Fritz Reiner was one of the foremost conductors of his time. Crowning his long career in Europe and America was the decade from 1954 to 1963 as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra an illustrious partnership that ranks along such other historical tenures as Karajan's in Berlin, Szell's in Cleveland and Bernstein's in New York.
Luckily for posterity, Reiner's legendary interpretations at the helm of the Chicago Symphony which no less than Igor Stravinsky called "the most precise and flexible orchestra in the world" were captured on record by RCA Victor. Now for the first time ever, they are being issued together in a single Sony Classical box set of 63 re-mastered CDs.
A champion of 20th-century music, he could also give incomparably lilting performances of Strauss waltzes. In both Pittsburgh and Chicago, Reiner recorded works by his former teacher Bartók, and he was instrumental in convincing Serge Koussevitzky to commission Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra in 1943. His classic 1955 Chicago recording of that masterpiece is among the glories of this new set.
Every recording in this new 63-CD set comes from the best re-mastered source. A third have been newly re-mastered from the original tapes. This Reiner/Chicago Symphony edition is destined to become a cornerstone of serious record collections around the world.
CD01 Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra 1954
CD02 Strauss Ein Heldenleben
CD03 Brahms Piano Con. No.1 Rubinstein
CD04 Liebermann Concerto Strauss Don Juan
CD05 Beethoven Sym. No.3 Eroica
CD06 Brahms Violin Con. in D major Heifetz
CD07 Tchaikovsky Piano Con. No.1 Gilels
CD08 Mozart Div No.17 Serenade No.143
CD09 Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
CD10 Strauss Elektra
CD11 Strauss Der Burger Salome
CD12 Beethoven Symph No.7, Fidelio Overture
CD13 Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture Dvorak Smetana
CD14 Rachmaninov Piano Con. No.2 Rubinstein
CD15 Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, De Falla Noches Rubinstein
CD16 Vienna
CD17 Tchaikowsky Violin Con. Heifetz
CD18 Rachmaninov Piano Con. No.1 Strauss Burlesque Byron Janis
CD19 Strauss Symphonia Domestica
CD20 Mozart Sym No.36, 39
CD21 Mozart Sym No.40, 41
CD22 Prokofiev Lieutnant Kije Stravinsky Song of the Nightingale
CD23 Brahms Piano Con. No.2 Gilels
CD24 The Reiner Sound
CD25 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
CD26 Brahms Sym. No.3
CD27 Tchaikovsky Sym. No.6
CD28 Debussy Iberia Ravel Valses Nobles
CD29 Dvorak Sym. No.9 From The New World
CD30 Spain
CD31 Hovhannes Sym. No.2 Mysterious Mountain Stravinksy Divertimento
CD32 Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
CD33 Rossini Overtures
CD34 Beethoven Sym. No.5
CD35 Mahler Sym. No.4
CD36 Bartok Music for Strings, Hungarian Sketches
CD37 Mahler Das Lied von der Erde
CD38 Haydn Sym. No.88
CD39 Strauss Don Quixote
CD40 Mozart Piano Con.25 Andre Tchaikovsky
CD41 Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky
CD42 Festival
CD43 Schuman Piano Con. in A minor Van Cliburn
CD44 Tchaikovsky Nutcracker
CD45 Respighi Pines Of Rome
CD46 Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade
CD47 Wagner
CD48 Debussy La Mer
CD49 Johann and Josef Strauss Waltzes
CD50 Schubert Sym. No.8, 5
CD51 Liszt Totentanz Rachmaninov Piano Con. No.1 Byron Janis
CD52 Beethoven Piano Con. No.5 Emperor Van Cliburn
CD53 Brahms Piano Con. No.2 Van Cliburn
CD54 Beethoven Sym. No.9
CD55 Beethoven Sym. No.1
CD56 Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra 1962
CD57 Rachmaninov Piano Conc. No.2 Van Cliburn
CD58 Beethoven Piano Con. No.4 Van Cliburn
