In April 2007, the

Chicago Symphony Orchestra The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) was founded by Theodore Thomas in 1891. The ensemble makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival. The music director is Riccardo Muti, who began his tenure ...

Association launched CSO Resound, its in-house record label. All recordings have been made live in concert in Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, and a complete list of releases, chronological by recording date, is below. *

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throug ...

's Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Myung-Whun Chung, conductor. Recorded on September 21, 22, 23, and 26, 2006 (CSOR 901 803) *

Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism ...

's Symphony No. 3 in D Minor—Chicago Symphony Orchestra;

Bernard Haitink Bernard Johan Herman Haitink (; 4 March 1929 – 21 October 2021) was a Dutch conductor and violinist. He was the principal conductor of several international orchestras, beginning with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1961. He moved to Lond ...

, conductor;

Michelle DeYoung Michelle DeYoung (born 1968 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States) is an American classical vocalist who has an active international career performing in operas and concerts. Early life and education While born in Michigan, DeYoung was ra ...

, mezzo-soprano; Women of the

Chicago Symphony Chorus The Chicago Symphony Chorus began on September 22, 1957, when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) announced that Margaret Hillis would organize and train a symphony chorus. The music director Fritz Reiner's original intent was to utilize the choru ...

( Duain Wolfe, director); Chicago Children’s Choir (Josephine Lee, director). Recorded on October 19, 20, and 21, 2006 (CSOR 901 701) *''Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago'' (

Ernest Bloch Ernest Bloch (July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959) was a Swiss-born American composer. Bloch was a preeminent artist in his day, and left a lasting legacy. He is recognized as one of the greatest Swiss composers in history. As well as producing music ...

's ''

Schelomo ''Schelomo: Rhapsodie Hébraïque for Violoncello and Orchestra'' was the final work of composer Ernest Bloch's ''Jewish Cycle''. ''Schelomo'', which was written in 1915 to 1916, premiered on May 3, 1917, played by cellist Hans Kindler. Artur Bodan ...

'', Byambasuren Sharav's ''Legend of Herlen,''

Lou Harrison Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 – February 2, 2003) was an American composer, music critic, music theorist, painter, and creator of unique musical instruments. Harrison initially wrote in a dissonant, ultramodernist style similar to his form ...

's Pipa Concerto, and

Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, p ...

's ''Scythian'' Suite)—Chicago Symphony Orchestra;

Miguel Harth-Bedoya Miguel Alberto Harth-Bedoya (born 1968) is a Peruvian conductor. He was formerly music director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra from 2000 to 2020 and chief conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra from 2013 to 2020. He is currently Direct ...

and Alan Gilbert, conductors;

Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma (''Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...

, cello;

Wu Man Wu Man (; b. Hangzhou, Zhejiang, January 2, 1963) is a Chinese pipa player and composer. Trained in Pudong-style pipa performance at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, she is known for playing in a broad range of musical styles and i ...

, pipa;

Silk Road Ensemble Silkroad, formerly the Silk Road Project, Inc., is a not-for-profit organization, initiated by the cellist Yo-Yo Ma in 1998, promoting collaboration among artists and institutions, promoting multicultural artistic exchange, and studying the ebb and ...

. Recorded on April 12, 13, and 17, 2007 (Bloch, Sharav, and Harrison), and May 17, 18, 19, and 22, 2007 (Prokofiev) (CSOR 901 801).

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...

for Best Engineered Album–Classical *

Anton Bruckner Josef Anton Bruckner (; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist best known for his symphonies, masses, Te Deum and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-Germ ...

's Symphony No. 7 in E Major—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor. Recorded on May 10, 11, 12, and 15, 2007 (CSOR 901 704) *Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6 in A Minor—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor. Recorded on October 18, 19, 20, and 23, 2007 (CSOR 901 804) *

Francis Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among the best-kno ...

's ''Gloria'' and

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...

's ''Daphnis and Chloe''—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor;

Jessica Rivera Jessica Rivera (born 1974) is an American soprano of Peruvian-American ancestry. Life and career Rivera is a 1996 graduate of Pepperdine University, and earned her Master of Music degree in 1998 from the University of Southern California's USC Th ...

