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為紀念20世紀最偉大的指揮之一蕭提爵士（Sir Georg Solti, 1912 - 1997）逝世20週年，以及慶賀芝加哥交響樂團創立125週年，DECCA特別推出這套包含108張CD，收錄大師與樂團合作的完整錄音全集。
　　蕭提大師與DECCA簽約合作長達半個世紀以上，所完成的錄音共贏得33座葛萊美獎的肯定，成為有史以來獲此獎項最多的音樂家，而其中24座即是與芝加哥交響樂團共同獲得。他們合作始自1969年，當年蕭提接任樂團的音樂總監，在前任指揮所樹立的基礎上，進階操練出其更雄厚的演奏實力，並將之打造為音響宏大、銅管聲部威猛強烈、舉世無雙的樂團。在大師的帶領下，將樂團推向另一個高峰，成為足與維也納愛樂、柏林愛樂並駕齊驅的世界級頂尖樂團。
　　芝加哥交響是全美最優秀的樂團，由芝加哥商人諾曼．費（Charles Norman Fay）在1891年提議成立，並請來當時最著名的指揮湯瑪斯（Theodore Thomas）擔任音樂總監。1905年由史托克（Frederick Stock）繼任，由於他高瞻遠矚的長久經營策略，為樂團打下穩固的基礎。後又有杜佛（Désiré Defauw）、羅金斯基（Artur Rodziński）和庫貝利克（Rafael Kubelík）分別帶領過。1953年由素以指揮精準嚴厲著稱的萊納接任該團總監，在他嚴格的訓練下，樂團可說脫胎換骨，發出一種精練準確，又兼有華麗細緻的聲音，所謂「芝加哥交響樂風格」就是萊納領導的十年中建立起來的。1969年蕭提接任、1991年由巴倫波因（Daniel Barenboim）繼任，目前則由慕提（Riccardo Muti）執掌。
　　本套專輯內容依照錄音年份編排，每一張CD均以原始的專輯封面呈現，從最早於1970年3月錄製的馬勒第5號交響曲，以至最終於1997年3月在樂團所屬音樂廳錄製的蕭士塔高維契第15號交響曲。其中更附錄一本厚達180頁的豪華精裝解說冊，內容包含了蕭提遺孀的序言、回顧大師音樂生涯的專文、指揮所使用的樂譜，以及許多芝加哥交響樂團珍貴的檔案資料等等，其非凡價值不言可喻。
　　全套專輯忠實紀錄了蕭提大師與芝加哥交響樂團合作二十餘年的珍貴成果，他們一同以強大的意志與一絲不苟的專業態度，揮灑出雷霆萬鈞且暢快淋漓的音樂篇章。透過這套包裝精美的重量級企劃，樂迷得以完整見證何謂大師風範並見識真正的頂尖樂團。限量版珍藏絕對超值，絕對不容錯過！

from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" / Yvonne Minton
CD2-3  Mahler: Symphony No. 6 ∙ Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
CD4  Mahler: Symphony No. 7
CD5  Mahler: Symphony No. 8 "Symphony Of A Thousand" / Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Augér, Yvonne Minton, Helen Watts, René Kollo, John Shirley-Quirk, Martti Talvela, Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Staatsopernchor
CD6-8  Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 / Vladimir Ashkenazy
CD9-11  Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-5 ∙ Overtures “Egmont,” “Coriolan”
CD12-13  Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 6-8 ∙ Overture Leonore No.3
CD14-15  Beethoven: Symphony No.9* ∙ Beethoven: Sir Georg Solti In Conversation With William Mann / *Pilar Lorengar, Yvonne Minton, Stuart Burrows, Martti Talvela, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD16  Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique ∙ Overture Les Francs-Juges ∙ Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia — Overture ∙ J.S.Bach: Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068 ∙ Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever ∙ Stafford Smith: The Star-Spangled Banner ∙ Downs: Bear Down, Chicago Bears
CD17  Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / Yvonne Minton, René Kollo
CD18  Elgar: Enigma Variations ∙ Overture "Cockaigne"
CD19  Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
CD20  Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn ∙ Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra
CD21  Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra ∙ Till Eulenspiegel ∙ Don Juan
CD22  Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 ∙ Weber: Overture "Oberon"
CD23  Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ∙ La Mer ∙ Bolero
CD24  Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 in B Minor - "Pathétique"
CD25-26  Wagner: Der fliegende Hollander
Norman Bailey, Janis Martin, René Kollo, Martti Talvela, Werner Krenn, Chicago Symphony Chorus 
CD27  Beethoven: Mass in D, Op.123 - "Missa Solemnis"
Lucia Popp, Yvonne Minton, Mallory Walker, Gwynne Howell, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD28  Wagner: Overtures & Preludes
CD29  Brahms: Symphonies No.3 ∙ Academic Festival Overture
CD30  Brahms: Symphony No. 4
CD31  Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op.45
Kiri Te Kanawa, Bernd Weikl, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD32  Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces
Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD33-34  Beethoven: Fidelio, Op.72 / Hildegard Behrens, Peter Hofmann, Hans Sotin, Theo Adam, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD35  Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C Minor, Op.68
CD36  Brahms: Symphony No.2 in D, Op.73 ∙ Tragic Overture
CD37  Bruckner: Symphony No.6 in A
CD38  Bruckner: Symphony No.5 in B Flat Major
CD39  Mahler: Symphony No.2 in C Minor - "Resurrection" / Isobel Buchanan, Mira Zakai, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD40  Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition ∙ Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
CD41  Del Tredici: Final Alice / Barbara Hendricks
CD42  Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra ∙ Dance Suite
