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.

Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Op. 98 - Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 (Remastered 2025) - 2025-12-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Daniel Barenboim & Chicago Symphony Orchestra - From Beethoven & Brahms to Ravel & Bernstein - 2025-04-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie - 2025-02-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Johann Strauss II: An der schönen blauen Donau, Kaiserwalzer, Radetzky March, Pizzicato-Polka & Die Fledermaus - 2025-01-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Klaus Tennstedt Live, Vol. 4 (Remastered 2024) - 2024-08-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Klaus Tennstedt Live, Vol. 2 - 2024-08-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Historical Beethoven - 2023-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de feu; Feu d'artifice; 4 Etudes - 2023-07-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Contemporary American Composers - 2023-06-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Twentieth Century Classics, Vol. 5 (2023 Remaster) - 2023-02-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Mahler Das Lied von der Erde - 2022-11-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Martinon Conducts Prokofiev & Varèse (Live) [Remastered 2022] - 2022-09-23T00:00:00.000000Z

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) - 2022-09-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (Live) - 2022-09-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra - 2022-04-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Rossini Overtures - 2022-03-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Bruckner, Mahler, Schoenberg - 2022-02-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 - 2021-08-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Symphonies of George Friedrich Handel, Ernest Bloch & Bohuslav Martinu - 2020-04-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 113 "Babi Yar" (Live) - 2020-01-17T00:00:00.000000Z

An American Wins in Russia - 2019-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Riccardo Muti Conducts Italian Masterworks (Live) - 2018-12-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 & Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33 (Remastered) - 2018-11-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Edgard Varèse: Amériques, Offrandes, Intégrales, Arcana, Ecuatorial, Nocturnal - 2018-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Arrangements or Transfigurations - 2017-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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