CD59 Beethoven Sym. No.6
CD60 Berlioz Les Nuits De Falla El amor brujo
CD61 Haydn Symphony No. 101, 95
CD62 Schumann Piano Con. No.1 Byron Janis
CD63 J.S. Bach Con. for Harpsichord and Strings no.5, The Star-Spangled Banner
Disc: 1
1. I. Sunrise
2. II. Of the People of the Unseen World
3. III. Of the Great Longing
4. IV. Of Joys and Passions
5. V. The Song of the Grave
6. VI. Of Science and Learning
7. VII. The Convalescent
8. VII. The Dance Song
9. VIII. Song of the Night Wanderer
10. Dance of the Seven Veils
Disc: 2
1. The Hero
2. The Hero's Adversaries
3. The Hero's Companion
4. The Hero's Battlefield
5. The Hero's Works of Peace
6. The Hero's Retreat from the World and Fulfillment
Disc: 3
1. I. Maestoso
2. II. Adagio
3. III. Rondo - Allegro non troppo
Disc: 4
1. Concerto for Jazzband and Symphony Orchestra
2. Don Juan, Op. 20
Disc: 5
1. I. Allegro con brio
2. II. Marcia funebre - Adagio assai
3. III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
4. IV. Finale - Allegro molto
Disc: 6
1. I. Allegro non troppo - Jascha Heifetz
2. II. Adagio - Jascha Heifetz
3. III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace - Jascha Heifetz
Disc: 7
1. I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Emil Gilels
2. II. Andantino simplice - Emil Gilels
3. III. Allegro con fuoco - Emil Gilels
Disc: 8
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Tema con variazioni - Andante
3. III. Menuetto
4. IV. Adagio
5. V. Menuetto
6. VI. Rondo - Allegro
7. I. Allegro
8. II. Romanze - Andante
9. III. Menuetto - Allegretto
10. IV. Rondo - Allegro
Disc: 9
1. I. Introduzione - Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace
2. II. Giuoco delle coppie - Allegretto scherzando
3. III. Elegia - Andante non troppo
4. IV. Intermezzo interrotto - Allegretto
5. V. Finale - Presto
Disc: 10
1. Elektra's Soliloquy - Allein! Weh, ganz allein
2. Recognition Scene - Was willst du, fremder Mensch?
3. Finale - Elektra! Schwester! Komm mit uns!
Disc: 11
1. Overture
2. Minuet
3. The Fencing Master
4. Entrance and Dance of the Tailors
5. Entrance of Cléonte
6. Intermezzo
7. The Dinner
8. Final Scene - Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund
Disc: 12
1. I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
2. II. Allegretto
3. III. Presto - Assai meno presto
4. IV. Allegro con brio
5. Fidelio, Op. 72: Overture
Disc: 13
1. 1812 Overture, Op. 49
2. Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514
3. Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue
4. The Bartered Bride, JB 1:100: Overture
5. Carnival Overture, Op. 92, B. 169
Disc: 14
1. I. Moderato - Arthur Rubinstein
2. II. Adagio sostenuto - Arthur Rubinstein
3. III. Allegro scherzando - Arthur Rubinstein
Disc: 15
1. Introduction - Arthur Rubinstein
2. Variation I (Precedente) - Arthur Rubinstein
3. Theme - Arthur Rubinstein
4. Variation II - Arthur Rubinstein
5. Variation III - Arthur Rubinstein
6. Variation IV - Arthur Rubinstein
7. Variation V - Arthur Rubinstein
8. Variation VI - Arthur Rubinstein
9. Variation VII - Arthur Rubinstein
10. Variation VIII - Arthur Rubinstein
11. Variation IX - Arthur Rubinstein
12. Variation X - Arthur Rubinstein
13. Variation XI - Arthur Rubinstein
14. Variation XII - Arthur Rubinstein
15. Variation XIII - Arthur Rubinstein
16. Variation XIV - Arthur Rubinstein
17. Variation XV - Arthur Rubinstein
18. Variation XVI - Arthur Rubinstein
19. Variation XVII - Arthur Rubinstein
20. Variation XVIII - Arthur Rubinstein
21. Variation XIX - Arthur Rubinstein
22. Variation XX - Arthur Rubinstein
23. Variation XXI - Arthur Rubinstein
24. Variation XXII - Arthur Rubinstein
