• Album cover for Artur Rodziński — Complete Chicago Symphony Recordings (2-CD), conducted by Artur Rodziński, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Tonkunstler Orchestra, featuring John Weicher
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Artur Rodziński — Complete Chicago Symphony Recordings (2-CD)

Artur Rodziński — Complete Chicago Symphony Recordings (2-CD)
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Pristine Classical brings together the complete commercial recordings made by Artur Rodziński with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra during his single season as the ensemble’s fourth music director. Recorded for RCA Victor in 1947, the collection includes excerpts from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra, selections from Khachaturian’s Gayaneh Suite and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 (Scottish).

Rodziński made the recordings during an eventful but brief Chicago tenure. He led his first CSO concert on October 9, 1947, and despite strong support from critics and audiences, disputes over artistic control and finances led the Orchestra’s board to announce only three months later that his contract would not be renewed. His three RCA Victor recording sessions from that fall preserve some of the most important documents of his short relationship with the CSO, including his only recording of Also sprach Zarathustra.

The two-disc set also includes Rodziński’s complete 1952 recordings for Remington Records with the Tonkünstler Orchester: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21, and Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a. Originally issued anonymously under the names “Austrian Symphony Orchestra” and “Conductor X,” the recordings add an unusual final chapter to this collection of Rodziński rarities. Restored and remastered by Mark Obert-Thorn.

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