Béla BartókMusic for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta; Paul HindemithSymphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber; Arnold SchoenbergFive Pieces for Orchestra (Op. 16) – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Rafael Kubelík (Mercury/Decca; 1951-54/2005)


Béla BartókConcerto for Orchestra – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner (RCA/Sony Classical; 1956/2016)


Richard StraussAlso sprach Zarathustra; Ein Heldenleben – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner (RCA/Sony Classical; 1954/2012)


Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphonies Nos. 101 in D (“Clock”) and 95 in C minor – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner (RCA/Sony Classical; 1964/2013)


Edgard VarèseArcana; Frank Martin – Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion, and String Orchestra; Carl Nielsen – Symphony No. 4 (Op. 29, “The Inextinguishable”); Helios Overture; Jean Martinon – Symphony No. 4 (Op. 53 “Altitudes”); Peter Mennin – Symphony No. 7 in One Movement (“Variation Symphony”) – Chicago Symphony Otchestra/Jean Martinon (RCA/Sony Classical; 1966-67/2015)


Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 8 in B minor (D. 759, “Unfinished”); Benjamin BrittenSerenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings – Robert Tear, Dale Clevenger, Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini (Deutsche Grammophon; 1976-78/2011)


Gustav Mahler– Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor; Sergei ProkofievScythian Suite; Lieutenant Kijé Suite – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado (Deutsche Grammophon; 1977, 1981/2017)


Arnold Schoenberg – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra – Peter Serkin, Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa (RCA/Sony Classical; 1968/2017)


David Del TrediciFinal Alice – Barbara Hendricks, Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Georg Solti (Decca; 1981)


Michael TippettByzantium; Symphony No. 4 – Faye Robinson, Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Georg Solti (Decca; 1981/1993)


Giuseppe VerdiRequiem – Leontyne Price, Janet Baker, Veriano Luchetti, José Van Dam, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Georg Solti (RCA Red Seal; 1977)


Richard WagnerDer fliegende Holländer – Overture; Tannhäuser – Overture; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Prelude; Tristan und Isolde – Prelude & Liebestod (concert version); Hector Berlioz – Overture Les francs-juges; Ludwig van BeethovenLeonore Overture No. 3 – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Georg Solti (Decca; 1978)


Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A; Coriolan Overture – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Georg Solti (Decca; 1975)


Toshiya TsunodaExtract from Field Recording Archive (Erstwhile; due May 24, 2019)


Murcof x Vanessa WagnerStatea (InFiné; 2016)


Edgard VarèseAmériques; Arcana; Déserts; Ionisation – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Boulez (Deutsche Grammophon; 2001)


Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 9 in D – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Boulez (Deutsche Grammophon; 1998)


Witold Lutosławski – Concerto for Orchestra; Symphony No. 3 – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim (Erato/Elatus; 1993/2002)

Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 9 in D minor – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim (Deutsche Grammophon; 1976/2011. Audio sample here.)

Igor StravinskyLe sacre du printemps; Claude DebussyLa mer; Pierre BoulezNotations I-IV, VII – VII – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim (Teldec; 2001. Available on Naxos Music Library.)


Wilhelm Furtwängler – Symphony No. 2 in E minor – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim (Teldec; 2002)


Mournful CongregationThe Incubus of Karma (20 Buck Spin; 2018)


Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 4 in C minor – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Bernard Haitink (CSO Resound; 2008)


Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 7 in E – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Bernard Haitink (CSO Resound; 2007)


Anna ClyneNight Ferry; Mason BatesAlternative Energy – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Riccardo Muti (CSO Resound; 2014)


Mieczysław Weinberg – Symphonies Nos. 2 and 21 (“Kaddish”) – Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (Deutsche Grammophon; due May 17, 2019)

John Luther AdamsBecome Desert – Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony/Ludovic Morlot (Cantaloupe Music; due June 14, 2019. Audio sample here.)


Sergei Prokofiev – Suite from Romeo and Juliet – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Riccardo Muti (CSO Resound; 2014)