CSO Radio Releases

Tilson Thomas Conducts Beethoven

31 Jan 2012 12:39:25 EDT

Artist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Description: Michael Tilson-Thomas, conductorMahler Blumine Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 Jeremy Denk, pianoBrahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 (orchestrated by Schoenberg)Mozart Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major, K. 313 Mathieu Dufour, flute Daniel Barenboim, conductor

Mahler 1

24 Jan 2012 11:20:56 EDT

Artist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Description: Please click here to listen to this show in its entirety Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden leads Mahler's groundbreaking First Symphony, a cornucopia of musical memories and dreams filled with children's songs, Klezmer music and Viennese waltzes. CSO Principal Bassoon David McGill, winner of a Grammy® Award for Best Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra for the CSO's recording of Strauss' Wind Concertos, takes center stage in Mozart's sunny concerto.Stucky Rhapsodies for Orchestra Jaap van Zweden, conductorMozart Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, K. 191/186e Jaap van Zweden, conductor David McGill, bassoonMahler Symphony No. 1 in D Major Jaap van Zweden, conductorSchoenberg Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 Daniel Barenboim, conductor

Strauss Ein Heldenleben

17 Jan 2012 2:05:29 EDT

Artist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Description: Please click here to listen to this show in its entirety Semyon Bychkov, conductorPoulenc Concerto for 2 Pianos in D Minor Katya and Marielle Lebeque, pianoStrauss Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 78 David Robertson, conductor

Beethoven 1 and 7

10 Jan 2012 11:00:15 EDT

Artist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Description: Please click here to listen to this show in its entirety Bernard Haitink, conductorBeethoven Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72aBeethoven Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21Beethoven Octet for Winds in E-flat Major, Op. 103 Eugene Izotov and Lora Schaefer, oboes John Bruce Yeh and Gregory Smith, clarinets William Buchman and Dennis Michel, bassoons Daniel Gingrich and Susanna Drake, hornsBeethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 97

Also Sprach Zarathustra

28 Dec 2011 3:39:14 EDT

Artist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Description: Please click here to listen to this show in its entirety Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki makes her CSO debut. Hear the deep, resonant tones of solo bass clarinet when CSO musician J. Lawrie Bloom performs Thea Musgrave's Autumn Sonata. Forever associated with Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, the introduction to Also sprach Zarathustra is one of the most thrilling orchestral moments ever composed.Ives The Unanswered Question Musgrave Autumn Sonata J. Lawrie Bloom, bass clarinetIves Three Places in New EnglandStrauss Also sprach Zarathustra Bernstein Serenade (after Plato's Symposium) Vadim Gluzman, violin Paavo Järvi, conductor

A Faust Symphony

21 Dec 2011 10:47:35 EDT

Artist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Description: Please click here to listen to this show in its entirety Riccardo Muti, conductorWagner Huldigungsmarsch Riccardo Muti, conductorLiszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat Major Riccardo Muti, conductor Michele Campanella, pianoLiszt A Faust Symphony Men from the Chicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe, conductor Eric Cutler, tenorProkofiev Two Scenes from Romeo and Juliet (arr. Joseph Kreines) CSO Brass Dale Clevenger, conductor

Handel Water Music

20 Dec 2011 1:20:10 EDT

Artist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Description: Please click here to listen to this show in its entirety Bernard Labadie, conductorHandel Organ Concerto No. 1 in G Minor Richard Paré, organHandel Organ Concerto No. 4 in F Major Richard Paré, organHandel Water Music (complete)Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat Major, K. 543

Congratulations, Esa-Pekka Salonen!

19 Dec 2011 12:35:01 EDT

Artist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Description: Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Violin Concerto won the prestigious 2012 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, which carries a $100,000 prize. To congratulate Salonen, we’re re-posting the broadcast of this work in its entirety from June 17, 2011, with soloist Leila Josefowicz and Salonen himself conducting. The Chicago Tribune wrote of the performance that, “I have seldom heard more spectacular or committed violin playing than what Josefowicz lavished on the concerto – from memory, at that… The 21st century is barely more than a decade old and already it has produced a major violin concerto fiddlers everywhere will welcome. But none are likely to play it better than Josefowicz.” More information on the concerto and the award can be found here.The concerto was a co-commission by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the New York City Ballet.

Muti and Dufour

13 Dec 2011 1:51:46 EDT

Artist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Description: Please click here to listen to this show in its entirety Music Director Riccardo Muti opens the 2011-2012 season with music by celebrated Italian film composer Nino Rota, best known for his Oscar®-winning score to The Godfather. The Chicago Tribune wrote of CSO Principal Flute Mathieu Dufour, who performs Ibert's spirited concerto, "...he confirmed his uncanny mastery of color and dynamics, filling the hall with a vibrant, crystalline sound." Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony is sure to mesmerize from its funereal beginning to triumphant conclusion.Rota Music from Il Gattopardo (The Leopard)Ibert Flute Concerto, Op. 37 Mathieu Dufour, fluteTchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64Mozart Symphony No. 34 in C Major, K. 338

Ravel Daphnis and Chloe

7 Dec 2011 3:38:28 EDT

Artist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Description: Prokofiev Suite from The Love for Three Oranges Stéphane Denève, conductorProkofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63 Stéphane Denève, conductor Leonidas Kavakos, violinRoussel The Spider's Feast Stéphane Denève, conductorRavel Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe Stéphane Denève, conductorRameau Suite from Naïs Frans Brüggen, conductor