Program notes on the orchestra and biographical notes on the conductors (31 p. : ill.) laid in container.

Compact discs.

Principally analog recordings.

Recorded 1929-1984.

Symphony no. 1 in B-flat, op. 38 : Spring / Schumann (Frederick Stock, conductor)

Rédemption : poème symphonique / Franck (Désiré Defauw, conductor)

Tristan und Isolde. Liebestod / Wagner (Artur Rodzinski, conductor)

Ma vlast. The Moldau (Rafael Kubelík, conductor)

Don Juan : op. 20 / Strauss (Fritz Reiner, conductor)

Hungarian sketches : op. 38 / Bartók (Fritz Reiner, conductor)

Concerto for seven wind instruments, timpani, percussion, and strings / Martin (Jean Martinon, conductor)

Messa da Requiem. Dies irae / Verdi (Georg Solti, conductor ; with Leontyne Price, soprano, Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano, Veriano Luchetti, tenor, José van Dam, bass, Chicago Symphony Chorus)

Russian Easter overture : op. 36 / Rimsky-Korsakov (Leopold Stokowski, conductor)

Variations on "America" / Ives (Morton Gould, conductor)

A night on bald mountain / Mussorgsky (Seiji Ozawa, conductor)

Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74. Mvt. 2 (James Levine, conductor)

Piano concerto in A minor, op. 54. Mvt. 3 / Schumann (Artur Rubinstein, piano ; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor)

Piano concerto no. 2 in B-flat, op. 83. Mvt. 1 (Sviatoslav Richter, piano ; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor)

Violin concerto in D minor, op. 47. Mvt. 3 / Sibelius (Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Walter Hendl, conductor).

Requiems > Excerpts.

Concertos (Piano) > Excerpts.

Concertos (Violin) > Excerpts.