25. Variation XXIII - Arthur Rubinstein
26. Variation XXIV - Arthur Rubinstein
27. I. En el Generalife - Arthur Rubinstein
28. II. Danza Lejana - Arthur Rubinstein
29. III. En los Jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba - Arthur Rubinstein
Disc: 16
1. Morning Papers, Op. 279
2. Emperor Waltz, Op. 437
3. An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314
4. Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65, J. 260
5. Village Swallows, Op. 164
6. Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Waltzes
Disc: 17
1. I. Allegro moderato - Jascha Heifetz
2. II. Canzonetta - Andante - Jascha Heifetz
3. III. Allegro vivacissimo - Jascha Heifetz
Disc: 18
1. I. Vivace - Byron Janis
2. II. Andante cantabile - Byron Janis
3. III. Allegro vivace - Byron Janis
4. Burleske for Piano and Orchestra in D Minor, TrV 145
Disc: 19
1. Bewegt
2. Scherzo
3. Wiegenlied
4. Adagio
5. Finale
Disc: 20
1. I. Adagio - Allegro spiritoso
2. II. Andante
3. III. Menuetto - Trio
4. IV. Finale - Presto
5. I. Adagio - Allegro
6. II. Andante con moto
7. III. Menuetto - Allegretto
8. IV. Finale - Allegro
Disc: 21
1. I. Molto allegro
2. II. Andante
3. III. Menuetto - Allegretto - Trio
4. IV. Finale - Allegro assai
5. I. Allegro vivace
6. II. Andante cantabile
7. III. Menuetto - Allegretto - Trio
8. IV. Molto allegro
Disc: 22
1. I. The Birth of Kijé
2. II. Romance
3. III. Kijé's Wedding
4. IV. Troika
5. V. The Burial of Kijé
6. Presto
7. Chinese March
8. Song of the Nightingale
9. The Mechanical Nightingale
10. The Emperor's Displeasure at the Departure of the Real Nightingale
11. The Emperor's Sickroom
12. The Real Nightingale Returns to Thwart Death
13. Funeral March and Finale
Disc: 23
1. I. Allegro non troppo
2. II. Allegro appassionato
3. III. Andante
4. IV. Allegretto grazioso
Disc: 24
1. Prélude à la nuit
2. Malaguena
3. Habanera
4. Feria
5. Pavan for a Dead Princess
6. Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
Disc: 25
1. Promenade I
2. Gnomus
3. Promenade II. Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza
4. Il vecchio castello
5. Promenade III. Moderato non tanto, pesamente
6. Tuileries
7. Bydlo
8. Promenade IV. Tranquillo
9. Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells
10. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
11. The Marketplace at Limoges
12. Catacombae, sepulchrum romanum
13. Con mortuis in lingua mortua
14. The Hut on Fowl's Legs
15. The Great Gate at Kiev
Disc: 26
1. I. Allegro con brio
2. II. Andante
3. III. Poco allegretto
4. IV. Allegro
5. Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Disc: 27
1. I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo
2. II. Allegro con grazia
3. III. Allegro molto vivace
4. IV. Adagio lamentoso
Disc: 28
1. I. Par les rues et par les chemins
2. II. Les parfums de la nuit
3. III. Le matin d'un jour de fete
4. Modéré, très franc
5. Assez lent, avec une expression intense
6. Modéré
7. Assez animé
8. Presque lent
9. Assez vif
10. Moins vif
11. Epiloque. Lent
12. Miroirs, M. 43: IV. Alborada del gracioso
Disc: 29
1. I. Adagio - Allegro molto
2. II. Largo
3. III. Scherzo. Molto vivace
4. IV. Allegro con fuoco
Disc: 30
1. Goyescas: Intermezzo
2. Interlude
3. Dance
4. The Neighbors' Dance
5. The Miller's Dance
6. Final Dance
7. Navarra
8. Fête-dieu à Seville
9. Triana
Disc: 31
1. Andante
2. Moderato maestoso
3. Allegro vivo
4. Andante espressivo
5. I. Sinfonia
6. II. Danses Suisses
7. III. Scherzo
8. IV. Pas de deux
Disc: 32
1. 1812 Overture, Op. 49
2. The Hebrides, Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave": Overture
3. Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514
4. Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Disc: 33
1. Guillaume Tell: Overture
2. La scala di seta: Overture
3. Il signor Bruschino: Overture
4. Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture
5. La gazza ladra: Overture
6. La Cenerentola: Overture
Disc: 34
1. I. Allegro con brio
2. II. Andante con moto
3. III. Scherzo. Allegro
4. IV. Allegro
5. Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Disc: 35
1. I. Bedächtig, nicht eilen
2. II. In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast
3. III. Ruhevoll
4. IV. Sehr behaglich
Disc: 36
1. I. Andante tranquillo
2. II. Allegro con grazia
3. III. Adagio
4. IV. Allegro molto
5. I. An Evening in the Village
6. II. Bear Dance
7. III. Melody
8. IV. Slightly Tipsy
9. V. Swineherd's Dance from Ürög
Disc: 37
1. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde (The Drinking Song of Earth's Misery) - Richard Lewis
2. Der Einsame im Herbst (Autumn Loneliness) - Richard Lewis
3. Von der Jugend (Of Youth) - Richard Lewis
4. Von der Schönheit (Of Beauty) - Richard Lewis
5. Der Trunkene im Frühling (The Drunkard in Spring) - Richard Lewis
6. Der Abschied (The Farewell) - Richard Lewis
Disc: 38
1. I. Adagio - Allegro
2. II. Largo
3. III. Menuetto - Allegretto - Trio
4. IV. Finale - Allegro con spirito
Disc: 39
1. Introduction
2. Theme - Don Quixote, the Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance
3. Sancho Panza
4. The Adventure of the Windmills - Variation I
5. The Battle with the Sheep - Variation II
6. Dialogue of the Knight and Squire - Variation III
7. The Adventure with the Procession of Penitents - Variation IV
8. The Knight's Vigil - Variation V
9. The False Dulcinea - Variation VI
10. The Ride Through the Air - Variation VII
11. The Adventure of the Enchanted Boat - Variation VIII
12. The Combat with the Two Magicians - Variation IX
13. The Defeat of Don Quixote by the Knight of the White Moon - Variation X
14. The Death of Don Quixote - Finale
Disc: 40
1. I. Allegro maestoso - André Tchaikowsky
2. II. Andante - André Tchaikowsky
3. III. Allegretto - André Tchaikowsky
4. Don Giovanni, K. 527: Overture
Disc: 41
1. Russia Under the Mongolian Yoke
2. Song About Alexander Nevsky
3. The Crusaders in Pskov
4. Arise, Ye Russian People
5. The Battle on the Ice
6. Field of the Dead
7. Alexander's Entry Into Pskov
Disc: 42
1. Overture
2. Marche Slave in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31
3. Polovtsian March
4. A Night on Bald Mountain
5. March miniature
6. Overture
Disc: 43
1. I. Allegro affettuoso - Van Cliburn
2. II. Intermezzo - Andantino grazioso - Van Cliburn
3. III. Allegro vivace - Van Cliburn
Disc: 44
1. Overture
2. Christmas Tree Scene
3. March
4. Chocolate - Spanish Dance
5. Coffee - Arabian Dance
6. Tea - Chinese Dance
7. Trepak - Russian Dance
8. Dance of the Flutes
9. Mother Gigogne and the Clowns
10. Waltz of the Flowers
11. Dance of the Prince and the Sugar-Plum Fairy
12. Variation I - Tarantella
13. Variation II - Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
14. Coda
15. Final Waltz
16. Apotheosis
Disc: 45
1. The Pines of the Villa Borghese
2. Pines Near a Catacomb
3. The Pines of the Janiculum
4. The Pines of the Appian Way
5. The Fountain of Valle Giulia at Dawn
6. The Triton Fountain at Morning
7. The Fountain of Trevi at Midday
8. The Villa Medici Fountain at Sunset
Disc: 46
1. I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
2. II. The Story of the Kalender Prince
3. III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess
4. IV. Festival at Bagdad - The Sea - The Ship Breaks Against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman- Conclusion
