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Fritz Reiner & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Milestones of a Legendary Conductor | Documents 600562

Fritz Reiner & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Milestones of a Legendary Conductor

Label: Documents

Cat No: 600562

Barcode: 4053796005625

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 10

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 7th August 2020

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Contents

Artists

Lisa Della Casa (soprano)
Emil Gilels (piano)
Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Byron Janis (piano)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Fritz Reiner

Works

Bartok, Bela

Concerto for Orchestra, Sz116 BB123

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Symphony no.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica'

Brahms, Johannes

Tragic Overture, op.81
Violin Concerto in D major, op.77

Liszt, Franz

Mephisto Waltz no.1, S110/2 'Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke'

Mahler, Gustav

Symphony no.4 in G major

Mendelssohn, Felix

The Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave', op.26

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Symphony no.36 in C major, K425 'Linz'

Mussorgsky, Modest

Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

Prokofiev, Sergei

Lieutenant Kije: Suite, op.60

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Piano Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor, op.1

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai

Scheherazade, op.35

Rossini, Gioachino

Guillaume Tell
» Overture
Il Signor Bruschino
» Sinfonia
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
» Overture
La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
» Overture
La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
» Overture
La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)
» Overture

Strauss II, Johann

Kunstlerleben (Artists' Life), op.316
Mein Lebenslauf ist Lieb' und Leben, op.263
Rosen aus dem Suden, op.388
Schatzwalzer (Treasure waltz), op.418
Unter Donner und Blitz (Thunder and Lightning) polka, op.324
Wiener Blut Waltz, op.354

Strauss, Richard

Also sprach Zarathustra, op.30
Don Juan, op.20
Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), op.40

Stravinsky, Igor

Le Chant du Rossignol

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

1812 Overture, op.49
Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35

Artists

Lisa Della Casa (soprano)
Emil Gilels (piano)
Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Byron Janis (piano)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Fritz Reiner

About

Fritz Reiner was internationally renowned as one of the outstanding conductors of his time. A time that not only celebrated him as “the greatest conductor technician”, but also as a musician “who knew everything”, as a member of the New York Philharmonic put it. After completing his studies in Budapest (where he had sat on the piano bench next to Bartók), he traveled via Dresden to the USA (Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, New York) and then on to Chicago, where he began collaborating with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1953 – the crowning glory of an already brilliant career. Under Reiner’s baton the orchestra became the best orchestra in the world in the eyes of many. Stravinsky praised it as the “most precise and flexible orchestra in the world and an effective antidote to the windmill school and gimmickry.”

This documentation of original albums pays homage to this great “conductor’s conductor” and his orchestra. Choosing from the abundance of extraordinary and groundbreaking recordings presented quite a task – his Strauss recordings especially wrote recording history. Reiner had been in close contact with the composer during his Dresden years and received influential inspiration from him for his legendary conducting style. “Reiner’s rhythm, slight as it was, had infinite nuances. The tip of his baton gave everyone their impulses, holding the beat, forming phrases, anticipating any and all challenges” (Harold C. Schonberg). Reiner’s reading of the works of Bartók are no less celebrated; the recording of the Concerto for Orchestra from 1955 remains a milestone of precision and strength to this day. The Tchaikovsky and Brahms concertos with Jascha Heifetz and Emil Gilels as well as Rachmaninov with Byron Janis are among Reiner’s other highlights in this boxset – shining brightly in terms of variety and quality among his outstanding discographic heritage.

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