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Prominent conductor of opera and symphonic music in the twentieth century. (December 19, 1888 – November 15, 1963).
Reiner was born in Budapest, Hungary to a secular Jewish family that resided in the Pest area of the city. After preliminary studies in law at his father’s urging, Reiner pursued the study of piano, piano pedagogy, and composition at the Franz Liszt Academy. During his last two years there his piano teacher was the young Béla Bartók.
He worked at opera houses in Budapest and Dresden, where he worked closely with Richard Strauss. He moved to the United States in 1922 to take the post of Principal Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He remained until 1931, having become a naturalized citizen in 1928, leaving to teach at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, where his pupils included Leonard Bernstein, Lukas Foss and Nino Rota.
He conducted The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1938 to 1948 and made a few recordings with them for Columbia Records. He then spent several years at The Metropolitan Opera, where he conducted a historic production of Strauss's Salome in 1949, and the American premiere of Igor Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress in 1951.
Reiner's focus had been on American music since his arrival in Cincinnati, but after the WWII he began increasing his European activity. When he became music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1953 he had a completely international reputation. By common consent, the ten years that he spent in Chicago mark the pinnacle of his career, and are best-remembered today through the many recordings he made in Chicago's Orchestra Hall for RCA Victor from 1954 to 1963.
2023
Urania Records (4)
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2022
Diapason
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2021
Biddulph Recordings
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2021
2020
Sony Classical, Columbia Masterworks
9xFile, FLAC, Comp, Mono, RM, 24-
2020
Firenze City Magazine
CD
2020
Sony Classical
14xCD, Mono, RE, RM + Box, Comp
2020
The Intense Media, Documents
10xCD, Comp, RE + Box, Wal
2020
Diapason
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2019
Diapason
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2019
Diapason
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2019
High Definition Tape Transfers
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2019
2018
Diapason
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2018
RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical
3xSACD, Hybrid, Comp, Ltd, RM
2018
La Discothèque Idéale De Diapason
10xCD + Box, Comp
2017
Praga Digitals
CD, Comp, RM
2017
Analogue Productions, RCA Victor Red Seal
2xLP, Album, RE, RM, 180
2016
RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical, Sony Music
5xCD, Comp + Box
2016
Blue Moon (4)
CD, Comp
2015
Les Diapason D'Or
11xCD, Comp, Mono, RE
2015
Immortal Performances (3)
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2014
RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical
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2014
Sony Classical
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2014
High Definition Tape Transfers
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2014
Blue Moon (4)
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2014
Blue Moon (4)
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2014
Urania Records (4)
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2013
Diapason
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2013
RCA Victor Red Seal, RCA Red Seal, Sony Music, Sony Classical
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2013
Sony Classical Originals
CD, Album, Comp, RE
2013
2011
Urania Records (4)
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2011
Pristine Audio
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2010
RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical, Sony Music
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2010
RCA Red Seal
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2010
RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical
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2010
RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical, Sony Music
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2010
Pristine Audio
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2009
RCA Victor Red Seal, Classic Records
12", S/Sided, Single, RM, 200
2009
Walhall Eternity Series
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2009
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Diapason
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2008
JVC
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2007
Testament
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Decca, SBS (3), SBS WeatherWatch
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2006
Walhall
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2006
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Documents
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2005
Andante
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2005
Testament
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2005
Orfeo (2), Orfeo D'Or, Wiener Staatsoper Live
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2005
Naxos
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2005
Mambran Music Ltd, Documents
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2005
Testament
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2004
IMG Artists, EMI Classics
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2004
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Worten
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2003
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Magic Talent
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2002
RCA Classics
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2002
RCA Red Seal, BMG France
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2002
RCA Red Seal, BMG Classics
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2002
Sony Classical
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2002
RCA Red Seal, BMG Classics
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2002
RCA Red Seal, BMG Classics
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2002
RCA Red Seal
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2002
Archipel (4)
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2002
Naxos Historical
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2002
RCA Red Seal, BMG Classics
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2001
RCA Red Seal, BMG Classics
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RCA Red Seal, BMG Classics
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2001
RCA Red Seal, BMG Classics
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2001
RCA Red Seal, BMG Classics
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2000
Biddulph Recordings
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2000
Decca
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2000
Arkadia
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2000
History
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1999
RCA Red Seal, BMG
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1999
RCA Red Seal, RCA, RCA
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1999
The Piano Library
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1998
RCA Victor, BMG Classics
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1997
Lys
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Sony Classical, Sony Classical
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RCA Victor
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EMI Classics
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1996
Sony Classical
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1996
Lys
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Lys
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Pittsburgh Symphony Society
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