Fritz Reiner - The Complete RCA Album Collection
Reiner,Fritz
Release Date: 10/15/2013
Label:
Rca
Catalog #: 370198
Composer:
Richard Strauss,
Johannes Brahms,
Rolf Liebermann,
Ludwig van Beethoven,
...
Performer:
Artur Rubinstein,
Jascha Heifetz,
Emil Gilels,
Inge Borkh,
...
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Chicago Lyric Theatre Chorus,
Studio Orchestra
Number of Discs: 63
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Notes and Editorial Reviews
Most of these recordings have been issued and reissued countless times. This “original jacket” box, however, contains everything that Reiner recorded for RCA. There are some quibbles that we need to get out of the way up front. First, ignore those “original disc” labels on the CDs. They only contain Side 1 of the original LP, and not the actual CD contents, for which you need to check the very attractive but somewhat clunky accompanying booklet. Some of the catalog numbers reflect the original mono issues, even though the actual recordings naturally favor the stereo masters. Also, the two-disc sets are packaged, as is Sony/BMG’s wont these days, with the open end of the paper CD pocket facing the folding spine, which makes the actual discs
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almost impossible to remove without destroying either the package or risking damage to the CD. It’s a really annoying decision in what is otherwise a very nicely assembled package.
Further complaints would be churlish. Reiner’s legacy with the Chicago Symphony for RCA represents one of the most astonishingly, consistently excellent in the history of recorded music. Other conductors have recorded more, but none have done better. You can swim through one of the billion-disc Karajan sets and be alternately enchanted and frustrated. Finding a great performance in DG’s Furtwängler set is like digging for buried treasure, with success just about as likely. Only Sony’s Szell box offers a similarly high level of achievement over so many discs, but that set has not been released domestically, and in any case it is not complete.
Where to start? Reiner was not known as a particularly persuasive advocate of the classical repertoire, but listen to it here and you may well conclude that much of it is astonishingly fine. His Beethoven “Eroica”, Seventh, and Ninth symphonies sound pretty impressive today. His Haydn also holds up surprisingly well—Symphonies 88, 95, and 101. (I “imprinted” on the reissue of Haydn’s 88th coupled to Mozart’s “Jupiter”.) Reiner’s Mozart was unusually swift and edgy for its day, and his finale of the “Jupiter” (first sound clip) will still have period-instrument players turning green with envy. It makes most later versions sound awfully tame.
When most people think of Reiner and Chicago, however, they expect playing of ridiculous virtuosity and brilliance in the late Romantic repertoire, and that’s what we get, over and over. As a Strauss conductor he had no equal except, perhaps, Kempe and Karajan. His recordings of the tone poems are uniformly exceptional, and the excerpts from Salome, and especially Elektra (with soprano Inge Borkh), remain touchstones both interpretively and sonically (second sound clip). Equal credit here goes to RCA’s engineers, as Reiner himself admits in the bonus CD in which he talks briefly about his latest recording of Beethoven’s Seventh. How did they get such a glittering yet rich result in the opening of The Pines of Rome (third sound clip)? It’s a mystery and a blessing.
As a concerto accompanist Reiner worked with some of the best, and many of these performances are truly legendary: the Brahms and Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos with Heifetz; Brahms’ First Piano Concerto with Rubinstein; Rachmaninov, Strauss, Schumann, and Liszt with Byron Janis; Rachmaninov’s Paganini Rhapsody and Second Concerto with Rubinstein; the Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto with Gilels; and (more of a mixed bag) concertos by Brahms, Beethoven, and Schumann with Van Cliburn. Other reference recordings in the orchestral repertoire include everything from Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition to Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, Debussy’s La Mer, Wagner orchestral music, and just about anything by Bartók. Reiner’s Rossini Overtures and Strauss, Jr. waltzes are also worth mentioning. Like all great conductors he played “light” music with the same dedication and high quality standards that mark his work in more ostensibly serious repertoire. For what it’s worth, he basically owned Kabalevsky’s Colas Breugnon Overture.
Enough said. This set is a major collector’s item. Granted, the “original jacket” concept allows RCA to charge more by spreading the box out to 63 CDs when it could have been packaged on two-thirds that amount, but they deserve the premium for getting the job done, and for doing it right in all the ways that really matter.
-- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com
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Works on This Recording
1.
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 by Richard Strauss
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1895-1896; Germany
3.
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 by Richard Strauss
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1897-1898; Germany
4.
Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Artur Rubinstein (Piano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1854-1858; Germany
Date of Recording: 1954
Venue: Live Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Length: 46 Minutes 20 Secs.