, soprano; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director). Recorded on November 8, 9, and 10, 2007 (CSOR 901 906) *Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 in D Major—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor. Recorded on May 1, 2, and 3, 2008 (CSOR 901 902) *Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4 in C Minor. Op. 43 and ''Beyond the Score: Is Music Dangerous?'' (DVD)—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor;

Gerard McBurney Gerard McBurney (born 20 June 1954) is a British composer, arranger, broadcaster, teacher and writer. Life Born in Cambridge, England, he is the son of Charles McBurney, an American archaeologist, and Anne Francis Edmondstone (née Charles), ...

, narrator;

Nicholas Rudall D. Nicholas Rudall (1940, in Llanelli, Wales – 19 June 2018) was a Welsh professor of classical languages and literature as well as humanities and Ancient Mediterranean history at the University of Chicago. He specialized in Greek drama, and tr ...

, actor. Recorded on May 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13, 2008 (CSOR 901 814).

for

Best Orchestral Performance The Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by man ...

*Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C Minor ''(Resurrection)''—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor; Miah Persson, soprano; Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director). Recorded on November 20, 21, 22, and 25, 2008 (CSOR 901 914) *

Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wag ...

's ''

Ein Heldenleben ''Ein Heldenleben'' (''A Hero's Life''), Op. 40, is a tone poem by Richard Strauss. The work was completed in 1898. It was his eighth work in the genre, and exceeded any of its predecessors in its orchestral demands. Generally agreed to be aut ...

'' and

Anton Webern Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern (3 December 188315 September 1945), better known as Anton Webern (), was an Austrian composer and conductor whose music was among the most radical of its milieu in its sheer concision, even aphorism, and stea ...

's ''Im Sommerwind''—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor. Recorded on December 4, 5, and 6, 2008 (Strauss), and April 23, 24, 25, and 28, 2009 (Webern) (CSOR 901 1002) *

Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...

's ''Messa da Requiem''—Chicago Symphony Orchestra;

Riccardo Muti Riccardo Muti, (; born 28 July 1941) is an Italian conductor. He currently holds two music directorships, at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and at the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini. Muti has previously held posts at the Maggio Musicale ...

, conductor;

Barbara Frittoli Barbara Frittoli (born 19 April 1967) is an Italian operatic soprano, specializing in operas by Verdi and Mozart. She has sung leading roles in opera houses throughout Europe and in the United States, such as La Scala in Milan and the Metropolitan ...

, soprano;

Olga Borodina Olga Vladimirovna Borodina (born 29 July 1963, in Leningrad)Borodina, Ol ...

, mezzo-soprano; Mario Zeffiri, tenor;

Ildar Abdrazakov Ildar Amirovich Abdrazakov (russian: Ильда́р Ами́рович Абдраза́ков; ba, Абдразаҡов Илдар Әмир улы, ''Abdrazaqov İldar Ämir ulı''; born 26 September 1976) is a Russian bass opera singer. Honour ...

, bass; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director). Recorded on January 15, 16, and 17, 2009 (CSOR 901 1006).

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

Grammy Awards for

Best Classical Album The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album was awarded from 1962 to 2011. The award had several minor name changes: *From 1962 to 1963, 1965 to 1972 and 1974 to 1976 the award was known as Album of the Year – Classical *In 1964 and 1977 it wa ...

and

Best Choral Performance The Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance has been awarded since 1961. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time: *In 1961 the award was known as Best Classical Performance - Choral (including oratorio) *Fro ...

Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the ...

's ''Pulcinella'',

Symphony in Three Movements The Symphony in Three Movements is a work by Russian expatriate composer Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky wrote the symphony from 1942–45 on commission by the Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York. It was premièred by the New York Philharmoni ...

, and Four Studies—Chicago Symphony Orchestra;

Pierre Boulez Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war Western classical music. Born in Mont ...

, conductor; Roxana Constatinescu, mezzo-soprano; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Kyle Ketelsen, bass-baritone. Recorded on February 26, 27, 28, and March 3, 2009 (Symphony in Three Movements and Four Studies), and March 5, 6, and 7, 2009 (''Pulcinella'') (CSOR 901 918) *

Hector Berlioz In Greek mythology, Hector (; grc, Ἕκτωρ, Hektōr, label=none, ) is a character in Homer's Iliad. He was a Trojan prince and the greatest warrior for Troy during the Trojan War. Hector led the Trojans and their allies in the defense o ...

