra, Franz Reiner, Fritz Reiner & Rosalinda Elias
ALBUMCSO Resound - Stravinsky: Pulcinella - Symphony In 3 Movements - 4 EtudesPierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Phan, Roxana Constantinescu & Kyle Ketelsen
ALBUMMussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel Orchestration)Rafael Kubelik & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMShostakovich, D.: Symphony No. 5Myung-Whun Chung & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMMahler: Symphony No. 4 G MajorFritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Lisa Cella Casa
ALBUMMussorgsky: Pictures At an ExhibitionChicago Symphony Orchestra & Carlo Maria Giulini
ALBUMMozart: Requiem In D Minor, K. 626Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter & Chicago Symphony Chorus
ALBUMMozart, W.A.: Requiem (Walter) (1958)Bruno Walter, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Maureen Forrester, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Otto Edelmann, Maria Stader & David Lloyd
ALBUMStrauss: Burleske - Schumann: Piano Concerto, CarnavalChicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Arrau, Desire Defauw, Detroit Symphony Orchestra & Karl Krueger
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Gilels, Reiner) [1955]Emil Gilels, Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMNew ImpossibilitiesYo-Yo Ma, Silkroad Ensemble, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Miguel Harth-Bedoya
ALBUMMahler: Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMSmetana: Ma Vlast (Kubelik) (1952)Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelik
ALBUMAlbeniz: Navarra, Iberia; Falla: El Amor Brujo; Granadas: Intermezzo from GoyescasLeontyne Price, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner
ALBUMStrauss: Don Quixote, Don JuanFritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBartók: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Two Portraits, Op. 5Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra & Claudio Abbado
ALBUMBeethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" - Schubert: Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Carlo Maria Giulini
ALBUMMahler: Symphony No. 5Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim
ALBUMNielsen: Symphony No. 2 "The Four Temperaments" & Symphony No. 4 "Inextinguishable"Jean Martinon, Morton Gould, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & James Galway
ALBUMRespighi: Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome & Debussy: La MerFritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMStrauss: Scenes from Elektra & SalomeFritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Lyric Theatre Chorus, Frances Yeend, Paul Schoeffler, Daniel Guss & Inge Borkh
ALBUMClassic Library Series: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade & Russian Easter OvertureLeopold Stokowski, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
ALBUMClaudio Arrau, Vol. 1The Philadelphia Orchestra, Claudio Arrau, Eugene Ormandy, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Desire Defauw
ALBUMNathan Milstein, Vol. 3Frederick Stock, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Nathan Milstein, Antal Doráti & Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMRimsky-Korsakov: Schéhérazade, Op. 35 & Stravinsky: Le chant du rossignolFritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sidney Harth
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Long distinguished by its muscular, brass-focused tone and expansive repertoire, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has benefitted from long-term relationships with several music directors.
Founded in 1891 by the entrepreneurial conductor Theodore Thomas, the CSO developed an aesthetic rooted in Germanic principles. This continued under his successor, the German-born Frederick Stock, music director from 1905 to 1942. After an unsettled decade in which the orchestra strained to find suitable leadership, Fritz Reiner arrived in 1953, bringing an exacting podium manner, establishing the resident Chicago Symphony Chorus and presiding over a series of now-landmark recordings for RCA Victor (including a trailblazing series of Richard Strauss’ major tone poems).
The transitional directorship of Jean Martinon (1963-68) was followed by that of Georg Solti (1969-91), who led the CSO’s first European tours and oversaw the foundation of the orchestra’s composer-in-residence programme. Solti cultivated a powerful, flamboyant sound, particularly evident on Decca recordings of Mahler, Bruckner, Beethoven and Wagner.
From 1991 until 2006, the orchestra was led by Daniel Barenboim who continued the orchestra’s international tours and developed its operatic repertoire. Riccardo Muti took up the reins in 2010, and stepped down at the end of the 2023 season. He will continue to make appearances with the orchestra as music director emeritus for life. In 2007, the CSO launched an in-house record label, CSO Resound.
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