6.
Don Juan, Op. 20 by Richard Strauss
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888-1889; Germany
8.
Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878; Austria
Date of Recording: 02/1955
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Length: 34 Minutes 21 Secs.
13.
Elektra, Op. 58: Was willst du, fremder Mensch? by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Paul Schöffler (Baritone),
Inge Borkh (Soprano),
Francis Yeend (Soprano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906-1908; Germany
14.
Elektra, Op. 58: Elektra! Schwester! by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Paul Schöffler (Baritone),
Francis Yeend (Soprano),
Inge Borkh (Soprano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Chicago Lyric Theatre Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906-1908; Germany
16.
Salome, Op. 54: Final Scene by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Inge Borkh (Soprano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1903-1905; Germany
17.
Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1811-1812; Vienna, Austria
18.
Fidelio, Op. 72: Overture in E major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1814; Vienna, Austria
19.
1812 Overture, Op. 49 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Russia
Date of Recording: 1956
21.
Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka by Jaromir Weinberger
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1927; Prague, Czech Republ
23.
Carnival Overture, Op. 92 by Antonín Dvorák
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891; USA
24.
Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Artur Rubinstein (Piano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia
Date of Recording: 01/09/1956
Venue: RCA Studios, Hollywood, California
Length: 33 Minutes 8 Secs.
25.
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Artur Rubinstein (Piano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1934; USA
Date of Recording: 01/16/1956
Venue: RCA Studios, Hollywood, California
Length: 23 Minutes 7 Secs.
26.
Nights in the gardens of Spain by Manuel de Falla
Performer:
Artur Rubinstein (Piano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911-1915; Spain
27.
Morgenblätter, Op. 279 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1864; Vienna, Austria
Length: 8 Minutes 10 Secs.
28.
Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1889; Vienna, Austria
Length: 7 Minutes 42 Secs.
29.
An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867; Vienna, Austria
Length: 8 Minutes 12 Secs.
30.
Dorfschwalben aus Österreich, Op. 164 by Josef Strauss
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; Vienna, Austria
Length: 7 Minutes 36 Secs.
32.
Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:
Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878; Russia
Date of Recording: 04/19/1957
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Length: 29 Minutes 30 Secs.
33.
Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Byron Janis (Piano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891/1917; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/02/1957
35.
Symphonia domestica, Op. 53 by Richard Strauss
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902-1903; Germany
36.
Symphony no 36 in C major, K 425 "Linz" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1783; Linz, Austria
Date of Recording: 1954
37.
Symphony no 39 in E flat major, K 543 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1788; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1955
38.
Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1788; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1955
39.
Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1788; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1954
40.
Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 by Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; Paris, France
41.
Chant du rossignol by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1917; Switzerland
43.
Rapsodie espagnole by Maurice Ravel
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1907-1908; France
44.
Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909; Russia
46.
Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90 by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1883; Austria
Date of Recording: 1957
47.
Tragic Overture, Op. 81 by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Austria
Date of Recording: 1957
48.
Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Russia
Date of Recording: 04/1957
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 45 Minutes 19 Secs.
49.
Images for Orchestra: no 2, Ibéria by Claude Debussy
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1905-1908; France
Date of Recording: 1957
50.
Valses nobles et sentimentales by Maurice Ravel
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911; France
Date of Recording: 1957
51.
Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso by Maurice Ravel
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1904-1905; France
Date of Recording: 1957
53.
Goyescas: Intermezzo by Enrique Granados
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1914-1916; Spain
Date of Recording: 04/26/1958
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 5 Minutes 37 Secs.
54.
La vida breve: Interlude and Dance by Manuel de Falla
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1904-1905; Spain
Date of Recording: 04/26/1958
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 6 Minutes 33 Secs.
55.
El sombrero de tres picos: Neighbor's Dance "Seguidillas" by Manuel de Falla
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1919; Spain
Date of Recording: 04/26/1958
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs.
56.
El sombrero de tres picos: Miller's Dance "Farruca" by Manuel de Falla
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1919; Spain
Date of Recording: 04/26/1958
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 2 Minutes 41 Secs.
57.
El sombrero de tres picos: Final Dance "Jota" by Manuel de Falla
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1919; Spain
Date of Recording: 04/26/1958
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 6 Minutes 7 Secs.
58.
Suite Iberia: no 13, Navarra [unfinished] by Isaac Albeniz
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906-1908; France
Date of Recording: 04/26/1958
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 5 Minutes 35 Secs.
59.
