The First 100 Years

# Composer Title Performer Data
1 Mendelssohn, Felix A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music ; Wedding March, Op.61-9 Frederick Stock (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
May 1, 1916
Columbia Studio
Mono
2 Wagner, Richard Wesendonck Lieder ; V. Träume (Dreams) (arranged for orchestra by Thomas) Frederick Stock (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
December 18, 1928
Goodman Theatre, Chicago
Mono
3 Brahms, Johannes Hungarian Dance No.17 in F-sharp minor (orchestrated by Dvořák) Frederick Stock (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
December 21, 1926
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Mono
4 Brahms, Johannes Hungarian Dance No.18 in D major (orchestrated by Dvořák) Frederick Stock (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
December 21, 1926
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Mono
5 Brahms, Johannes Hungarian Dance No.19 in B minor (orchestrated by Dvořák) Frederick Stock (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
December 21, 1926
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Mono
6 Brahms, Johannes Hungarian Dance No.20 in E minor (orchestrated by Dvořák) Frederick Stock (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
December 22, 1926
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Mono
7 Brahms, Johannes Hungarian Dance No.21 in E minor (orchestrated by Dvořák) Frederick Stock (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
December 22, 1926
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Mono
8 Stock, Frederick Symphonic Waltz, Op.8 Frederick Stock (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
December 23, 1930
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Mono
9 Lyadov, Anatoly Baba Yaga, Op.56 Frederick Stock (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
April 26, 1941
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Mono
10 Walton, William A Comedy Overture “Scapino” Frederick Stock (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
April 26, 1941
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Mono
11 Toch, Ernst Pinocchio Frederick Stock (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
April 26, 1941
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Mono
12 Brahms, Johannes Symphony No.3 in F major, Op.90 Frederick Stock (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
November 23, 1940
Liederkranz Hall or Carnegie Hall, New York
Mono
13 Reznicek, Emil von Donna Diana, opera ; Overture Frederick Stock (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
April 25, 1941
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Mono
14 Strauss, Richard Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), tone poem, Op.28 Frederick Stock (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
October 10, 1940
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live, Mono
15 Prokofiev, Sergei Scythian Suite, Op.20 “Ala i Lolli” Désiré Defauw (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
March 16, 1945
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Mono
16 Franck, César The Accursed Huntsman Désiré Defauw (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
April 12, 1946
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Mono
17 Strauss, Richard Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op.24 Désiré Defauw (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
March 19, 1947
Palace Theater - Hamilton, New York
Live, Mono
18 Wagner, Richard Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung)
II. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera ; Ritt der Walküren (Ride of the Valkyries)
Artur Rodzinski (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
April 21, 1948
8th Street Theater, Chicago
Mono
19 Mendelssohn, Felix Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 “Scottish” Artur Rodzinski (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
November 18, December 13, 1947
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Mono
20 Beethoven, Ludwig van Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major, Op.73 “Emperor” Josef Hofmann (p)
Hans Lange (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
December 5, 1940
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live, Mono
21 Hindemith, Paul Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber Rafael Kubelík (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
April 3, 1953
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Mono
22 Roussel, Albert Symphony No.3 in G minor, Op.42 Rafael Kubelík (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
November 3,4, 1983
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
23 Mussorgsky, Modest Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated by Ravel) Rafael Kubelík (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
April 23,24, 1951
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Mono
24 Bartók, Béla The Miraculous Mandarin, pantomime ballet, Op.19, Sz.73 ; Suite István Kertész (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
September 26,27, 1968
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
25 Ginastera, Alberto Estancia, Op.8 ; Suite Seiji Ozawa (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
June 27, 1967
Ravinia Festival Hall, Illinois
Live
26 Stravinsky, Igor Symphony of Psalms James Levine (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
June 30, 1989
Ravinia Festival Hall, Illinois
Live
27 Mahler, Gustav Symphony No.8 in E-flat major “Sinfonie der Tausend (Symphony of a Thousand)” ; Part I James Levine (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus
Carol Neblett (S)
Judith Blegen (S)
Jann Jaffe (S)
Isola Jones (A)
Birgit Finnilä (A)
Kenneth Riegel (T)
Ryan Edwards (Br)
July 6, 1979
Ravinia Festival Hall, Illinois
Live
28 Brahms, Johannes Akademische Festouvertüre (Academic Festival Overture), Op.80 Paul Hindemith (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
April 7, 1963
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
29 Ravel, Maurice La Valse Fritz Reiner (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
March 25, 1960
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
30 Satie, Éric Gymnopédies ; No.1 (orchestrated by Debussy) Fritz Reiner (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
March 25, 1960
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
31 Satie, Éric Gymnopédies ; No.3 (orchestrated by Debussy) Fritz Reiner (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
March 25, 1960
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
32 Prokofiev, Sergei Symphony No.5 in B-flat major, Op.100 Fritz Reiner (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
February 27, 1958
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
33 Copland, Aaron The Tender Land, opera ; Suite (arranged for orchestra by Copland) Fritz Reiner (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
April 10, 1958
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
34 Kodály, Zoltán Dances of Galánta Fritz Reiner (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
February 10, 1954
WGN Studio Theater, Chicago
Live
35 Berlioz, Hector Le carnaval romain, ouverture (Roman Carnival Overture), Op.9 Pierre Monteux (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
January 1, 1961
Medinah Temple, Chicago
Live
36 Bax, Arnold The Garden of Fand Leonard Slatkin (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
February 16-18, 1984
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
37 Miaskovsky, Nikolai Symphony No.21 in F-sharp minor, Op.51 Morton Gould (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
January 30, 1968
Medinah Temple, Chicago
38 Martinon, Jean Overture for a Greek Tragedy Jean Martinon (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
May 29, 1967
Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
Live
39 Mahler, Gustav Symphony No.10 in F-sharp minor (Cooke Edition) Jean Martinon (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
May 19,20, 1966
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
40 Fisher, Fred Chicago Benny Goodman (cl)
Jean Martinon (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
June 18, 1966
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
41 Weill, Kurt Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Little Threepenny Music), suite from Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) Erich Leinsdorf (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
May 23-25, 1985
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
42 Ruggles, Carl Angels Erich Leinsdorf (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
December 15-17, 1983
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
43 Wagner, Richard Eine Faust-Ouvertüre (A Faust Overture) Claudio Abbado (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
February 3-5,1983
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
44 Mussorgsky, Modest Boris Godunov, opera (Original Ver.) ; Coronation Scene Claudio Abbado (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Philip Langridge (Prince Vasiliy Ivanovich Shuysky)
Ruggero Raimondi (Boris Godunov)
November 1,2,4, 1984
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
45 Scriabin, Alexander Symphony No.4, Op.54 “The Poem of Ecstasy” Daniel Barenboim (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
December 13,14,16, 1984
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
46 Brahms, Johannes Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, Op.83 Daniel Barenboim (p)
Carlo Maria Giulini (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
November 28, 1977
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
47 Ran, Shulamit Concerto for Orchestra Daniel Barenboim (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
October 20-22,25, 1988
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
48 Shostakovich, Dmitri Symphony No.10 in E minor, Op.93 Leopold Stokowski (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
March 24, 1966
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
49 Kodály, Zoltán Psalmus Hungaricus, Op.13 Georg Solti (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Glen Ellyn Children‘s Chorus
Dennis Bailey (T)
November 18-20, 1982
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
50 Wagner, Richard Tannhäuser, opera ; Dich, teure Halle Leontyne Price (S)
Georg Solti (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
April 29, 1980
Carnegie Hall, New York
Live
51 Corigliano, John Tournaments Georg Solti (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
October 4-6, 1984
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
52 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Symphony No.25 in G minor, K 183/173dB Georg Solti (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
September 26-28, 1984
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
53 Lutosławski, Witold Symphony No.3 Georg Solti (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
September 29 to October 1,1983
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live
54 Ravel, Maurice Daphnis et Chloé, ballet ; Suite No.2 Georg Solti (cond)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
January 15-17, 1987
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Live