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Listen to Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto by Daniel Barenboim, see lyrics, music video & more!

Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor: IV. AdagiettoDaniel Barenboim

Listen to Arabian Waltz by Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Silkroad Ensemble & Yo-Yo Ma, see lyrics, music video & more!

Arabian WaltzChicago Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Silkroad Ensemble & Yo-Yo Ma

Listen to Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: III. Allegro con Fuoco by Lang Lang, Daniel Barenboim & Chicago Symphony Orchestra, see lyrics, music video & more!

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: III. Allegro con FuocoLang Lang, Daniel Barenboim & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Listen to The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Fugue. Full Orchestra (Allegro molto) by Seiji Ozawa & Chicago Symphony Orchestra, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Fugue. Full Orchestra (Allegro molto)Seiji Ozawa & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Listen to The People's House by Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Robert Chen, Christopher Martin, Stephen Williamson, David McGill, Daniel Gingrich & Randy Kerber, see lyrics, music video & more!

The People's HouseChicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Robert Chen, Christopher Martin, Stephen Williamson, David McGill, Daniel Gingrich & Randy Kerber

Listen to Carnival of the Animals, Finale by Chicago Symphony Orchestra, see lyrics, music video & more!

Carnival of the Animals, FinaleChicago Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ Symphony": IIb. Maestoso - Allegro by Gaston Litaize, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim, see lyrics, music video & more!

Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ Symphony": IIb. Maestoso - AllegroGaston Litaize, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim

Listen to Overture 1812, Op. 49: Largo - Andante - Allegro giusto by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim, see lyrics, music video & more!

Overture 1812, Op. 49: Largo - Andante - Allegro giustoChicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim

Listen to Pavane pour une infante défunte by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim, see lyrics, music video & more!

Pavane pour une infante défunteChicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim

Listen to Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64: III. Valse. Allegro moderato by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Claudio Abbado, see lyrics, music video & more!

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64: III. Valse. Allegro moderatoChicago Symphony Orchestra & Claudio Abbado

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Listen to Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim

ALBUMRichard Strauss: Eine AlpensinfonieChicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim

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Listen to Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 (Remastered 2023) by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner

ALBUMRimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 (Remastered 2023)Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner

Listen to Historical Beethoven by Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMHistorical BeethovenFritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Contemporary American Composers by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Riccardo Muti

ALBUMContemporary American ComposersChicago Symphony Orchestra & Riccardo Muti

Listen to Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major (1966 Remastered) [feat. Jean Martinon] by Emil Gilels & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major (1966 Remastered) [feat. Jean Martinon]Emil Gilels & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Mason Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra by Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Edwin Outwater & Mason Bates

ALBUMMason Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the OrchestraChicago Symphony Orchestra, Edwin Outwater & Mason Bates

Listen to Stokowski Edition, Vol. 8 by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Leopold Stokowski

ALBUMStokowski Edition, Vol. 8Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Leopold Stokowski

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

Listen to Bruckner: Symphony No. 9, WAB 109 (Original 1894 Version) by Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMBruckner: Symphony No. 9, WAB 109 (Original 1894 Version)Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Schoenberg: Kol Nidre - Shostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMSchoenberg: Kol Nidre - Shostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo BuonarrotiRiccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Beethoven: Piano Sonatas , Für Elise & Emperor Concerto by Artur Schnabel, Frederick Stock & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to Sir Georg Solti Conducts Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 6 by Sir Georg Solti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to The Great Conductors: Fritz Reiner Conducts Rachmaninoff, Liszt & Moussorgsky (Remastered) by Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Byron Janis

ALBUMThe Great Conductors: Fritz Reiner Conducts Rachmaninoff, Liszt & Moussorgsky (Remastered)Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Byron Janis

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Listen to Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 & The Nutcracker by Emil Gilels, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner

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Listen to Richard Strauss: Anniversary Edition, Vol. 5 by John Weicher, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner

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Listen to Rimski-Korsakov: Scheherazade & Stravinsky: Le chant du rossignol by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner

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Listen to Schumann: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 54 - Liszt: Totentanz by Byron Janis, Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to Lincoln (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by John Williams & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner

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Listen to Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (The Works) by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Carlo Maria Giulini

ALBUMMussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (The Works)Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Carlo Maria Giulini

Listen to Varèse: Amériques, Arcana, Déserts & Ionisation by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Pierre Boulez

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Listen to The 64th Annual Midwest Clinic, 2010 by United States Marine Band, Michelle A. Rakers, Michael J. Colburn, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & John Hagstrom

ALBUMThe 64th Annual Midwest Clinic, 2010United States Marine Band, Michelle A. Rakers, Michael J. Colburn, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & John Hagstrom

Listen to Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 - Horn Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 40 by Dennis Brain, Erich Leinsdorf, Sviatoslav Richter & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to Mahler: Symphony No. 8 by Wiener Singverein, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

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Listen to Wagner, Berlioz & Beethoven: Overtures & Preludes by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

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Listen to Reiner conducts Wagner by Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to Nathan Milstein Rarities by Nathan Milstein, William Steinberg, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Frederick Stock

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Listen to Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra by Seiji Ozawa & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to CSO Resound - Strauss: Ein Heldenleben - Webern: Im Sommerwind by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Bernard Haitink

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Listen to Prokofiev's Greatest Moments by Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Franz Reiner, Fritz Reiner & Rosalinda Elias

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Listen to CSO Resound - Stravinsky: Pulcinella - Symphony In 3 Movements - 4 Etudes by Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Phan, Roxana Constantinescu & Kyle Ketelsen

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Listen to CSO Resound - Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 by Bernard Haitink & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to CSO Resound - Mahler: Symphony No. 3 by Chicago Symphony Chorus, Bernard Haitink, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Michelle DeYoung

ALBUMCSO Resound - Mahler: Symphony No. 3Chicago Symphony Chorus, Bernard Haitink, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Michelle DeYoung

Listen to CSO Resound - Mahler: Symphony No. 6 by Bernard Haitink & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMCSO Resound - Mahler: Symphony No. 6Bernard Haitink & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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ALBUMCSO Resound - Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe - Poulenc: GloriaChicago Symphony Chorus, Bernard Haitink, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Jessica Rivera

Listen to CSO Resound - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 by Bernard Haitink & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to Mahler: Symphony No. 2 by Bernard Haitink, Miah Persson, Christianne Stotijn & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to Mussorgsky: Pictures At an Exhibition by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Carlo Maria Giulini

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Listen to Mozart, W.A.: Requiem (Walter) (1958) by Bruno Walter, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Maureen Forrester, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Otto Edelmann, Maria Stader & David Lloyd

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Listen to Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) by Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMMahler: Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" by Van Cliburn, Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to Strauss: Symphonia Domestica, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme - Suite by Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to Albeniz: Navarra, Iberia; Falla: El Amor Brujo; Granadas: Intermezzo from Goyescas by Leontyne Price, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner

ALBUMAlbeniz: Navarra, Iberia; Falla: El Amor Brujo; Granadas: Intermezzo from GoyescasLeontyne Price, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner

Listen to Strauss: Don Quixote, Don Juan by Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to Bartók: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Two Portraits, Op. 5 by Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra & Claudio Abbado

ALBUMBartók: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Two Portraits, Op. 5Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra & Claudio Abbado

Listen to Mahler: Symphony No. 5 by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim

ALBUMMahler: Symphony No. 5Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim

Listen to Nielsen: Symphony No. 2 "The Four Temperaments" & Symphony No. 4 "Inextinguishable" by Jean Martinon, Morton Gould, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & James Galway

ALBUMNielsen: Symphony No. 2 "The Four Temperaments" & Symphony No. 4 "Inextinguishable"Jean Martinon, Morton Gould, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & James Galway

Listen to Respighi: Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome & Debussy: La Mer by Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMRespighi: Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome & Debussy: La MerFritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Strauss: Scenes from Elektra & Salome by Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Lyric Theatre Chorus, Frances Yeend, Paul Schoeffler, Daniel Guss & Inge Borkh

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Listen to Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 by Van Cliburn & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to Classic Library Series: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade & Russian Easter Overture by Leopold Stokowski, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

