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ROBERT SCHUMANN / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann/Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Van Cliburn (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz reiner & Walter Hendl [ RCA Victor / CD - released 25/Sep/1992 ] In the remastering process, sophisticated digital transfer technology was employed to reveal the full bandwidth and dynamic range of the original master tapes. What you hear is the pure performance, presented in the original splendor. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Waltraud Meier, Siegfried Jerusalem / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Teldec Maestro / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "I think this is the most compelling and most spontaneous of performances recorded in the past few years, and I shall want it by me for the sheer beauty of the sound, often in that respect surpassing any other version." (Gramophone) |
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
Widor: Organ Symphonies (Complete), Vol. 2 - Nos. 3 and 4 Wolfgang Rubsam (organ of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Charles-Marie Widor was a hugely influential and venerated musician in his day, and his innovative organ symphonies are both a pinnacle of the repertoire and a testament to his creative and technical mastery of the instrument. |
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Cannon, Toronzo & The Chicago Way
The Preacher, The Politician & The Pimp [ Alligator / CD - released 20/Sep/2019 ] |
Chicago
At Carnegie Hall (RSD 2022 3LP Box Set) [ Rhino / 3 Vinyl Box Set - released 23/Apr/2022 ] Chicago's classic show from 9 April, 1971 in full on three LPs. Includes poster. Limited edition of 6000. |
Chicago
Greatest Hits Live [ Rhino / CD - released 26/Oct/2018 ] Chicago went back to Chicago's historic WTTW-TV studios in November of 2017 to record a live version of their multi-platinum second album, Chicago II. The band also filmed a second live set, playing their greatest hits. |
Smith, George & The Chicago Blues Band
Blues With Feeling - A Tribute To Little Walter [ Bgo / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] |
Chicago
The Box [ Rhino Records / 6 CD/DVD Box Set - released 13/Jan/2008 ] Beginning with its double-LP debut in 1969, Chicago has always done things in a big way, so it's no surprise that the band's career-spanning box set (Group Portrait, an earlier box, covered only their first decade) is lengthy. There are five CDs,... |
Chicago
Greatest Hits 1982-1989 [ Rhino Records / CD - released 7/Dec/2004 ] US import (official) |
MAHLER
Symphony No 5 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Virtuoso / CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] A classic account of Mahler's 5th always highly regarded by the critics. |
MAHLER
Mahler - Symphony No 9 (coupled with Schubert's 8th Symphony) Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini [ DG The Originals / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2000 ] "It is noble, Dantesque reading, recorded with great strength and purity of sound. A recording I should want for the Adagio alone." Gramophone Magazine. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi Opera Choruses (Incls 'Anvil Chorus' & Grand March from Aida) Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 30/Aug/2014 ] |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No 4 / Romeo and Juliet Overture Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ Sony Music / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] 1001 Classical recordings youy must hear before you die (1851-1900 for Romeo and Juliet) "Romeo & Juliet played by Chicago SO is one of the most exciting and powerfully moving accounts on record" (Amazon) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 5 Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Entree / CD - released 24/Mar/2003 ] Lasting over an hour and a quarter, this massive five-movement work, composed in 1902, begins unusually with a funeral march and contains the heart-achingly beautiful Adagietto made famous in the film Death in Venice. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Masters / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "The playing of the Chicago Symphony is exceptionally refined, free of all inadvertent exaggeration and histrionic display. Aided by a clean acoustic and poised, clearly projected solo playing in the orchestra" (Gramophone) |
MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition / A Night on Bare Mountain (with Britten - Young Person's guide to the Orchestra) Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa (conductor) [ Sony / RCA Originals / CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] "Though you clearly have a superlative orchestra showing off its virtuosity, the distinctive point of this reading is that Ozawa never forces the pace or underlines unnecessarily...an excellent version still competitive with the best... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D major Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Originals / CD - released 25/Mar/2007 ] 'The Chicago players give Solti everything he asks for in sonority, power, and rhythmic attack...as an interpreter of this symphony Solti has lost little of his old flair and insight.' Gramophone October 1984 |
Chicago Underground Duo
Locus [ Northern Spy / CD ] Locus, the seventh album by the Chicago Underground Duo (Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor), follows on the heels of their acclaimed 2012 Northern Spy release Age of Energy. Bits of breakbeat and Afropop are heard within the jazz, ambient and electronica... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / The Firebird / Petrushka (Complete Ballets) The Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon Duo / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "Even in these days of super-efficient Rites and Petrushkas, Boulez can still find in these scores many subtle and beautiful details that are lost in the rush or the brilliance of some showier readings, and his precision of ear is audible on page... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Don Quixote / Don Juan Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics Maestro / CD - released 7/Apr/2008 ] |
