Seiji Ozawa: Complete RCA Recordings (6-CD)

"The Chicago Symphony is one of the greatest orchestras I have ever conducted, and I have had no greater glory in music than I have experienced here." With those words, Seiji Ozawa singled out the significance of his Ravinia Festival tenure and ensuing collaboration with the CSO. Between 1965 and 1968, Seiji Ozawa and the orchestra made a series of remarkable albums for RCA. Collected here, these recordings represent an early high point in the Japanese maestro's long and distinguished recording career.

Bartók Piano Concerto No. 1
Peter Serkin piano
1965, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3
Peter Serkin piano
1965, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
1967, Medinah Temple, Chicago

Britten Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
1967, Medinah Temple, Chicago

Stravinsky Fireworks, Op. 4
1968, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Stravinsky Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
1968, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Schoenberg Piano Concerto, Op. 42
Peter Serkin piano
1967, Medinah Temple, Chicago

Schoenberg Five Piano Pieces, Op. 23
Peter Serkin piano

Schoenberg Fantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47
Arnold Steinhardt violin
Peter Serkin piano

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64
1968, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Mussorgsky A Night on Bald Mountain (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov)
1968, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
1968, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 (Unfinished)
1968, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Discs: 6
Record Label: RCA
Release Date: April 21, 2017