ALBUMClassic Library Series: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade & Russian Easter OvertureLeopold Stokowski, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Listen to Rimsky-Korsakov: Schéhérazade, Op. 35 & Stravinsky: Le chant du rossignol by Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sidney Harth

ALBUMRimsky-Korsakov: Schéhérazade, Op. 35 & Stravinsky: Le chant du rossignolFritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sidney Harth

Listen to Verdi: Requiem by Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Veriano Luchetti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Arthur M. Fierro, Margaret Hillis, José Van Dam, Dame Janet Baker & Leontyne Price

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Listen to Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem by James Levine & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to Mahler: Symphony No. 4 by James Levine, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Judith Blegen

ALBUMMahler: Symphony No. 4James Levine, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Judith Blegen

Listen to Bruckner: Symphonie No. 5 by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

ALBUMBruckner: Symphonie No. 5Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

Listen to Verdi: Messa da Requiem by Sir Georg Solti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMVerdi: Messa da RequiemSir Georg Solti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique by Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic & Claudio Abbado

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Listen to Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn: First Piano Concertos by Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lang Lang & Daniel Barenboim

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Listen to Tippett: Symphonies Nos. 1-3; Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles by London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

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Listen to Dvorak: Symphonie No. 9 "Du Nouveau Monde," Symphonie No. 7 by James Levine, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Grover Schiltz

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Listen to Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps, The Firebird by Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra & Pierre Boulez

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Listen to Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 9 by James Levine & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMDvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 9James Levine & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Boulez Conducts Varése: Amériques, Arcana, Déserts & Ionisation by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Pierre Boulez

ALBUMBoulez Conducts Varése: Amériques, Arcana, Déserts & IonisationChicago Symphony Orchestra & Pierre Boulez

Listen to Dvořák: New World Symphony by Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Guss

ALBUMDvořák: New World SymphonyFritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Guss

Listen to Mahler: Symphony No. 4 by Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Lisa Della Casa

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Listen to Bruckner: Symphony No. 9, Psalm 150 by Ruth Welting, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim

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Listen to Mahler: Symphony No. 9 & Schubert: Symphony No. 8 - "Unfinished" by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Carlo Maria Giulini

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Listen to Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole, Daphnis Et Chloé: Suite No. 2 by Jean Martinon & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin - Hindemith: Nobilissima Visione; Varèse: Arcana by Jean Martinon & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to Mahler: Symphony No. 9 by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Pierre Boulez

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Listen to Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 - Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes by André Previn, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 - Mussorgsky: Songs & Dances of Death by Sergei Aleksashkin, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

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Listen to Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Pierre Boulez

ALBUMStrauss: Also sprach ZarathustraChicago Symphony Orchestra & Pierre Boulez

Listen to Orchestral Excerpts for Tuba by Gene Pokorny & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to Brahms: Double Concerto - Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto by Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim & Itzhak Perlman

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Listen to Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Sir Georg Solti, Alan Opie, Ben Heppner, José Van Dam, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Karita Mattila & René Pape

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Listen to Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos by Alfred Brendel, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & James Levine

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Listen to Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 "From The New World"; Mozart: Symphony No. 38 "Prague" by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelik

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Listen to Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim

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Listen to Stravinsky & Prokofiev: Violin Concertos by Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 & Romeo and Juliet Overture by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim

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Listen to Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

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Listen to Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin by Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Duain Wolfe & Pierre Boulez

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Listen to Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 by Vienna Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Claudio Abbado

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Listen to Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelik

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Listen to Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 - Overture "1812" by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim

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Listen to Stravinsky: Petrushka; Jeu de cartes by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

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Listen to Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky by Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Margaret Hillis & Rosalind Elias

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Listen to Schumann, Prokofiev: Piano Concertos by Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Listen to Schonberg : Verklärte Nacht, 5 Orchestral Pieces & Piano Works by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim

ALBUMSchonberg : Verklärte Nacht, 5 Orchestral Pieces & Piano WorksChicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim

Listen to Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain - Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé - Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento by Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMHovhaness: Mysterious Mountain - Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé - Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss: DivertimentoFritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Bartók: Divertimento, Dance Suite by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Pierre Boulez

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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 program. 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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