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Eva and Victor Aitay in Wilmette in August 1963
Victor Aitay collection, Rosenthal Archives of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association
A member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for fifty seasons, Victor Aitay (1921–2012) attended the Franz Liszt Royal Academy in his native Hungary, where Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, and Leo Weiner were on faculty. During his tenure as the Orchestra’s concertmaster, Aitay recorded the first-chair violin solos in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade as well as the Benedictus from Beethoven’s Missa solemnis.
Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade, Op. 35
Seiji Ozawa conductor
Victor Aitay violin
June and July 1969 (RCA)
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D Minor
Sir Georg Solti conductor
November 1993 (London)
Weiner Prince Csongor and the Goblins
Sir Georg Solti conductor
November 1993 (London)
Bartók Hungarian Sketches
Fritz Reiner conductor
December 1958 (RCA)
Kodály Háry János Suite
Neeme Järvi conductor
February 1990 (Chandos)
Beethoven Benedictus from Missa solemnis in D Major, Op. 123
Sir Georg Solti conductor
Victor Aitay violin
Lucia Popp soprano
Yvonne Minton mezzo-soprano
Mallory Walker tenor
Gwynne Howell bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis director
May 1977 (London)
From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years—featuring recordings from the CSO’s vast discography, including releases on CSO Resound—is a cultural and community partnership between the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association and WFMT, Chicago’s Classical Music Station.
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