Reiner Rarities

August 31, 2025, 6:00 pm

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Fritz and Carlotta Reiner

This week, a special broadcast featuring Fritz Reiner, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s sixth music director. The program includes the CSO’s first recordings of Liebermann’s Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, with soprano Lisa Della Casa. Opening the broadcast is Kabalevsky’s Colas Breugnon Overture, followed by Haydn’s Symphony No. 88 and Weinberger’s Polka and Fugues from Schwanda the Bagpiper.

Playlist


Dmitry Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture

Fritz Reiner conductor

Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G Major
Fritz Reiner, conductor

Jaromír Weinberger: Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper
Fritz Reiner, conductor

Rolf Liebermann: Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major
Lisa Della Casa, soprano
Fritz Reiner, conductor