This week’s broadcast features Fritz Reiner, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s sixth music director. The program includes Liebermann’s Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra and the CSO’s first recording of 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 Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper.
Reiner Rarities
Fritz Reiner, conductor
Playlist
All recordings feature Fritz Reiner as conductor except when noted.
Dmitry Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture
(RCA 1959)
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G Major
(RCA 1959)
Jaromír Weinberger: Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper
(RCA 1959)
Rolf Liebermann: Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
(RCA 1954)
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major
Lisa Della Casa, soprano
(RCA 1958)