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. Klaus Mäkelä was named music director-designate in 2024, with his first contractual season to begin in 2027. 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. The CSO is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five".

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

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

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

Claudio Abbado & Chicago Symphony Orchestra - 2017-04-21T00:00:00.000000Z

You Have Heard This Before: Classical Music in Movies and OST - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Brahms: Double Concerto - Mendelssohn, Stravinsky & Prokofiev: Violin Concertos - 2015-08-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Solti - Wagner - The Operas - 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12 - 1993-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mahler 8 "Symphony of a Thousand" - 1972-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - 2009-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Ode To Joy From Symphony No. 9 - 2009-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique - 2003-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 - 1998-08-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & 1812 Overture - 1996-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite - 1990-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Symphony No.9 - 1987-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "Organ" - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Franck: Symphony in D Minor - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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