booklet editor Jochen Rudelt booklet editor Texthouse compilation producer Robert Russ conductor Jean Martinon design [ec:ko] Communications tracks 1-1 to 2-4, 7-1 to 9-4, 10-7 engineer [recording] Bernard Keville tracks 2-1, 3-1 to 7-6, 9-5 to 9-8 engineer [recording] Paul Goodman mastered by Richard King tracks 1-1 to 9-8, 10-5 to 10-7 orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra tracks 10-1 to 10-3 producer Georges Kadar tracks 10-1 to 10-3 producer Hellmuth Kolbe tracks 2-1 to 7-6, 9-5 to 9-8 producer Howard H. Scott tracks 1-1 to 1-4, 7-1 to 9-4 producer Joseph Habig tracks 10-7 producer Peter Dellheim research [discographical research] Michael H. Gray research [document research] Michael Panico research [photo research] Frank Villella research [tape research] Anthony Fountain research [tape research] Ryusuke Kozawa tracks 2-2 to 2-4, 3-5, 6-1 to 7-6, 9-5 to 10-3 transferred by [tape transfer], mastered by Andreas K. Meyer tracks 1-1 to 2-1, 5-1 to 5-4, 8-1 to 8-11 transferred by [tape transfer], mastered by Hsi-Ling Chang Phonographic Copyright (p) Sony Music Entertainment Copyright (c) Sony Music Entertainment Distributed By Sony Music Entertainment Recorded At Orchestra Hall, Chicago Recorded At Medinah Temple Mastered At RCA Japan Published By Hendon Music Published By Universal Edition Published By Boosey & Hawkes Published By European American Music Distributors Corporation Published By Theodore Presser Co. Published By Carl Fischer Published By Éditions Durand Pressed By TAKT CD1: Recording: Chicago, Orchestra Hall, November 28, 1964 (tracks 1 to 3); December 1, 1964 (track 4). Matrix Nos.: RRA2-7560 (tracks 1 to 3); RRRA2-7562 (track 4). LP Matrix: RRRM-7538/9 (mono); RRRS-7540/1 (stereo). Original LP: LM/LSC-2860, Released March 22, 1965. ([m=786406]) Tape Transfers & Mastering: RCA Japan (track 4). (P) 1965 Sony Music Entertainment. (Total Time: 36:00).
CD2: Recording: Chicago, Orchestra Hall, March 21, 1966 (track 1), March 19, 1966 (tracks 2 to 4). Matrix Nos.: TRA2-2358 (track 1); TRA2-2355 (track 2); TRA2-2356 (track 3); TRA2-2357 (track 4). LP Matrix: TRRM-2360/1 (mono); TRRS-2362/3 (stereo). Original LP: LM/LSC-2914, Released August 22, 1966. ([m=581086]) Publishers: Hendon Music (track 1); EAM / Universal Edition (tracks 2 to 4). (P) 1966 Sony Music Entertainment. (Total Time: 38:00).
CD3: Recording: Chicago, Orchestra Hall, October 10, 1966 (tracks 1 to 4), December 3, 1966 (track 5). Matrix Nos.: TRA2-6135 (tracks 1 to 4); TRA2-6260 (track 5). LP Matrix: TRRM-6136/7 (mono); TRRS-6138/9 (stereo). Original LP: LM/LSC-2958, Released April 24, 1967. ([m=685754]) (P) 1967 Sony Music Entertainment. (Total Time: 45:17).
CD4: Recording: Chicago, Medinah Temple, April 26, 1967 (tracks 1 to 4 & 6 to 9), May 16, 1967 (track 5); Chicago, Orchestra Hall, December 3, 1966 (track 10). Matrix Nos.: URA2-1665 (track 1); URA2-1666 (track 2); URA2-1667 (track 3); URA2-1668 (track 4); URA2-1644 (track 5); URA2-1669 (track 6); URA2-1670 (track 7); URA2-1671 (track 8); URA2-1672 (track 9); TRA2-6260 (track 10). LP Matrix: URRM-1645/6 (mono); URRS-1647/8 (stereo). Original LP: LM/LSC-2939, Released October 1967. ([m=588745]) Tape Transfers & Mastering: RCA Japan (tracks 1 to 4 & 6 to 10). (P) 1967 Sony Music Entertainment. (Total Time: 53:08).
