Celebrating Frederick Stock

On this week’s broadcast, we’ll salute Frederick Stock, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s second music director, by looking back at his industrious, 37-year tenure in Chicago. Opening the broadcast is Mendelssohn’s Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream from the CSO’s very first commercial recording. The broadcast also includes works by Bartók, Elgar, Scriabin and Paganini. 

Mendelssohn Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
Frederick Stock conductor
1916 (Columbia Graphophone)

Bartók Piano Concerto No. 2
Claudio Abbado conductor
Maurizio Pollini piano
1977 (Deutsche Grammophon)

Elgar Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61
Daniel Barenboim conductor
Itzhak Perlman violin
1981 (Deutsche Grammophon)

Scriabin Prometheus, Op. 60
Pierre Boulez conductor
Anatol Ugorski piano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe director
1996 (Deutsche Grammophon)

Paganini/Stock Moto perpetuo, Op. 11
Frederick Stock conductor
1941 (Columbia)

Production
Brian Wise producer
Charlie Post audio engineer
Lisa Simeone host
Michael Schweppe host engineer
Neil Tevault host engineer

23-45

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