Suite Iberia, Book 1: no 3, El Corpus en Sevilla by Isaac Albeniz
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906; France
Date of Recording: 04/26/1958
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 8 Minutes 1 Secs.
60.
Suite Iberia, Book 2: no 3, Triana by Isaac Albeniz
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906; France
Date of Recording: 04/26/1958
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 5 Minutes 3 Secs.
61.
Symphony no 2, Op. 132 "Mysterious Mountain" by Alan Hovhaness
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1955; USA
Date of Recording: 4/28/1958
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 19 Minutes 8 Secs.
62.
Le baiser de la fée: Divertimento for Orchestra by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; France
Date of Recording: 4/28/1958
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 24 Minutes 0 Secs.
63.
1812 Overture, Op. 49 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Russia
66.
Tragic Overture, Op. 81 by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Austria
67.
Guillaume Tell: Overture by Gioachino Rossini
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1829; Italy
68.
La scala di seta: Overture by Gioachino Rossini
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1812; Italy
69.
Il Signor Bruschino: Overture by Gioachino Rossini
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1813; Italy
71.
La gazza ladra: Overture by Gioachino Rossini
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1817; Italy
72.
La Cenerentola: Overture by Gioachino Rossini
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Written: 1817
73.
Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1807-1808; Vienna, Austria
74.
Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1807; Vienna, Austria
75.
Symphony no 4 in G major by Gustav Mahler
Performer:
Lisa Della Casa (Soprano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892-1900; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 12/1958
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 53 Minutes 39 Secs.
Language: German
76.
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106 by Béla Bartók
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1936; Budapest, Hungary
Date of Recording: 12/1958
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 27 Minutes 51 Secs.
77.
Hungarian Sketches (5), Sz 97 by Béla Bartók
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1931; Budapest, Hungary
Date of Recording: 12/1958
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 10 Minutes 45 Secs.
78.
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116 by Béla Bartók
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1943; USA
Date of Recording: 1955
79.
Symphony no 88 in G major, H 1 no 88 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: circa 1787 ; Eszterhazá, Hungary
80.
Don Quixote, Op. 35 by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Antonio Janigro (Cello)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896-1897; Germany
81.
Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major, K 503 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Andre Tchaikovsky (Piano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 2/15/1958
82.
Don Giovanni, K 527: Overture by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1787; Prague, Czech Republ
Date of Recording: 3/14/1959
83.
Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78 by Sergei Prokofiev
Performer:
Rosalind Elias (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1938/1939; USSR
84.
Colas Breugnon, Op. 24: Overture by Dmitri Kabalevsky
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1938/1969; USSR
Date of Recording: 03/14/1959
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 4 Minutes 48 Secs.
85.
Marche slave, Op. 31 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/14/1959
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 10 Minutes 29 Secs.
86.
Prince Igor: Polovtsian March by Alexander Borodin
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1869-1887; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/14/1959
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 4 Minutes 48 Secs.
87.
Night on the Bare Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1866; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/14/1959
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 10 Minutes 14 Secs.
89.
Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture by Mikhail Glinka
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1837-1842; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/14/1959
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 5 Minutes 19 Secs.
90.
Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54 by Robert Schumann
Performer:
Van Cliburn (Piano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1841-1845; Germany
Date of Recording: 04/16/1960
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 30 Minutes 33 Secs.
104.
Fountains of Rome by Ottorino Respighi
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1914-1916; Rome, Italy
Date of Recording: 10/24/1959
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 15 Minutes 50 Secs.
105.
Pines of Rome by Ottorino Respighi
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1923-1924; Rome, Italy
Date of Recording: 10/24/1959
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 21 Minutes 9 Secs.
106.
Scheherazade, Op. 35 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:
Sidney Harth (Violin)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888; Russia
Date of Recording: 02/08/1960
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 44 Minutes 18 Secs.
107.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 1 Prelude by Richard Wagner
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867; Germany
Date of Recording: 04/18/1959
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 9 Minutes 55 Secs.
108.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 3 Prelude by Richard Wagner
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867; Germany
Date of Recording: 04/18/1959
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 5 Minutes 46 Secs.
109.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Dance of the Apprentices by Richard Wagner
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867; Germany
Date of Recording: 04/18/1959
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 3 Minutes 4 Secs.
111.
Götterdämmerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey by Richard Wagner
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Germany
Date of Recording: 04/18/1959
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 13 Minutes 12 Secs.
112.
Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Funeral Music by Richard Wagner
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Germany
Date of Recording: 04/18/1959
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 8 Minutes 14 Secs.
113.