CD43-44  Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust / Frederica von Stade, Kenneth Riegel, José van Dam, Malcolm King, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD45  Bruckner: Symphony No.4 - "Romantic"
CD46-47  Haydn: Die Schöpfung / Rudiger Wohlers, James Morris, Sylvia Greenberg, Siegmund Nimsgern, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD48-49  Mahler: Symphony No.3 / Helga Dernesch, Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Women's Chorus
CD50  Mahler: Symphony No.9 in D Major
CD51  Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39
CD52  Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet (excerpts) ∙ Symphony No.1 - "Classical"
CD53  Berg: Violin Concerto ∙ Bartók: Violin Concerto No.1 / Kyung Wha Chung
CD54  Dvorák: Symphony No.9 - "From The New World"
CD55  Mahler: Symphony No.1
CD56  Mahler: Symphony No.4
CD57-58  Handel: Messiah / Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Gjevang, Keith Lewis, Gwynne Howell, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD59-60  Schoenberg: Moses und Aron
Franz Mazura, Philip Langridge, Aage Haugland, Barbara Bonney, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Members of the Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus
CD61  Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4
CD62  Bruckner: Symphony No.9
CD63  Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 ∙ Dohnányi: Variations On A Nursery Song / András Schiff
CD64  Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 - "Scottish" & No.4 - "Italian"
CD65  Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.5 in C Minor, Op.67 & No.4 in B Flat, Op.60
CD66  Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D Minor, Op.125 - "Choral"
CD67  Bruckner: Symphony No.7 in E
CD68  Liszt: A Faust Symphony
CD69  Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Romeo & Juliet ∙ Nutcracker Suite
CD70-72  J. S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Olaf Bär, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tom Krause, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD73  Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F, Op.68 - "Pastoral"; Overture Leonore No.3 
CD74  Beethoven: Symphonies No.7 in A, Op.92 & No.8 in F, Op.93
CD75  Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 in E Minor ∙ Swan Lake Suite
CD76  Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta; Divertimento; Miraculous Mandarin Suite
CD77  Beethoven: Symphony No.1 in C, Op.21 & No.2 in D, Op.36    
CD78  Beethoven: Symphony No.3 - "Eroica"; Egmont Overture 
CD79  Shostakovich: Symphony No.8
CD80  Verdi: Choruses / Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD81-82  J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor / Felicity Lott, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz, William Shimell, Gwynne Howell, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD83  Bruckner: Symphony No.8 
CD84  Mahler: Symphony No.5
CD85  Shostakovich: Symphony No.10
CD86  Bruckner: Symphony No.2
CD87  Debussy: Nocturnes ∙ La Mer ∙ Prélude
CD88-89  Verdi: Otello / Kiri Te Kanawa, Luciano Pavarotti, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Leo Nucci, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD90  Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique ∙ Liszt: Les Preludes
CD91  Bruckner: Symphony No. 3
CD92-93  Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten
Ruth Ziesak, Uwe Heilmann, René Pape, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD94-95  Haydn: Die Schöpfung / Ruth Ziesak, Herbert Lippert, Anton Scharinger, René Pape, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD96  Hungarian Connections
CD97  Stravinsky: Petrushka ∙ Jeu de Cartes
CD98  Bruckner: Symphony No.0 in D Minor
CD99  Bruckner: Symphony No.1 in C Minor
CD100  Shostakovich: Symphony No.13 - "Babi Yar"
Sergei Aleksashkin, Antony Hopkins
CD101-104    Wagner: Die Meistersinger
José van Dam, Alan Opie, René Pape, Ben Heppner, Karita Mattila, Chicago Symphony Chorus
CD105  Mussorgsky: Songs & Dances of Death ∙ Shostakovich: Symphony No.15
Sergei Aleksashkin
CD106  Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements ∙ Symphony in C ∙ Symphony of Psalms
CD107  Tippett: Symphony No.4 ∙ Byzantium ∙ Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles
CD108  Verdi: Requiem / Leontyne Price, Dame Janet Baker, Veriano Luchetti, José van Dam, Chicago Symphony Chorus