Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
Founded in 1904 and therefore the oldest of the city's symphony orchestras, the London Symphony Orchestra became world-renowned for recordings that date back to early gramophone records in 1912. Amid decades of diverse classical programming that followed, including performances for radio and TV, the orchestra also became known for its appearances in numerous film scores, including the Star Wars series. The LSO also tours and first visited North America in 1912 (narrowly avoiding passage on the Titanic).
The ensemble's direct antecedent was the Queen's Hall Orchestra, formed in 1895 for conductor Henry Wood's series of Promenade Concerts. The summer series was so successful that a series of weekly Sunday afternoon concerts was established the same year. The orchestra, however, had never become a permanent group; its members could and often did send other musicians to substitute for them at concerts. In 1904, Wood attempted to end this practice, prompting 46 members to leave and form their own orchestra.
The London Symphony Orchestra was organized as a self-governing corporation administered by a board selected by the players. They arranged for the great Hans Richter to conduct the inaugural concert, and continued to engage a variety of conductors, practically introducing the concept of the guest conductor to the London musical scene. Soon, though, the title and post of principal conductor was established for Richter. The LSO's connection with the BBC goes back to 1924 when Ralph Vaughan Williams conducted the orchestra in the premiere broadcast performance of his Pastoral Symphony. It was the unofficial orchestra in residence for the BBC until the formation of the BBC Symphony in 1930 and continued to broadcast concerts and provide background music for many BBC productions. Other conductors most associated with the orchestra's first few decades include Edward Elgar and Thomas Beecham. During World War II, Wood was welcomed for a series of concerts.
The War took its toll on orchestra membership as it had the general populace, and a concurrent drop in private funding led to increased reliance on the state arts council. This eventually led to structural reorganization in the 1950s, resulting in increased professional standards and the abandonment of profit-sharing; players became salaried employees. The revamped orchestra made only its second tour of the United States in 1963 (the first had been in 1912), and in 1964 embarked on its first world tour. In the mid-1960s the city of London broke ground for the Barbican Arts Centre, intended as the LSO's permanent home. The building was an architectural and acoustic success, and since 1982 has provided the orchestra the solid base it lacked during the first 70-plus years of its existence. The venue opened under principal conductor Claudio Abbado, who took over for André Previn in 1979.
In the meantime, the orchestra made its Star Wars debut, performing John Williams' score for the original 1977 film. While the organization had recorded its first film score in 1935 (H.G. Wells' Things to Come) and appeared in such classics as The Bridge on the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago, and The Sound of Music, Star Wars won three Grammys, an Academy Award, and a BAFTA, among many other accolades, sold over a million copies in the U.S. and over 100,000 in the U.K., and endures as a touchstone in modern film music. The LSO went on to record music for the franchise's entire first two trilogies as well as films like 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1993's Schindler's List, 1997's Titanic, and select installments of the Harry Potter series.
During the tenure of Colin Davis, who was named principal conductor in 1995, the LSO established its own record label, LSO Live. Dvorák's Symphony No. 9, recorded at Barbican Centre in 1999 and released in 2000, bears catalog number 0001. Their 2000 recording of Berlioz's Les Troyens won two Grammys in 2002, and Verdi's Falstaff took home the Best Opera Grammy in 2006. In 2007, Davis took the position of orchestra president, its first since Leonard Bernstein's passing in 1990, and Valery Gergiev became principal conductor.
Also known for crossing over into rock, jazz, and Broadway, among other categories, they followed hit recordings such as Symphonic Rolling Stones and Gershwin Fantasy (with Joshua Bell) with albums like 2017's Someone to Watch Over Me, which had them accompanying archival recordings of Ella Fitzgerald.
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 & Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics International em 14 de out. de 1997
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Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4 "Romantic" & 7
Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
Symphonic Music - Lançado por Warner Classics International em 9 de abr. de 1993
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Dvorák: Violin Concerto In A Minor, Op. 53 / Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 In G Minor, Op. 26
Shlomo Mintz, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, James Levine
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) em 1 de jan. de 1995
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The Chicago Golden Years (1954-1957)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Emil Gilels, Fritz Reiner
Classical - Lançado por Andromeda em 1 de jul. de 2015
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Tippett: Symphonies Nos.1-3; Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Sir Georg Solti
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 8 de jul. de 2002
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 0
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 3 de jun. de 1996
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Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de feu; Feu d'artifice; 4 Etudes
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Pierre Boulez
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) em 7 de jul. de 2023
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Brahms: Double Concerto, Op. 102 & Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Op. 64
Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
Concertos - Lançado por Warner Classics International em 14 de mar. de 1997
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1987
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Bartók: Piano Concertos; Violin Concertos
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Kyung Wha Chung, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Sir Georg Solti
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 2003
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Sir Georg Solti
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 6 de set. de 1973
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition – The Works
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Carlo Maria Giulini
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) em 1 de jan. de 2009
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Sir Georg Solti
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1988
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Shlomo Mintz & Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Violin Concertos
Shlomo Mintz, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
Classical - Lançado por UME - Global Clearing House em 18 de jan. de 2023
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 & The Nutcracker
Emil Gilels, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Fritz Reiner
Classical - Lançado por Mangora Classic em 1 de jan. de 2014
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Elgar: Enigma Variations; Falstaff
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 2014
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Bartók: The Orchestral Masterpieces
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Sir Georg Solti
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 2002
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Stravinsky: Violin Concerto & Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics International em 1 de jan. de 1997
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 & Suite from the Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57
Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics International em 1 de jan. de 1993
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Sir Georg Solti
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1972
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Fritz Reiner conducts Bartok live
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, Yehudi Menuhin
Classical - Lançado por Archipel em 2 de dez. de 2022
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