Chicago Symphony Orchestra - The First 100 Years (1990)

Artist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Title: The First 100 Years
Year Of Release: 1990
Label: Chicago Symphony Orchestra – CSO90/12
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 14:46'13
Total Size: 3.2 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: The First 100 Years
Year Of Release: 1990
Label: Chicago Symphony Orchestra – CSO90/12
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 14:46'13
Total Size: 3.2 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Disc 1:
Frederick Stock (Conductor)
1. Felix Mendelssohn: Wedding March from Incidental Music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61
2. Richard Wagner: "Traume" from Wesendonk Lieder
3 - 7. Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 17-21
8. Frederick Stock: Symphonic Waltz, Op. 8
9. Anatoly Liadov: Baba-Yaga, Op. 56
10. William Walton: Scapino, A Comedy Overture
11. Ernst Toch: Pinocchio, A Merry Overture (Rec. 1941) 6:36
12 - 15. Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3, F major, Op. 90
Disc 2:
Frederick Stock (Conductor)
1. Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek: Overture to Donna Diana
2. Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28
Desire Defauw (Conductor)
3 - 6. Serge Prokofiev: Seythian Suite, Op. 20
7. Cesar Franck: Le chasseur maudit
8. Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
Disc 3:
Artur Rodzinski (Conductor)
1. Richard Wagner: The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure
2 - 5. Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, A minor, Op. 56, Scottish
Hans Lange
6 - 8. Ludwig Van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, E-flat major, Op. 73, Emporer, (Josef Hofmann, Piano)
Disc 4:
Rafael Kubelik (Conductor)
1 - 4. Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
5 - 8. Symphony No. 3, G minor, Op. 42
9 - 23. Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Disc 5:
Istavan Kertesz (Conductor)
1. Bela Bartok: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19
Seui Ozawa (Conductor)
2. Alberto Ginastera: Dances from the Ballet, Estacia
James Levine (Conductor)
3 - 5. Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
6. Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8: Part 1
Disc 6:
Paul Hindemith (Conductor)
1. Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Fritz Reiner (Conductor)
2. Maurice Ravel: La valse
3 - 4. Erik Satie: Gymnopedies, No. 1 and No. 3
5 - 8. Serge Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, B-flat major, Op. 100
Disc 7:
Fritz Reiner (Conductor)
1 - 3. Aaron Copland: Suite from The Tender Land
4. Zoltan Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
Pierre Monteux (Conductor)
5. Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture. Op. 9
Leonard Slatkin (Conductor)
6. Arnold Bax: The Garden of Fand
Morton Gould (Conductor)
7. Nikolai Maskovsky: Symphony No. 21, F-sharp minor, Op. 51
Disc 8:
Jean Martinon (Conductor)
1. Jean Martinon: Overture for a Greek Tragedy
2 - 6. Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 10, F-sharp minor
Disc 9:
Erich Leinsdorf (Conductor)
1. Fred Fisher: Chicago (Benny Goodman, Clarinet)
2 - 7. Kurt Weill: Suite from Little Three Penny Music for Wind Ensemble
8. Carl Ruggles: Angels
Claudio Abbado (Conductor)
9. Richard Wagner: A Faust Overture
10. Modest Mussorgsky: Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov
Daniel Barenboim (Conductor)
11. Alexander Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54
Disc 10:
Carlo Maria Giulini (Conductor)
1 - 4. Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2, B-flat major, Op. 83 (Daniel Barrenboim, Piano)
Daniel Barenboim (Conductor)
5 - 8. Shulamit Ran: Concerto for Orchestra
Disc 11:
Leopold Sotkowski (Conductor)
1 - 4. Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10, E-minor, Op. 93
Sir Georg Solti (Conductor)
5. Zoltan Kodaly: Psalmus hungaricus, Op. 13
Disc 12:
Sir Georg Solti (Conductor)
1. Richard Wagner: "Dich teure Halle" from Tannhauser (Leontyne Price, Soprano)
2. John Corigliano: Tournaments Overture
3 - 6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25. G minor, K. 183
7. Witold Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3
8 - 10. Maurice Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphis and Chloe
Chicago Symphony Orchestra - The First 100 Years (released in 1990/1991) is a comprehensive, 12-CD retrospective box set documenting the orchestra’s history from its 1891 founding through its centennial season. Featuring rare broadcast performances and historical commercial recordings, the collection highlights music directors from Theodore Thomas to Georg Solti.