La mer by Claude Debussy
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903-1905; France
Date of Recording: 02/27/1960
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 25 Minutes 13 Secs.
114.
Wiener Blut, Op. 354 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873; Vienna, Austria
Length: 8 Minutes 56 Secs.
115.
Künstlerleben, Op. 316 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867; Vienna, Austria
118.
Der Zigeunerbaron: Schatz-Walzer, Op. 418 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885; Vienna, Austria
Length: 8 Minutes 7 Secs.
119.
Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Vienna, Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 57 Secs.
122.
Totentanz, S 126 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Byron Janis (Piano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849/1859; Weimar, Germany
124.
Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Phyllis Curtin (Soprano),
Florence Kopleff (Alto),
John McCollum (Tenor),
Donald Gramm (Bass)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1822-1824; Vienna, Austria
Length: 68 Minutes 24 Secs.
125.
Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1800; Vienna, Austria
126.
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 by Richard Strauss
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1895-1896; Germany
129.
Les nuits d'été, Op. 7 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840-1841; France
Date of Recording: 1963
Language: French
130.
El amor brujo by Manuel de Falla
Performer:
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1914-1915; Spain
Date of Recording: 03/04/1963
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 27 Minutes 35 Secs.
Language: Spanish
133.
Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54 by Robert Schumann
Performer:
Van Cliburn (Piano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1841-1845; Germany
Date of Recording: 04/16/1960
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 30 Minutes 33 Secs.
134.
Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Andre Tchaikovsky (Piano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1738-1739; Leipzig, Germany
Date of Recording: 2/15/1958
135.
The Star-spangled Banner by John Stafford Smith
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: by 1814; United States
136.
Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92: Excerpt(s) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1811-1812; Vienna, Austria
Notes: Also included is a recording of Reiner discussing Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.
137.
Das Lied von der Erde by Gustav Mahler
Performer:
Maureen Forrester (Mezzo Soprano),
Richard Lewis (Tenor)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1908-1909; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 11/1959
Length: 63 Minutes 0 Secs.
Language: German
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Reiner Rules!!! May 1, 2015
By Anthony Ferrara (Grand Junction, CO) See All My Reviews
"Simply, great performances and great sound. Charles Dickens would have even commented about this collection, saying: " It was the best of times!""
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A master from a by gone era April 29, 2015
By David Gilbert (North Caldwell, NJ) See All My Reviews
"I already have about a dozen of the Red Label RCA Fritz Reiner recordings on CD; but the discounted price for this boxed set was just too good to pass up. These recordings are gems from a by gone era. The sound quality is quite good. Reiner's precision and umcompromising determination show quite clearly on these recordings. The CD's are all packaged in their paper cases with the reproduced album covers from the original LPs. The box with Reiner looking austere and confident with a gray/black background is a nice touch. The box itself is quite sturdy, probably the sturdiest box of any box set I have seen. So, the recordings are great; the box is great; and the picture of Reiner is great. Also, the booklet with all those wonderful pictures of Reiner and performers and the liner notes is a nice added touch. When this collection first came out, it sold out rather quickly; and I feared I would not have the opportunity to purchase it at a later date. But, lo and behold, I saw it reappear at ArkivMusic about a year later. "Ha," I said to the Fates, and I purchased it. Now, I am happy. Thank you, God."
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Needless to say..... January 8, 2014
By James M. (Lenox, MA) See All My Reviews
"...I haven't managed to listen to all 63 CDs yet. As they have several times in the past, FedEx managed to deliver the set to the wrong address (I never had this problem with UPS) so I received it a week late. Each CD is in a thin cardboard sleeve that is a replica of the original LP. It's nice to see some of those LP covers again but the annotations, which are on the back, are the original LP annotations and many will require super-vision or a magnifying glass to read. Since the CDs duplicate the contents of the LPs, some, like the Cliburn/Reiner Beethoven 4th Concerto, are short. On the other hand, they aren't expensive so it evens out. I experienced two Reiner/CSO seasons when in college and had not heard many of the recordings when they were new so I couldn't resist purchasing this set. I doubt that there's a "bad" performance in it. The recording of "Nights in the Gardens of Spain," contrary to my hopes, isn't with Reiner--it's the Rubinstein/Jorda performance which is coupled here, as it was on the Reiner LP, with the Paganini Rhapsody. I often wonder why people buy these huge sets. If you're a fan of Rubinstein or Toscanini or some such musician, you may have half of the recordings already. Fortunately, I only had about 15 of these Reiner recordings on CD and expect to enjoy hearing the rest. Good sound, too."
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