Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by Theodore Thomas in 1891, the ensemble has been based in the Symphony Center since 1904 and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". The orchestra's most recent music director is Riccardo Muti, whose tenure spanned the seasons from 2010 to 2023, and he continues to perform on occasion as director-emeritus. In 2024, Klaus Mäkelä was named music director-designate, with his first contractual season to begin in 2027.
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Top Tracks
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Ballet Of The Chickens In Their Shells
- Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: XVI. Alles Vergängliche
- Requiem: Dies Irae
- Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 1: I. Veni, creator spiritus
- Der fliegende Holländer: Overture
- Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Sonnenaufgang
- Otello / Act 2: "Sì, pel ciel marmoreo giuro!" - Live
- Carmina Burana / Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: "O Fortuna"
- Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: I. Allegro
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
- Der fliegende Holländer, Act I: Introduction. Hojoje! Hojoje! Hallojo! Ho! – Kein Zweifel! Sieben Meilen fort
- Wagner: Die Walküre, Act 3: The Ride of the Valkyries
- Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: III. Finale (Allegro moderato)
- Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: II. Adagio ma non troppo
- Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 1: II. Imple superna gratia
- Der fliegende Holländer, Act I: Die Frist ist um
- Der fliegende Holländer, Act I: Mit Gewitter und Sturm – Von des Südens Gestad'
- Amériques
- Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: III. Finale. Allegro moderato
- Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 1: VIII. Gloria sit Patri Domino
Albums (54)
- The Queen of Hearts / Humpty Dumpty (2026)
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra plays Wagner (2026)
- Daniel Barenboim & Chicago Symphony Orchestra - From Beethoven & Brahms to Ravel & Bernstein (2025)
- Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de feu; Feu d'artifice; 4 Etudes (2023)
- Contemporary American Composers (2023)
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Prokofiev Suites (2023)
- Twentieth Century Classics, Vol. 5 (2023 Remaster) (2023)
- Fritz Reiner conducts Bartok live (2022)
- Mahler Das Lied von der Erde (2022)
- Saint-Saëns: Symphony in F Major, R. 163 "Urbs Roma" & Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World" (Remastered 2022) (2022)
- Martinon Conducts Prokofiev & Varèse (Live) [Remastered 2022] (2022)
- Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (Live) (2022)
- Dvořák: Cello Concerto & Silent Woods (2022)
- Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra (2022)
- Rossini Overtures (2022)
- Fritz Reiner conducts Verdi Requiem live (2022)
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Bruckner, Mahler, Schoenberg (2022)
- Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 (2021)
- Emil Gilels plays Tschaikowsky and Rachmaninov Piano Concertos (2021)
- Stokowski Edition, Vol. 8 (2021)
- Live in Chicago, 06.02.1958 (2021)
- Fritz Reiner - The Complete Chicago Symphony Recordings (2020)
- Symphonies of George Friedrich Handel, Ernest Bloch & Bohuslav Martinu (2020)
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 113 "Babi Yar" (Live) (2020)
- Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole (2020)
- Fritz Reiner Conducts Chicago Symphony Orchestra: The Vienna Waltzes (2020)
- An American Wins in Russia (2019)
- Riccardo Muti Conducts Italian Masterworks (Live) (2018)
- Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 & Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33 (Remastered) (2018)
- Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15 (2018)
- Edgard Varèse: Amériques, Offrandes, Intégrales, Arcana, Ecuatorial, Nocturnal (2018)
- Wagner: Overtures & Preludes (2017)
- Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Overture Les francs-juges (2017)
- Bruckner: Symphony No. 9, WAB 109 (Original 1894 Version) (2017)
- Claudio Abbado & Chicago Symphony Orchestra (2017)
- Arrangements or Transfigurations (2017)
- Happy Classics (2016)
- Schoenberg: Kol Nidre - Shostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti (2016)
- Mason Bates: Anthology of Fantastic Zoology (Live) (2016)
- L'Arte della Variazione [Paganini, Liszt, Brahms…] (2016)
- Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique & Lélio, ou Le retour à la vie (Live) (2015)
- Brahms: Double Concerto - Mendelssohn, Stravinsky & Prokofiev: Violin Concertos (2015)
- The Chicago Golden Years (1954-1957) (2015)
- Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo & Juliet (Live) (2014)
- Solti - Wagner - The Operas (2012)
- 40 Most Beautiful Classical Anthems (2008)
- Varèse: Amériques; Arcana; Déserts; Ionisation (2001)
- Shostakovich: Symphony No.13/Yevtushenko: Poems (1995)
- Bach, J.S.: Mass in B minor (1991)
- Mahler: The Symphonies (1991)
- Orff: Carmina Burana (1985)
- Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (1983)
- Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (1977)
- Mahler 8 "Symphony of a Thousand" (1972)
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