Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. 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. The orchestra's most recent music director is Riccardo Muti, whose tenure spanned 13 seasons, from 2010–2023. The CSO is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". |
Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1891
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1916 - 1945
Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group
Notes: Formed under the name Chicago Orchestra in 1891; renamed Theodore Thomas Orchestra in 1906; renamed Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1912.
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | CVE-34049 | 12-in. | 12/19/1925 | Carneval overture | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-34050 | 12-in. | 12/19/1925 | Carneval overture | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-34054 | 12-in. | 12/20/1925 | In springtime : Overture | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-34055 | 12-in. | 12/20/1925 | In springtime : Overture | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-34065 | 10-in. | 12/22/1925 | To a water-lily | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-34066 | 10-in. | 12/22/1925 | To a wild rose | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-34067 | 12-in. | 12/22/1925 | Valse triste | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-34068 | 12-in. | 12/22/1925 | Serenade, op. 63 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-34069 | 12-in. | 12/22/1926 | Fairy tales : Folkdance | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-34069 | 10-in. | 12/22/1925 | Fairy tales : Intermezzo | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-37270 | 12-in. | 12/20/1926 | Die Meistersinger : Overture | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-37271 | 12-in. | 12/20/1926 | Die Meistersinger : Overture | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-37272 | 12-in. | 12/20/1926 | Wine, woman, and song | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-37274 | 12-in. | 12/21/1926 | Southern roses | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-37275 | 12-in. | 12/21/1926 | Mignon : Overture | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-37276 | 12-in. | 12/21/1926 | Mignon : Overture | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-37277 | 12-in. | 12/21/1926 | Hungarian dances : Nos. 17-19, part 1 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-37281 | 12-in. | 12/22/1926 | Largo | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra and organ | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-37282 | 12-in. | 12/22/1926 | Pomp and circumstance march | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra and organ | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-37283 | 12-in. | 12/22/1926 | Hungarian dances : Nos. 20 and 21 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-37284 | 12-in. | 12/22/1926 | Slavonic dance no. 8 in G minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41382 | 12-in. | 12/18/1927 | Symphony no. 5, in E minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41383 | 12-in. | 12/18/1927 | Symphony no. 5, in E minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41384 | 12-in. | 12/19/1927 | Symphony no. 5, in E minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41385 | 12-in. | 12/19/1927 | Symphony no. 5, in E minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41386 | 12-in. | 12/19/1927 | Symphony no. 5, in E minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41387 | 12-in. | 12/19/1927 | Symphony no. 5, in E minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41388 | 12-in. | 12/19/1927 | Symphony no. 5, in E minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41389 | 12-in. | 12/19/1927 | Symphony no. 5, in E minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41390 | 12-in. | 12/19/1927 | Symphony no. 5, in E minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41391 | 12-in. | 12/19/1927 | Symphony no. 5, in E minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41392 | 12-in. | 12/20/1927 | Symphony no. 5, in E minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41393 | 12-in. | 12/20/1927 | Symphony no. 5, in E minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-48764 | 12-in. | 12/17/1928 | Russlan and Ludmilla : Overture | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-48765 | 12-in. | 12/17/1928 | Suite no. 2, in B minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-48766 | 12-in. | 12/17/1928 | Suite no. 2, in B minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-48767 | 12-in. | 12/17/1928 | Suite no. 2, in B minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-48768 | 12-in. | 12/17/1928 | Suite no. 2, in B minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-48769 | 12-in. | 12/18/1928 | Suite | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-48770 | 12-in. | 12/18/1928 | Suite | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-48771 | 12-in. | 12/18/1928 | Suite | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-48772 | 12-in. | 12/19/1928 | Suite | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-48773 | 12-in. | 12/19/1928 | Suite | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-48774 | 12-in. | 12/19/1928 | Suite | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-48775 | 12-in. | 12/19/1928 | Pas d'action | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-48776 | 12-in. | 12/19/1928 | Träume | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-56883 | 12-in. | 12/22/1930 | Symphony no. 40, in G minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-56884 | 12-in. | 12/22/1930 | Symphony no. 40, in G minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-56885 | 12-in. | 