Frederick Stock and the Chicago Symphony, Vol. 3 (CD)

The third in a series devoted to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s second music director, Frederick Stock, hear rare and recently restored recording from 1929 and 1930 on this disc. Included here are some of Stock’s go-to and favorite composers — Glazunov, Goldmark, Strauss and Wagner — as well as two new additions to his discography, Mozart and his own Symphonic Waltz. Each track has been carefully restored and remastered by Mark Obert-Thorn.

Glaznuov Ruses d’amour Suite, Op. 61
December 1929, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
December 1930, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Strauss, Jr. Emperor Waltz, Op. 437
December 1930, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Wagner Tannhäuser, “Festmarsch”
December 1930, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Goldmark Die Königin von Saba (The Queen of Sheba), Ballet Music
December 1930, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Wagner Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III
December 1930, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Stock Symphonic Waltz, Op. 8
December 1930, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Discs: 1
Record Label: Pristine Audio
Release Year: 2023