Daniel Barenboim / Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Complete Warner Classics Edition

Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra made many highly praised recordings together. Corigliano's Symphony No. 1 is arguably one of the most significant recordings of his tenure; Barenboim's live world-premiere recording winning two Grammy Awards (Best Orchestral Performance and Best Contemporary Composition). His Erato recordings of the complete Brahms Symphonies and Beethoven's Missa solemnis are a milestone too of this era. Barenboim is also a celebrated Wagnerian, and his Teldec discs of overtures and preludes are frequently cited as the pinnacle of the CSO's "brass-and-silk" capabilities. Barenboim frequently collaborated with superstars like Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma to make outstanding albums: Brahms' Double Concerto with both; the Mendelssohn, Prokofiev No. 2 and Stravinsky with Perlman. He also recorded the Brahms and Sibelius concertos with the then-young superstar Maxim Vengerov. Critics at the time were stunned by the electrifying chemistry between the fiery Vengerov and the more seasoned, philosophical Barenboim.