The Chicago Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1891 as part of the local burghers’ relentless pursuit of international recognition for a city growing faster than any in history. Bolstered by the World’s Fair Columbian Exposition in 1893, where America was introduced to Indonesia’s gamelan orchestra, the CSO is among the many cultural institutions founded during this time that continue today. Bill brings together the music of the composers, conductors, and musicians and tells stories of the hall and its patrons who participated in the making of the CSO.
The Big Five I: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Playlist
Episode 1
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5, I (excerpt)
CSO/Solti
London 430804
1:34
Robert Johnson: “Sweet Home Chicago”
Robert Johnson
Sony B000002ADN
1:58
Felix Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream: “Wedding March”
CSO/Stock
CSO 100th Anniversary Box Set
4:29
Richard Wagner (arr. Thomas): Wesendonk Lieder, “Träume”
CSO/Stock
CSO 100th Anniversary Box Set
4:11
Frederick Stock: Symphonic Waltz, Op. 8
CSO/Stock
CSO 100th Anniversary Box Set
8:41
Anatoly Liadov: Baba-Yaga, Op. 56
CSO/Stock
CSO 100th Anniversary Box Set
2:45
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3, II (excerpt), III
CSO/Stock
CSO 100th Anniversary Box Set
7:52
Emil von Reznicek: Overture to Donna Diana
CSO/Stock
CSO 100th Anniversary Box Set
4:00
Sergei Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, III
CSO/Defauw
CSO 100th Anniversary Box Set
5:03
Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration (excerpt)
CSO/Defauw
CSO 100th Anniversary Box Set
7:25
Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
“Ride of the Valkyries”
CSO/Rodzinski
CSO 100th Anniversary Box Set
4:05
Episode 2
Richard Mahler: Symphony No. 5, III (excerpt)
CSO/Solti
Lon 430804
3:06
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”, II
CSO/Rodzinski
CSO 100th Anniversary Box Set
4:00
Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
CSO/Kubelik
Mercury 519202
8:15
Josef Suk: Meditations on an Ancient Czech Choral, “Holy Wenceslaus”
CSO/Kubelik
CSO telecast
6:49
Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition
CSO/Kubelik
CSO 100th Anniversary box set
28:44
Episode 3
Richard Strauss, (arr. Reiner): Der Rosenkavalier
Waltzes (excerpt)
CSO/Reiner
RCA 68160
2:23
Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung,
“Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey”
CSO/Reiner
RCA 4738
13:15
Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 1 in D Minor, II
CSO/Reiner; Rubenstein, piano
RCA 63034
13:17
Richard Strauss: Elektra,
“Was willst du, fremder Mensch?”
CSO/Reiner; Inge Borkh, soprano; Paul Schoeffler, baritone
RCA 67900
:49, 21:35
Richard Strauss (arr. Reiner): Der Rosenkavalier
Waltzes (excerpt)
CSO/Reiner
RCA 68160
1:56
Episode 4
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade (excerpts)
CSO/Reiner
RCA 68168
1:27
Jean Martinon: Symphony No. 4, Op. 53,
“Altitudes” (excerpt)
CSO/Martinon
1:18, 11:56
Richard Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer,
“Overture”
CSO/Solti
Lon 460982
11:02
Bela Bartók: Divertimento for Strings
III. Allegro assai – finale
CSO/Solti
Lon 470516
7:08
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection”,
V (excerpts)
CSO/Solti
Lon 410202
4:51, 13:31
Episode 5
Fred Fisher: Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Morton Gould, conductor
Benny Goodman, cl.
CSO 100th Anniversary Box Set
2:33
Joseph Haydn: Concerto in Eb Major for Trumpet and Orchestra, III
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado
Bud Herseth, trumpet
DG B000002502
4:38
WA Mozart: Concerto in B-flat Major for Bassoon and Orchestra, II
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado
Willard Elliot, bassoon
DG B000002502
6:19
Robert Schumann: Konzertstück in F Major for 4 Horns and Orchestra, Op. 86, I
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim,
Dale Clevenger, Thomas Howell, Norman Schweikert, Richard Oldberg; horns
DG B000002502
7:34
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra in F Minor, II
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim
Gordon Jacobs, tuba
DG B000002502
4:32
Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Act 1,
“Una vela! Unna vela!”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus/Riccardo Muti
Aleksandrs Antonenko, tenor; Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano; Barbara Di Castri, mezzo soprano,Carlo Guelfi, baritone, Juan Francisco Gatelli, bass; Michael Spyres, tenor
CSO Resound 9011303
4:12
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique,
IV: “Marche au supplice”, V: “Songe d’une Nuit du Sabbat”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Riccardo Muti
CSO Resound 9011501
16:31
Giuseppe Verdi: Da Requiem, “Sanctus”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, conductor
Barbara Frittoli,soprano;Olga Borodina, mezzo soprano;Mario Zeffiri, tenor; Ildar Abdrazakov, bass
CSO Resound 9011008
2:36