12/22/1930 | Symphony no. 40, in G minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-56886 | 12-in. | 12/22/1930 | Symphony no. 40, in G minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-56887 | 12-in. | 12/22/1930 | Symphony no. 40, in G minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-56888 | 12-in. | 12/22/1930 | Symphony no. 40, in G minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-56889 | 12-in. | 12/23/1930 | Emperor waltz | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-56890 | 12-in. | 12/23/1930 | Emperor waltz | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-56891 | 12-in. | 12/23/1930 | Tannhäuser : Fest march | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-56892 | 12-in. | 12/23/1930 | Queen of Sheba : Ballet music | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-56893 | 12-in. | 12/23/1930 | Queen of Sheba : Ballet music | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-56894 | 12-in. | 12/23/1930 | Lohengrin : Prelude to act 3 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-56895 | 12-in. | 12/23/1930 | Symphonic waltz | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-56896 | 12-in. | 12/23/1930 | Symphonic waltz | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-57266 | 10-in. | 12/17/1929 | Du und du, part 1 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-57267 | 10-in. | 12/17/1929 | Du und du, part 2 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-57268 | 10-in. | 12/17/1929 | The bartered bride : Overture | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-57269 | 10-in. | 12/17/1929 | The bartered bride : Overture | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-57270 | 12-in. | 12/17/1929 | Symphony no. 1, in B flat | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-57271 | 12-in. | 12/17/1929 | Symphony no. 1, in B flat | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-57272 | 12-in. | 12/17/1929 | Symphony no. 1, in B flat | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-57273 | 12-in. | 12/18/1929 | Symphony no. 1, in B flat | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-57274 | 12-in. | 12/18/1929 | Symphony no. 1, in B flat | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-57275 | 12-in. | 12/18/1929 | Symphony no. 1, in B flat | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-57276 | 12-in. | 12/18/1929 | Symphony no. 1, in B flat | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-57277 | 12-in. | 12/18/1929 | Ruses d'amour (ballet en un acte) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-57278 | 12-in. | 12/18/1929 | Ballabile des paysans et des paysannes | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | D5RC-1648 | 12-in. | 12/12/1945 | Concerto in D, op. 35, part 3 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Désiré Defauw ; Erica Morini | Violin and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 48763 | 12-in. | 5/1/1916 | Wedding march | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 48764 | 12-in. | 5/1/1916 | Ride of the Valkyries | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 48765 | 12-in. | 5/1/1916 | Hjertesaar | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 48766 | 12-in. | 5/2/1916 | Spring | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 48769 | 12-in. | 5/2/1916 | Nocturne | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 48770 | 12-in. | 5/2/1916 | Danse bacchanale | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 48772 | 12-in. | 5/2/1916 | Sleeping Beauty waltz | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 48776 | 12-in. | 5/2/1916 | The bee | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 48793 | 12-in. | 5/8/1916 | Largo | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 48794 | 12-in. | 5/8/1916 | Carmen : Two Spanish dances | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 48795 | 12-in. | 5/9/1916 | Symphony no. 5 : Andante cantabile | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 48796 | 12-in. | 5/8/1916 | Processional of the Knights of the Holy Grail | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 48803 | 12-in. | 5/8/1916 | Lohengrin : Prelude | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49193 | 12-in. | 5/14/1917 | Poet and peasant : Overture | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49194 | 12-in. | 5/15/1917 | Poet and peasant : Overture | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49195 | 12-in. | 5/14/1917 | Thousand and one nights | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49196 | 12-in. | 5/15/1917 | Mignon : Overture, part 1 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49197 | 12-in. | 5/15/1917 | Mignon : Overture, part 2 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49201 | 12-in. | 5/15/1917 | Jewels of the Madonna : Intermezzo | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49203 | 12-in. | 5/16/1917 | Madrigale | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49204 | 12-in. | 5/16/1917 | Grande valse | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49205 | 12-in. | 5/28/1917 | Star Spangled Banner | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49206 | 12-in. | 5/28/1917 | American patrol | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49207 | 12-in. | 5/16/1917 | Voci di primavera | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock | Orchestra | Musical group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Chicago Symphony Orchestra," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102127.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102127.
"Chicago Symphony Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Chicago Symphony Orchestra - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50059699
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