Celebrating Jean Martinon

Jean Martinon—born on January 10, 1910—served as seventh music director from 1963 until 1968. He led the world premiere of his Altitudes Symphony to celebrate the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s seventy-fifth season in 1965. Several principal musicians are featured in Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro and Martin’s Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion, and String Orchestra, and Martinon also leads Bizet’s Symphony in C Major, Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, and second music director Frederick Stock’s orchestration of Paganini’s Moto perpetuo.

Ravel Introduction and Allegro for Harp with Strings, Flute, and Clarinet
Jean Martinon conductor
Edward Druzinsky harp
Donald Peck flute
Clark Brody clarinet
May 1968 (RCA)

Bizet Symphony in C Major
Jean Martinon conductor
April 1968 (RCA)

Martin Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion, and String Orchestra
Jean Martinon conductor
Donald Peck flute
Ray Still oboe
Clark Brody clarinet
Willard Elliot bassoon
Dale Clevenger horn
Adolph Herseth trumpet
Jay Friedman trombone
Donald Koss timpani
March 1966 (RCA)

Ravel Mother Goose Suite
Jean Martinon conductor
April 1968 (RCA)

Martinon Symphony No. 4 (Altitudes)
Jean Martinon conductor
November 1967 (RCA)

Paganini/Stock Moto perpetuo, Op. 11
Jean Martinon conductor
March 1966 (RCA)

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