About
Frederick Martin Reiner (Hungarian: Reiner Frigyes; December 19, 1888 – November 15, 1963) was an American conductor of opera and symphonic music in the twentieth century. Hungarian born and trained, he emigrated to the United States in 1922, where he rose to prominence as a conductor with several orchestras. He reached the pinnacle of his career while music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Discography
Albums
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A Wagner Concert
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Concerto for Orchestra
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Concerto no. 2
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Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain / Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite / Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss Divertimento
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Violin Concerto
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Pictures at an Exhibition
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New World Symphony
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Debussy: Iberia - Ravel: Alborado Del Gracioso / Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales
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Violin Concerto
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"Emperor" Concerto
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Symphony no. 5 / Coriolan Overture
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Scheherazade
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Pines of Rome / Fountains of Rome
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Reiner Conducts Wagner
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Symphony no. 4
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Symphony no. 8 "Unfinished" / Symphony no. 5
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Overtures
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Symphony no. 6 “Pastoral”
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Huit danses hongroises / Cinq danses slaves
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Symphony no. 9
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Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18 / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, op. 43
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Waltzes
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Concerto no. 2 / Tragic Overture
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Debussy: La Mer
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Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition / Respighi: Pines of Rome / Fountains of Rome
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Alexander Nevsky / Lieutenant Kijé / Russlan & Ludmila (Overture)
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Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
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"Pathétique" Symphony and Works by Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Kabalevsky, Borodin
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The Nutcracker (excerpts)
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Piano Concertos no. 20, K.466 · no. 21, K.467 / Don Giovanni: Overture
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Don Quixote; Burleske
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Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale / The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento / Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain
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Slavonic Dances, Hungarian Dances
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Carmen
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Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98
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Concertos nos. 4 & 5 "Emperor"
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Concerto no. 2 / 5 Intermezzi
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Requiem / Quattro pezzi sacri
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Das Lied von der Erde
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Spain
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Greatest Overtures
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L'enfance du Christ / Les Nuits d'été
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Piano Concerto no. 1
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Also sprach Zarathustra / Ein Heldenleben
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Festival
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 / Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2
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Liszt: Totentanz / Rachmaninoff: Concerto no. 1
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Pictures at an Exhibition / A Night on Bald Mountain and other Russian Showpieces
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Vienna Apple Music
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New World Symphony and Other Orchestral Masterworks
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Respighi: Pines of Rome / Fountains of Rome / Debussy: La Mer
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Don Quixote / Don Juan
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Shostakovich: Symphony no. 6 / Kodály: Dances of Galánta / Works by Weiner, Bartók, Kabalevsky, and Glinka
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Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 / MacDowell: Piano Concerto no. 2
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale
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Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini / Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
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Scenes from Salome and Elektra
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Piano Concerto No. 1 / The Nutcracker (excerpts)
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Symphony No. 7
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Symphony No.6 in F, Op. 68
Singles
Live
Compilations
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Danses symphoniques / Rhapsodie sur un thème de Paganini / Concerto pour piano n° 4
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Marche & danses polovtsiennes / Dans les steppes de l’Asie Centrale / Quatuor n° 2 / Symphonie n° 3
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Symphonies Nos. 2 et 3 « Rhénane »
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The Complete Columbia Album Collection
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Symphonies nos. 1 à 6
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Mazeppa, Orpheus, Les Préludes, Mephisto-Waltz - Lieder
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Pins de Rome, Les oiseaux, Fêtes de Rome
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Symphonies / Fidelio & Coriolan Overtures
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8 Legendary Recordings on 4 CDs
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Byron Janis: The RCA Recordings 1950-1959
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The Complete RCA Album Collection
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Scenes from Elektra and Salome / Suite from "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme"
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Tableaux d'une exposition, Enfantine, Nuit sur le mont chauve, Danses de la mort
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The Symphonies / Das Lied von der Erde
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Valses Célèbres / Ouvertures / Les Hébrides
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The Legacy of the Vienna Philharmonic
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Bartok Premieres
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Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky / Khachaturian: Violin Concerto
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Symphonies no. 5 / Symphony no. 7 / Coriolan Overture, op. 62 / Fidelio Overture, op. 72b
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Burleske / Also Sprach Zarathustra / Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes
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Symphonia domestica / Suite from Le bourgeois gentilhomme
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Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 3
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Beethoven: Symphony no. 2 / Mozart: Symphonies no. 35 and no. 40
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Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel / Brahms: Hungarian Dances / Dvořák: Slavonic Dances
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Symphony no. 6 op. 74 "Pathetique" / 1812 Overture / Liszt: Mephisto Waltz
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Brahms: Symphony no. 3 / Schubert: Symphony no. 5
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Symphony no. 4
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Symphony no. 2 / Isle of the Dead
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Brahms: Symphony No. 4 / Beethoven: Egmont Overture
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Violin Concertos
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2
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Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Hungarian Sketches
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Piano Concertos no. 20, K. 466 / no. 21, K. 467 / Don Giovanni: Overture
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Piano Concertos
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Concertos
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The 100 Greatest Recordings Of All Time 89/90 : Orchestral Showpieces IV
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The 100 Greatest Recordings Of All Time 15/16 : Strauss - Tone Poems
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The 100 Greatest Recordings Of All Time 25/26 - Great Romantic Concertos
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The 100 Greatest Recordings of All Time 13/14 : Verdi - Requiem
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Schumann: Concerto In A Minor / Beethoven: "Emperor" Concerto
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Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta / Hungarian Sketches
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Lieutenant Kije / Song Of The Nightingale
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The Reiner Sound
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Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C minor / Coriolan Overture / Fidelio: Overture / Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in C minor "Unfinished"
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Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole / Debussy: Ibéria
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Symphonia Domestica / Tod und Verklärung
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Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 / Overture Suite No. 2
Links
Conductor position
Teacher
Also known as
Frederick Martin Reiner
Tags
- american conductor
- conductor
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 6a720f84-d307-4aa4-a75f-7d85bef56ede
- ISNI
- 0000000108919300
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 6 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.