During his tenure as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s sixth music director, Fritz Reiner recorded an extraordinary array of works, including the first recordings of Hovhaness’s Second Symphony (Mysterious Mountain) and Liebermann’s Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra. The CSO also made its first recording of a symphony by Gustav Mahler under Reiner’s baton, the Fourth, with soprano Lisa Della Casa.
Reiner Rarities
Fritz and Carlotta Reiner
Playlist
Colas Breugnon Overture, by Dmitry Kabalevsky
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
Symphony No. 2, Op. 132 (Mysterious Mountain), by Alan Hovhaness
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper, by Jaromír Weinberger
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra, by Rolf Liebermann
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Sauter-Finegan Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
Symphony No. 4 in G Major, by Gustav Mahler
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Lisa Della Casa soprano; Fritz Reiner, conductor