CD5: Recording: Chicago, Medinah Temple, April 26, 1967 (track 1), October 25, 1967 (tracks 2 to 4). LP Matrix: URRM-1640/1 (mono); URRS-1642/3 (stereo). Original LP: LM/LSC-3004, Released March 1968. ([m=833326]) Publishers: Boosey & Hawkes (track 1); European American Music Dist. (tracks 2 to 4). (P) 1968 Sony Music Entertainment. (Total Time: 42:16).
CD6: Recording: Chicago, Medinah Temple, November 29, 1967 (tracks 1 to 3), October 25, 1967 (tracks 4 to 8). Matrix Nos.: URA2-7113 (track 1); URA2-7114 (track 2); URA2-7115 (track 3); URA2-7112 (tracks 4 to 8). LP Matrix: URRS-7119/8 (stereo). Original LP: LSC-3043, Released August 19, 1968. Publishers: Theodore Presser (tracks 1 to 3); Carl Fischer (tracks 4 to 8). (P) 1968 Sony Music Entertainment. (Total Time: 56:32).
CD7: Recording: Chicago, Medinah Temple, May 16, 1967 (tracks 1 to 3), May 13, 1968 (tracks 4 to 6). LP Matrix: URRS-1692 & VRRS-4136 Original LP: LSC-3052, Released October 21, 1968. ([m=560302]) (P) 1968 Sony Music Entertainment. (Total Time: 43:59).
CD8: Recording: Chicago, Medinah Temple, April 11, 1968 (tracks 1 to 10), May 13, 1968 (track 11). Matrix Nos.: WRA2-1397 (track 1); WRA2-1398 (track 2); WRA2-1399 (track 3); WRA2-1400 (track 4); WRA2-1391 (track 5); WRA2-1392 (track 6); WRA2-1393 (track 7); WRA2-1394 (track 8); WRA2-1395 (track 9); WRA2-1396 (track 10); WRA2-4133 (track 11). LP Matrix: WRRS-1403/4 Original LP: LSC-3093, Released May 1969. ([m=497442]) (P) 1969 Sony Music Entertainment. (Total Time: 47:49).
CD9: Recording: Chicago, Medinah Temple, April 11, 1968 (tracks 1 to 4); Chicago, Orchestra Hall, May 16, 1967 (tracks 5 to 8). LP Matrix: WRRS-4027/4 / AVRS-3905 (tracks 1 to 4); USSR-1693-2 / AVRS-3906 (tracks 5 to 8). Original LP: VICS-1628, Released September 1971. ([m=1136740]) Taper Transfers & Mastering: RCA Japan (tracks 1 to 4). (P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment. (Total Time: 54:37).
CD10: Recording: Paris, June 1, 1969 (tracks 1 to 3); Chicago, Orchestra Hall, March 19, 1966 (track 4), March 21, 1966 (track 7); Chicago, Medinah Temple, May 16, 1967 (tracks 5 &6). Matrix Nos.: TRA2-2359/T1 (track 4); URA2-7120 (track 5); URA2-7121 (track 6). Original LPs: M 30946, Released 1973 (tracks 1 to 3); DLP1-0245, Released May 1977 8track 4); DLP1-0490, Released April 1981 (track 5); DPM1-0302, Released May 1978 (track 6); LSC-5002, Released 1973 (track 7). Taper Transfers & Mastering: RCA Japan (tracks 4 to 7). (P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment. (Total Time: 56:37).
Tape transfers from the original analogue sources and mastering using 24bit / 96kHz technology.
Photos (C) Rosenthal Archives of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra CDs (C) Sony Music Entertainment
Consists of previously released material. This compilation (P) & (C) 2015 Sony Music Entertainment Made in the E.U.
Clamshell cardboard box with discs in individual, original front/back cover artwork, cardboard wallets and a 44-page booklet featuring an essay about the conductor in three languages (English, German, French), photos, and identifications, track listings and credits for each of the included albums.
Notes: The front/back covers are replicas of the original LP releases. Original labels & Cat#s appearing on these replica wallets are proper of the original LP releases and therefore cannot be credited to this 2015 box set release. However, for the sake of completion, most of them are reported above for each individual CD (see also the images section). Tracklist taken from the booklet and for some titles are slightly different from the original back cover replica wallet. English titles were preferred.