Disc: 47
1. Prelude to Act I
2. Prelude to Act III
3. Dance of the Apprentices
4. Procession of the Meistersingers
5. Siegfried's Rhine Journey
6. Siegfried's Funeral Music
Disc: 48
1. I. From Dawn to Midday on the Sea
2. II. Play of the Waves
3. III. Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea
4. Don Juan, Op. 20
Disc: 49
1. Vienna Blood, Op. 354
2. Künstlerleben, Op. 316
3. Mein Lebenslauf ist Lieb' und Lust, Op. 263
4. Roses from the South, Op. 388
5. The Gypsy Baron: Treasure Waltz, Op. 418
6. Thunder and Lightning, Op. 324
Disc: 50
1. I. Allegro moderato
2. II. Andante con moto
3. I. Allegro
4. II. Andante con moto
5. III. Menuetto - Allegro molto
6. IV. Allegro vivace
Disc: 51
1. Totentanz, S. 126, R. 457: Danse macabre
2. I. Vivace - Byron Janis
3. II. Andante cantabile - Byron Janis
4. III. Allegro vivace - Byron Janis
Disc: 52
1. I. Allegro - Van Cliburn
2. II. Adagio un poco mosso - Van Cliburn
3. III. Rondo - Allegro - Van Cliburn
Disc: 53
1. I. Allegro non troppo - Van Cliburn
2. II. Allegro appassionato - Van Cliburn
3. III. Andante - Van Cliburn
4. Allegretto grazioso - Van Cliburn
Disc: 54
1. I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
2. II. Molto vivace
3. III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato
4. IV. Presto - Allegro assai - Rezitativo - "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!" - Allegro assai
Disc: 55
1. I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
2. II. Andante cantabile con moto
3. III. Menuetto - Allegro molto e vivace
4. IV. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace
Disc: 56
1. Introduction
2. Of Those in Backwaters
3. Of the Great Longing
4. Of Joys and Passions
5. The Song of the Grave
6. Of Science
7. The Convalescent
8. The Dance Song
9. Song of the Night Wanderer
Disc: 57
1. I. Moderato - Allegro - Van Cliburn
2. II. Adagio sostenuto - Van Cliburn
3. III. Allegro scherzando - Van Cliburn
Disc: 58
1. I. Allegro moderato - Van Cliburn
2. II. Andante con moto - Van Cliburn
3. III. Rondo. Vivace - Van Cliburn
Disc: 59
1. I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande
2. II. Szene am Bach
3. III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute
4. IV. Gewitter - Sturm
5. V. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm
Disc: 60
1. Villanelle
2. Le spectre de la rose
3. Sur les lagunes
4. Absence
5. Au cimetière (Claire de lune)
6. L'île inconnue
7. I. Introduction and Scene - Leontyne Price
8. II. In the Evening - Leontyne Price
9. III. Song of Suffering Love - Leontyne Price
10. IV. The Apparition - Leontyne Price
11. V. Dance of Terror - Leontyne Price
12. VI. The Magic Circle - Leontyne Price
13. VII. Midnight - The Spells - Leontyne Price
14. VIII. Ritual Fire Dance - Leontyne Price
15. IX. Scene - Leontyne Price
16. X. Song of the Will-o'the Wisp - Leontyne Price
17. XI. Pantomime - Leontyne Price
18. XII. Dance of the Game of Love - Leontyne Price
19. XIII. The Bells of Dawn - Leontyne Price
Disc: 61
1. I. Adagio - Presto
2. II. Andante
3. III. Menuetto - Allegretto
4. IV. Finale - Vivace
5. I. Allegro moderato
6. II. Andante
7. III. Menuetto - Trio
8. IV. Finale - Vivace
Disc: 62
1. I. Allegro affettuoso
2. II. Intermezzo - Andantino grazioso
3. III. Allegro vivace
4. Totentanz, S. 126, R. 457: Danse macabre
Disc: 63
1. I. Adagio - Allegro - André Tchaikowsky
2. II. Largo - André Tchaikowsky
3. III. Presto - André Tchaikowsky
4. The Star Spangled Banner
5. Reiner discusses Beethoven's Seventh Symphony
6. Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: III. Allegro con brio (Beginning)
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