's ''Symphonie fantastique,'' Op. 14 and ''Lélio,'' Op. 14b—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor;

Gérard Depardieu Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu, CQ (, , ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, filmmaker, businessman and vineyard owner since 1989 who is one of the most prolific thespians in film history having completed over 250 films since 1967 alm ...

, narrator; Mario Zeffiri, tenor; Kyle Ketelsen, bass-baritone; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director). Recorded on September 23, 24, 25, and 28, 2010 (CSOR 901 1501) *''Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live'' (works by

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

, Gabrieli,

Grainger Grainger may refer to: Places *Grainger, Alberta, a locality in Canada *Grainger County, Tennessee, a county located in Tennessee, United States *Grainger Falls, a waterfall in Chalky Inland, Fiordland, New Zealand *Grainger Market, a covered mark ...

, Prokofiev, Revueltas, and

Walton Walton may refer to: People * Walton (given name) * Walton (surname) * Susana, Lady Walton (1926–2010), Argentine writer Places Canada * Walton, Nova Scotia, a community ** Walton River (Nova Scotia) *Walton, Ontario, a hamlet United Kingdo ...

)—Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass;

Dale Clevenger Dale Clevenger (July 2, 1940 – January 5, 2022) was an American musician who was the Principal Horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1966 until his retirement in June, 2013.

, Jay Friedman, Michael Mulcahy, and Mark Ridenour, conductors. Recorded on December 16, 17, and 18, 2010 (CSOR 901 1101) *Giuseppe Verdi's ''

Otello ''Otello'' () is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play ''Othello''. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 5 February 1887. Th ...

''—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor; Aleksandrs Antonenko, tenor (Otello);

Krassimira Stoyanova Krassimira Stoyanova (; born 16 August 1962) is a Bulgarian soprano. Born in Veliko Tarnovo, she studied violin at the Conservatory and singing and violin at the Plovdiv Music Academy. She made her professional debut in 1995 at the Sofia National ...

, soprano (Desdemona); Carlo Guelfi, baritone (Iago); Barbara di Castri, mezzo-soprano (Emilia); Juan Francisco Gatell, tenor (Cassio);

Michael Spyres Michael Spyres is an American operatic baritenor. He is particularly associated with the bel canto repertoire, especially the works of Rossini, and heroic roles in French grand opera. Biography Michael Spyres was born in 1979 in Missouri, US, and ...

, tenor (Roderigo); Paolo Battaglia, bass (Montano); Eric Owens, bass-baritone (Lodovico); David Govertsen, bass (A herald); Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director); Chicago Children’s Choir (Josephine Lee, director). Recorded on April 7, 9, and 12, 2011 (CSOR 901 1301) *''Riccardo Muti Conducts

Mason Bates Mason Wesley Bates (born January 23, 1977) is a Grammy award-winning American composer of symphonic music and DJ of electronic dance music. He is the first composer-in-residence of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and he has also bee ...

and

Anna Clyne Anna Clyne (born 9 March 1980, in London) is an English composer, now resident in New York, US. She has worked in both acoustic music and electro-acoustic music. Biography Clyne began writing music as a child, completing her first composition a ...

'' (Anna Clyne's ''Night Ferry'' and Mason Bates's ''Alternative Energy'')—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor; Recorded on February 2, 3, 4, and 7, 2012 (Bates), and February 9, 10, and 11, 2012 (Clyne) (CSOR 901 1401) *

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...

's ''Kol Nidre,'' Op. 39 and Dmitri Shostakovich's Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor; Ildar Abdrazakov, bass; Alberto Mizrahi, narrator; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director). Recorded on March 15, 16, and 17, 2012 (Schoenberg), and June 14, 16, and 19, 2012 (Shostakovich) (CSOR 901 1602) *Sergei Prokofiev's Suite from ''

Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetim ...

''—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor. Recorded on October 3, 5, 8, and 11, 2013 (CSOR 901 1402) *Mason Bates's ''

Anthology of Fantastic Zoology ''Anthology of Fantastic Zoology'' is an orchestral symphony by the American composer Mason Bates. The work was commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, for whom Bates was then composer-in-residence. It was premiered June 18, 2015 at Symp ...

