Cassette: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Marathon Audio Cassettes, HISTORIC RECORDINGS

Chicago Symphony Orchestra – The Radio Marathon Recordings (1976-1986)

Taken from Historic Radio Broadcasts and CSO recordings

Hard-to-Find

DESCRIPTION

27 Audio Cassettes and boxes in good condition. Seldom played

There are not pictures of each cassette, due to eBay limitations. If you have questions, then please ask.

The recordings feature the CSO playing under conductors such as Stock, Defauw, Rodzinski, Kubelik, Reiner, Martinon, Giulini, Solti, Maazel, Abbado, Barenboim, Levine, and Blomstedt.

Marathon I - 1976, "From Stock to Solti"

Marathon II - 1977, "Chicago"

Marathon III - 1978, "Encore"

Marathon IV - 1979, "Spring"

Marathon V - 1980, "Mostly Bach"

Marathon VI -1981, "Vivace"

Marathon VII - 1982, "con brio"

Marathon VIII - 1983, "Balletmania"

Marathon IX - 1984, "Make a Joyful Noise"

Marathon XI - 1986, 2 cassettes, "The Reiner Era"

Frederick Stock - unpublished CSO Recordings

Frederick Stock - conducting "Pops"

Stock conducting CSO - Originally issued on Columbia 78 rpm records

Stock and Defauw conducting "pops"

Stock and Schnabel, 1942, Beethoven, piano concerto #4

Stock and Schnabel, 1942, Beethoven, piano concerto #5

Reiner, 1954, Beethoven, symphony #3

Defauw conducting Borodin, symphony #2 (1947), Respighi "The Birds" (1945)

Stock conducting Chausson, symphony in B flat major, Orch Hall, 1941

Stock conducting Dohnanyi, Suite in F-sharp minor (issued as Victrola Set M47)

Rodzinski conducts Mendelssohn, symphony #3, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 1947

Defauw conducts Strauss's Burlesqu, Arrau (piano), and Weber Konzertstuck in F minor, Orchestra Hall, 1946

Levine conducts Dvorak celo concerto, Matt Haimovitz (cello), Nielsen, symphony #3, conducted by Blomstedt , WFMT radio broadcast

Stock conducts Tchaikovsky Concerto in D major for violin, (Milstein), Orchestra Hall, 1940

Lorin Maazel conducts world premiere performance of Old Russian Circus Music, by Shchedrin, WFMT radio broadcast

These recordings were issued by WFMT, in Chicago, and were recorded on Memorex MRX1, Maxell UR60, and TDK D60 audio cassettes.

All audio tapes up for auction are taken from my personal collection.

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