| # | Composer | Title | Performer | Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wagner, Richard | Tannhäuser, opera ; Hail, Bright Abode | Frederick Stock (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Festival Chorus |
May 27, 1933 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Mono |
| 2 | Beethoven, Ludwig van | Symphony No.1 in C major, Op.21 | Fritz Busch (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
February 3, 1949 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live, Mono |
| 3 | Schubert, Franz | Symphony No.7 in B minor, D 759 “Unfinished” | Bruno Walter (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
March, 1958 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live, Mono |
| 4 | Schumann, Robert | Manfred, incidental music, Op.115 ; Overture | Bruno Walter (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
February 1, 1956 WGN Studio Theater, Chicago Live, Mono |
| 5 | Rameau, Jean-Philippe | Dardanus, opera ; Suite (arranged by D'Indy) | Charles Munch (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
February 27, 1963 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live, Mono |
| 6 | Wagner, Richard | Lohengrin, opera ; Prelude to Act III | Artur Rodzinski (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
April 21, 1948 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live, Mono |
| 7 | Beethoven, Ludwig van | Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.36 | Leopold Stokowski (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
October 7, 1962 WGN Studio Theater, Chicago Live, Mono |
| 8 | Beethoven, Ludwig van | Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92 | János Ferencsik (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
March 22,24, 1979 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live |
| 9 | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich | Symphony No.4 in F minor, Op.36 | Fritz Reiner (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
November 21, 1957 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live, Mono |
| 10 | Prokofiev, Sergei | Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.44 | Kirill Kondrashin (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
April 8,9,11, 1976 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live |
| 11 | Bruckner, Anton | Symphony No.7 in E major, WAB 107 ; 1st Movement | Paul Hindemith (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
April 7, 1963 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live, Mono |
| 12 | Strauss, Richard | Le bourgeois gentilhomme (The Bourgeois Gentleman), Op.60, orchestral suite ; excerpts (1) Ouverture (2) Menuett (3) Der Fechtmeister (The Fencing Master) (4) Auftritt und Tanz der Schneider (Entrance and Dance of the Tailors) (5) Auftritt des Cléonte (Entrance of Cléonte) (6) Vorspiel (7) Das Diner (The Dinner) |
Hans Rosbaud (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
November 13, 1960 WGN Studio Theater, Chicago Live, Mono |
| 13 | Mahler, Gustav | Symphony No.3 in D minor | Jean Martinon (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus Chicago Children’s Choir Regina Resnik (Ms) |
March 23-25,1967 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live |
| 14 | Shapey, Ralph | Rituals for Symphony Orchestra | Ralph Shapey (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
May 12,13, 1966 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live |
| 15 | Wagner, Richard | Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Master-Singers of Nuremberg), opera ; Prelude to Act III | Pierre Monteux (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
January 1, 1961 Live, Mono |
| 16 | Bruckner, Anton | Symphony No.7 in E major, WAB 107 | Klaus Tennstedt (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
May 31, June 2, 1984 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live |
| 17 | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | A London Symphony (Symphony No.2) | Malcolm Sargent (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
July 6, 1967 Ravinia Festival Hall, Illinois Live |
| 18 | Copland, Aaron | Preamble for a Solemn Occasion | Seiji Ozawa (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Marian Anderson (narrator) |
July 27, 1968 Ravinia Festival Hall, Illinois |
| 19 | Schumann, William | Symphony No.3 | Leonard Slatkin (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
February 6,8, 1986 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live |
| 20 | Bizet, Georges | Patrie Overture, Op.20 | Désiré Defauw (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
January 22, 1947 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live, Mono |
| 21 | Debussy, Claude | Six Épigraphes Antiques (orchestrated by Ansermet) | Ernest Ansermet (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
January 25,26, 1968 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live |
| 22 | Debussy, Claude | Pelléas et Mélisande, opera ; Preludes and Interludes (arranged by Leinsdorf) | Erich Leinsdorf (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
November 26,29, 1986 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live |
| 23 | Copland, Aaron | Billy the Kid, ballet ; Suite | James Levine (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
July 4, 1981 Ravinia Festival Hall, Illinois Live |
| 24 | Roussel, Albert | Symphony No.3 in G minor, Op.42 | Charles Munch (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
February 16,18, 1967 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live |
| 25 | Corigliano, John | Campane di Ravello (Bells of Ravello) | Kenneth Jean (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
October 9, 1987 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live |
| 26 | Bartók, Béla | Two Portraits for Violin and Orchestra, Op.5, Sz.37 | Georg Solti (cond) Samuel Magad (vn) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
September 24,26, 1987 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live |
| 27 | Carter, Elliott | Variations for Orchestra | Georg Solti (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
January 26, 1982 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles Live |
| 28 | Busoni, Ferruccio | Eine Lustspielouvertüre (Comedy Overture), Op.38 | Daniel Barenboim (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
January 4, 1996 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live |
| 29 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K 384 ; Overture (arranged by Busoni) | Daniel Barenboim (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
February 8, 1996 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live |
| 30 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Divertimento No.11 in D major, K 251 ; I, II, III, V | Carlo Maria Giulini (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
March 2,3, 1967 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live |
| 31 | Beethoven, Ludwig van | Christus am Ölberge, oratorio (Christ on the Mount of Olives), Op.85 | Daniel Barenboim (cond) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Chorus Laura Aikin (S) Ben Heppner (T) René Pape (Bs) |
February 15,16, 1996 Orchestra Hall, Chicago Live |