''—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor. Recorded on June 18, 19, and 20, 2015 (CSOR 901 1601) *Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 in D Minor—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor. Recorded on June 23, 25, and 26, 2016 (CSOR 901 1701) *''Riccardo Muti Conducts Italian Masterworks'' (

's Overture and Gli arredi festivi from ''

Nabucco ''Nabucco'' (, short for Nabucodonosor ; en, " Nebuchadnezzar") is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed in 1841 by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. The libretto is based on the biblical books of 2 Kings, ...

,'' Patria oppressa! from ''

Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...

,'' and Overture to ''

I vespri siciliani ''I vespri siciliani'' (; ''The Sicilian Vespers'') is a five-act Italian opera originally written in French for the Paris Opéra by the Italian romantic composer Giuseppe Verdi and translated into Italian shortly after its premiere in June 1855 ...

;''

Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Puccini (Lucca, 22 December 1858Bruxelles, 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long li ...

's Intermezzo from ''

Manon Lescaut ''The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut'' ( ) is a novel by Antoine François Prévost. Published in 1731, it is the seventh and final volume of ''Mémoires et aventures d'un homme de qualité'' (''Memoirs and Adventures of a Ma ...

;''

Pietro Mascagni Pietro Mascagni (7 December 1863 – 2 August 1945) was an Italian composer primarily known for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece ''Cavalleria rusticana'' caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and single-handedly ushered in the ' ...

's Intermezzo from ''

Cavalleria rusticana ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (; Italian for "rustic chivalry") is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 short story of the same name and subsequent play b ...

;'' and

Arrigo Boito Arrigo Boito (; 24 February 1842 10 June 1918) (whose original name was Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito and who wrote essays under the anagrammatic pseudonym of Tobia Gorrio) was an Italian poet, journalist, novelist, librettist and composer, best ...

's Prologue to ''

Mefistofele ''Mefistofele'' () is an opera in a prologue and five acts, later reduced to four acts and an epilogue, the only completed opera with music by the Italian composer-librettist Arrigo Boito (there are several completed operas for which he was libret ...

'')—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor; Riccardo Zanellato, bass; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director); Chicago Children's Choir (Josephine Lee, director). Recorded on June 22, 23, 24, and 25, 2017 (CSOR 901 1801) *Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13 in B-flat Minor, Op. 113 ''(Babi Yar)''—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor; Alexey Tikhomirov, bass; Men of the Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director). Recorded on September 21, 22, and 25, 2018 (CSOR 901 1901)

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

Grammy Award for

Best Engineered Album, Classical The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, Classical has been awarded since 1959. The award had several minor name changes: *In 1959 the award was known as Best Engineered Record (Classical) *From 1960 to 1962 it was awarded as Best Enginee ...

. *

's ''

Cavalleria Rusticana ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (; Italian for "rustic chivalry") is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 short story of the same name and subsequent play b ...

''—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor;

Anita Rachvelishvili Anita Rachvelishvili ( ka, ანიტა რაჭველიშვილი, ra-tch—veli-shvili,

, mezzo-soprano (Santuzza); Piero Pretti, tenor (Turiddu); Luca Salsi, baritone (Alfio); Ronnita Miller, mezzo-soprano (Lucia);

Sasha Cooke Sasha Cooke is an American mezzo-soprano. Cooke was born in Riverside, California, and grew up in College Station, Texas, where her parents are professors of Russian at Texas A&M University. She earned a bachelor's degree from Rice University and ...

, mezzo-soprano (Lola); Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director). Recorded on February 6, 7, and 8, 2020 (CSOR 901 2201) *''Contemporary American Composers'' ( Jessie Montgomery's ''Hymn for Everyone'', Max Raimi's ''Three Lisel Mueller Settings'', and

Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimal music, minimalism, being built up fr ...

's Symphony No. 11)—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor; Elizabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano. Recorded on March 22, 23, and 24, 2018 (Raimi), February 17, 18, and 19, 2022 (Glass), and April 28, 30, and May 3, 2022 (Montgomery) (CSOR 901 2301)

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